(Yesterday, 12:27 pm)Storx wrote Reposted as changed my mind, but imo I'd be looking at getting rid of them completely, with the W1/350/351/356/58 aswell (as they are now).

They're all just legacy routes which were built 20 year+ ago taking no consideration of changes like a Metro station at Northumberland Park.

Something like:


Would be a hell of a lot better for the links which these routes are actually meant be doing and utilise Northumberland Park as the hub which it should be expecially now considering it has 2 TPH and 5 MPH - there's no point duplicating it.

For full reference:
19: East Hartford to Wallsend - Parts of 19/58/342 Combined (PVR 3 - Hourly)
22: Extended to Northumberland Park (PVR 1 - Every 12 Minutes)
W1: Extended to Northumberland Park (PVR 1.5 - Hourly)
W2: Extended to Northumberland Park (PVR 3 - Every 30 Minutes)
W3: Whitley Bay Metro to Northumberland Park via Cullercoats, Marsden, NT Hospital and Murton (PVR 1.5 - Hourly)
335: North Shields to Killingworth (PVR 2 - Hourly)
351: Newcastle to Backworth Only (PVR 3 - Every 30 Minutes)
342: Send to Northumberland Park instead of Wallsend (PVR 3 - Hourly)

Current PVR
19/335: 5
342: 3
350/351: 4
W1/W2: 2
356 Extension: 2
58: 1

One extra bus, but it makes it much more useful for a lot of people. The W services being advertised as local Metro links from Northumberland Park and Whitley Bay with smaller vehicles so you can get further afield and the 22 advertised as the Cobalt / Silverlink Metro link, which is actually frequent, connecting at Wallsend or Northumberland Park depending on the line.