Getting back to the Birtley town services, here are my suggestions.
The short 23 journey between Barley Mow and Birtley Crematorium would be replaced by new service 22. The 23 would also be rerouted between Barley Mow and Birtley (Station Lane) via Glenluce, Birtley Lane, Portmeads Road, Blackfell Way, Highridge, Mount Road and Birtley Lane providing a new link, in part, to the Northside area.
New service 22 would operate via the existing 23 route between Barley Mow and Wrekenton. From there it would operate via Easedale Gardens and Beacon Lough to the QE Hospital, continuing via Windy Nook, Chilside Road (High Felling), Felling Square, Gateshead Library to Gateshead Metro. This would provide a new link between High Felling and Gateshead (once provided by the M31) and also quicker links between Gateshead Civic Centre/Gateshead Library and Felling.
The 23 would be also rerouted to serve Galloping Green Lane in the Eighton Banks area, replacing, in part, taxi-bus service TB10.
Additionally, the 68 would be rerouted between the QE and Wrekenton to serve Rugby Gardens, Ebchester Avenue and Easington Avenue to replace taxi-bus TB10 in that area.
Potentially, taxi-bus TB14 would also be withdrawn in the Birtley area, replaced mostly by a revised 23 service.
The 22/23 would interwork with each other providing a half-hourly circular service around Birtley.
The PVR would be 3; and the PDF attached shows both route and timings.
RE: Service Suggestions
