(14 Apr 2026, 8:23 pm)Malarkey wrote I'd split off the Byker - Walker (Titan Road) section and have this as a separate service for example: Walker (Titan Road) - Walker (Station Road) - St Peter's Basin - Byker - Byker Bank - Albion Row - Walker Road - Quayside - Newcastle City Centre
imo the better thing would be to curtail the Q3 short with the 18 extended back to Wallsend which should give them an extra 5 minutes, each run. Both the Q3 and 18 are subsidised between those points and the Q3 does nothing majorly unique which you can't do with the existing commercial 12 in the area (okay you'd lose links to the Quayside but it's not vital).
Getting rid of the 18 would be a bad idea though as you'd lose links to the Freeman which imo are more important.
It's ridiculous the tax payer is funding 5 buses between St Peter's and Wallsend when there's a commercial route round that area doing the same thing aswell.