(26 May 2013, 4:07 pm)dave2906 wrote IDEAS FOR CHANGES TO SERVICES X40/40A/58/309/310why renumber x40 58 and current 58 58a just renumber x40 58a
• Service X40 will be renumbered 58 and service 58 will be renumbered service 58A. New services 58 and 58A will operate a combined 6-7 minute frequency Monday to Saturday Daytime between Heworth and Newcastle Pilgrim Street via the current 58 route. New service 58 will then operate the current X40 route between Newcastle Blackett Street and Great Park every 20 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime. During Evenings and Sundays, new services 58,58A and X58 will provide a combined 20 minute frequency between Heworth Metro and Newcastle Pilgrim street and then, new service 58 will continue to Great Park every 60 minutes via the current 40A route.
• New service X58 will provide new and fast links throughout the Blyth Valley, North Tyneside, Newcastle and Gateshead. New service X58 will operate the same route as the 309 between Blyth and Rake Lane with the exception of Rotary Way. Ridley Park will be served instead. From Rake Lane, buses will serve Lynn Road and Billy Mill roundabout. Buses will then call at Norham Road and Willington Square and from Willington Square, buses will then operate non-stop to John Dobson Street and from there, buses will then operate via the current 58 route between John Dobson Street and Heworth Metro. Buses will operate every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday Daytime. Evening and Sunday buses will operate every 60 minutes.
• Service 309 will be renumbered service 75. During Monday to Saturday daytime, buses will operate every 10 minutes between Newcastle and Whitley Bay. Buses will continue every 20 minutes to Blyth. Evening buses will operate every 30 minutes to Whitley Bay and every 60 minutes to Blyth. Sunday Daytime buses will operate every 30 minutes between Blyth and Newcastle.
• Service 310 will be renumbered service 76 and 76A. During Monday to Saturday daytime, service 76 will operate the current 310 route to North Shields every 20 minutes. Service 76A will operate the current 310 route between Newcastle and Battle Hill and then, service 76A will also serve Hadrian Park. Service 76A will operate every 20 minutes. Evening buses on both services will operate every 60 minutes and service 76 will also serve Hadrian Park. During Sunday daytime, service 76 will operate every 30 minutes between North Shields and Newcastle and buses will also serve Hadrian Park.
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