Service suggestions for services 1, 58, 309 and 310.
- Service 1 will continue to operate every 15 minutes between Gateshead and Whitley Bay. Journeys will still continue to Wrekenton every 30 minutes however, the journeys between Gateshead and Whitley Bay will continue to Blyth every 30 minutes via the Cobalt Clipper 309 route due to the fact that an extension of service 309 to Blyth would not be viable due to lack of resources. However, extra buses would be more available for service 1. Both service 1 and 309 running half hourly between Whitley Bay and Blyth would form a combined 15 minute frequency between Blyth amd Whitley Bay. Evening and Sunday journeys will not extend beyond Whitley Bay and will remain the same. A half hourly extension would reform links between North Tyneside and Northumberland that were broken when the original 310 was withdrawn, allowing passengers to make a change onwards to the original links that are now provided by the 9 and vice versa. A 15 minute combined frequency will allow GNE to effectively compete with Arriva's 308 and to and extent X4, between Whitley Bay, Seaton Sluice and Blyth. The 1 journeys towards Whitley Bay from Blyth will be timed to connect with the half hourly 309 journeys that terminate in Whitley Bay and through fares would be available. The same scenario would apply for people wanting to make a connection in Whitley Bay frm the 309 to the 1 journeys that terminate in Whitley Bay. Also, services 309 and 1 / 1A will be timed to connect in Whitley Bay during evenings and Sundays allowing passengers to make easy connections between Northumberland and North Tyneside. Through fares would be available for this too.
- Service 58 would continue to operate as it is now Monday to Sunday daytime. However, all evening journeys will terminate in Newcastle. Buses would operate in an anti clockwose direction between Pilgrim Street and back via the daytime route to John Dobson Street. Buses will then operate back to Pilgrim Street via St Mary's, Percy Street and Blackett Street. Buses would be timed to connect with service 310 at St Mary's during the evenings allowing easy connections to be made between Gateshead, Newcastle and North Tyneside. Through fares would be available during the evenings and vice versa from service 310 to 58.
- Service 309 will remain the same Monday to Saturday daytime. However, evening journeys would be increased to run half hourly between Newcastle and Blyth.
- Service 310 will remain the same Monday to Saturday daytime. However, evening journeys would be increased to operate every 30 minutes between Newcastle and North Shields. Evening journeys would also serve Hadrian Park but Sunday daytime journeys would remain unchanged. Overall, a newly revised service 309 and 310 wpuld both offer a more frequent service individually during the evenings and and both would combine to provide an up to every 15 minute frequency during the evenings between Newcastle and Cobalt South.l
RE: Go North East Service Suggestions