(18 Aug 2026, 9:41 am)GreenKai wrote Has anyone looked at what an intergrated service at Regent centre could do for the arriva routes going through that area?
I believe there are over 40 buses an hour each direction going down Gosforth high street.
What could be achieved if that was halved or even quartered with a bus service into town every 5 mins as well as the metro being available? Could that take the current loadings? What services would be best to increase if there were buses that were freed up from going into the city centre? Would it be able to free up a stand or two in Haymarket for other bus services?
I'm sure many have thought about it, but I would like to know what some of the challenges may be and if anyone has any detailed plans/suggestions for what could be achieved. If this is the wrong thread please let me know.
imo the Regent Centre is too close to Newcastle to really deal with the Arriva expresses, it would be annoying having to travel say 40 minutes on a bus to there, to then have to change for 10 minutes. It has to be the opposite way round.
You could make an argument with proper integration half the Blyth expresses don't need to exist and the train is the 'express' though. Newsham and Bebside aren't in a bad location to do the hub instead.
You'd need a massive change in mind for that though. Similar with Cramlington if you dealt with the capacity issues on the ECML.