(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
See if I had a free card I'd swap everything round and do something like
342: Morpeth - Bedlington - East Hartford - Cramlington - Killingworth - Forest Hall - Wallsend (Every 30 Minutes)
43: Curtail at Cramlington
353: Extend to Airport
Having double deckers on the 43 between Cramlington and Morpeth is overkill as an understatement and the route over Cramlington overs nothing anyway as it's just a long X21/X22, depending where you are. There's no real lost links now the 19 exists which is just a faster 353 from Cramlington but there's a fair few new links generated.
You could make a case for flipping the 342 and 353 around in Forest Hall aswell tbh so the 353 serves ASDA and the 342 doesn't have to do a detour to turn around. Unsure how many at the Palmersville side use it though.