I got the TEN the other day and I've come up with an idea for the Cobalt Clipper based upon the TEN. It would help speed up journey times slightly whilst still turning a profit:
- Cobalt Express service X39 withdrawn and Citylink service 58X withdrawn.
- Service 309 would operate every 20 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime on its current route between Blyth and Coast Road / Station Road. Between Station Road and St Mary's Place / Haymarket, buses would operate non stop. Evening and Sunday journeys would operate every 30 minutes on the same stopping basis as now serving all stops between Station Road and St Mary's Place.
- Service 310 would operate it's existing route between North Shields and Battle Hill Drive. From there, all journeys would follow the same route as the 309 to Coast Road / Station Road then operate just like the 309, non stop to St Mary's Place / Haymarket. Monday to Saturday journeys would operate every 20 minutes giving a combined frequency between Battle Hill Drive and Newcastle of every 10 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime. Evening and Sunday journeys would operate every 30 minutes and serve all stops between Station Road and St Mary's Place. All journeys from High Farm would be served by a new enhanced Citylink 58 service. The PVR of the 309 would be 7 during the day and 4 during evenings and Sundays. The PVR of the 310 would be 5 during the day and 3 during evenings and Sundays.
- Service 58 would be enhanced to operate every 10 minutes between Heworth and Hadrian Park. All journeys would serve High Farn and Station Road rather than the Coast Road and Rising Sun. During the peak times Monday to Friday, one journey every 20 minutes would continue to Cobalt from Battle Hill via the current 309 route rather than Hadrian Park. This would retain the links lost by a faster Cobalt Clipper service between the Civic Centre and Benfield Road. The same would apply during the PM peak for journeys towards Newcastle. It would only serve Cobalt in one direction at the peak times according to the traffic flow (AM to Cobalt and PM from Cobalt). Evening and Sunday journeys would operate the same frequencies as now but journeys to Hadrian Park on both evenings and Sundays would operate between Civic Centre and Pilgrim Street via Blackett Street, Percy Street and St Mary's place giving a combined upto every 10 minute frequency between St Mary's Place and Battle Hill Drive during the evenings and Sundays.
RE: Go North East Service Suggestions