(8 hours ago)V514DFT wrote 342/343 Wallsend- Kingston Park (342) Cramlington Hospital (343)- short 342's renumbered to 343 and extends to Cramlington Hostpital Grounds via Four Lane Ends and West Moor, then runs the same route as the 342 to Burradon, then via Weestlade Road, Dudley Lane, Cramlington Shops, Northumbrian Road, Village Road, part restoring links lost through the withdrawal of the 42/42A and offering better links to the Hospital
I had a similar idea - heres the timetables I made if anyone’s interested
I made the 342 more direct, not serving Benton Asda, reduced the M71 to hourly and made a new shuttle bus - 344 between Kingston Park and Dinnington. 342/344/M71 interwork with 3 buses
343 covers Benton Asda as well as holystone park and reinstates the Wallsend-Cramlington Link, it runs on its own with 2 buses, although 1 early morning 342 runs onto the 343 for the rest of the day.
342/343 depart Killingworth and Wallsend every 30 mins roughly
If you’re travelling to Kingston park on 342/344/M71 you have around 30-40 mins for your return journey which is also nice.
These changes only increase the PVR by 1 and keep most of the links bar the airport, however having gotten the 342 from hazelrigg to Kingston park and back today today I can confirm nobody got on or off AT ALL anywhere between Hazelrigg and Kingston park both times, so I think users of the 342 would much rather it do straight to Kingston park as the Airport diversion is extremely annoying.