(14 Apr 2013, 2:04 pm)dave2906 wrote What do you all think of this to replace the 58/309 and 310?
METRO CENTRE DEPOT: SERVICE 58 TO WHITLEY BAY (MONDAY - SATURDAY DAYTIME EVERY 20 MINUTES / EVENINGS EVERY 60 MINUTES) SERVING: HEWORTH - LEAM LANE ESTATE - SPLIT CROW ROAD - GATESHEAD METRO - PILGRIM STREET - BLACKETT STREET - ST MARY'S PLACE - CRADLEWELL - CORNER HOUSE -CHILLINGHAM ROAD - BENFIELD ROAD - COAST ROAD / STATION ROAD - BATTLE HILL DRIVE - WILLINGTON SQUARE - SILVERLINK - COBALT ATMEL - COBALT P&G - NEW YORK ROAD - NEW YORK P.O - RAKE LANE - HILLHEADS -WHITLEY BAY TOWN CENTRE
METRO CENTRE DEPOT (PERCY MAIN WILL RECOVER): SERVICE 58 TO BLYTH (MONDAY - SATURDAY DAYTIME EVERY 20 MINUTES / EVENINGS EVERY 60 MINUTES AND SUNDAY DAYTIME EVERY 30 MINUTES) SERVING: HEWORTH - LEAM LANE ESTATE - SPLIT CROW ROAD - GATESHEAD METRO - PILGRIM STREET - BLACKETT STREET - ST MARY'S PLACE - CRADLEWELL - CORNER HOUSE -CHILLINGHAM ROAD - BENFIELD ROAD - COAST ROAD / STATION ROAD - BATTLE HILL DRIVE - WILLINGTON SQUARE - SILVERLINK - COBALT ATMEL - COBALT P&G - NEW YORK ROAD - NEW YORK P.O - RAKE LANE - HILLHEADS -WHITLEY BAY TOWN CENTRE - WHITLEY BAY CEMETERY - SEATON SLUICE - BLYTH TOWN CENTRE
METRO CENTRE DEPOT: SERVICE 58A TO HADRIAN PARK (MONDAY - SATURDAY DAYTIME EVERY 20 MINUTES / EVENINGS EVERY 60 MINUTES) SERVING: HAYMARKET - ST MARY'S PLACE - CRADLEWELL - CORNER HOUSE -CHILLINGHAM ROAD - BENFIELD ROAD - COAST ROAD / STATION ROAD - STATION ROAD NORTH - MULLEN ROAD - BATTLE HILL DRIVE - HADRIAN PARK
PERCY MAIN DEPOT: SERVICE 58B TO NORTH SHIELDS (MONDAY - SATURDAY DAYTIME EVERY 20 MINUTES) SERVING: HAYMARKET - ST MARY'S PLACE - CRADLEWELL - CORNER HOUSE -CHILLINGHAM ROAD - BENFIELD ROAD - COAST ROAD / STATION ROAD - STATION ROAD NORTH - MULLEN ROAD - BATTLE HILL DRIVE - POLICE STATION - COBALT SOUTH - MIDDLE ENGINE LANE - NORHAM ROAD - VERNE ROAD - QUADRANT - MEADOWELL - NORTH SHIELDS
PERCY MAIN DEPOT: SERVICE 58B TO NORTH SHIELDS (EVENINGS EVERY 60 MINUTES AND SUNDAY DAYTIME EVERY 30 MINUTES) SERVING: HAYMARKET - ST MARY'S PLACE - CRADLEWELL - CORNER HOUSE -CHILLINGHAM ROAD - BENFIELD ROAD - COAST ROAD / STATION ROAD - STATION ROAD NORTH - MULLEN ROAD - BATTLE HILL DRIVE - HADRIAN PARK - POLICE STATION - COBALT SOUTH - MIDDLE ENGINE LANE - NORHAM ROAD - VERNE ROAD - QUADRANT - MEADOWELL - NORTH SHIELDS
I don't like that idea I'm afraid. Aside from using letters on the end of route numbers (which is a pet hate), I don't think it'll work for the longer routes, as there are too many potential traffic black spots; In/Out of Gateshead, City Centre, Coast Road, Silverlink/Cobalt, and even Whitley Bay. It'd probably mean having to throw an extra bus or two in at peak times which would knock their profit margin for the route down.
I don't think there's much point creating the shorter routes, as they're already covered by existing services. I know your proposal was to scrap them, but I don't think you'd achieve much by doing so.