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Newcastle City Council - Better Bus routes

Newcastle City Council - Better Bus routes

RE: Newcastle City Council - Better Bus routes
(02 Feb 2025, 7:54 pm)Storx wrote Space is the bigger problem and buses servives which are 10 minutes+ have no benefits serving one anyway. It just clogs up stands since the people wanting to use the services won't be waiting anyway for more than 5 minutes anyway.
But say those people which are on that 10 min service say the 22 might be coming off the 10 from Prudhoe or the 10B Rockwood Hills, yes they might only have a 5-10 min wait, but atleast it would be comferable, but lets face it most people wont be just waiting 5 mins especially with frequencies these days. 

But say coming home you just miss the 10B and youve got a 35 min wait, if everything in one place you can grab a coffee and just wait
RE: Newcastle City Council - Better Bus routes
(02 Feb 2025, 8:28 pm)Unber43 wrote But say those people which are on that 10 min service say the 22 might be coming off the 10 from Prudhoe or the 10B Rockwood Hills, yes they might only have a 5-10 min wait, but atleast it would be comferable, but lets face it most people wont be just waiting 5 mins especially with frequencies these days. 

But say coming home you just miss the 10B and youve got a 35 min wait, if everything in one place you can grab a coffee and just wait

There's a fair few services still like

1 (SNE), 12 (SNE), 21, 22 (SNE), 30/31/36, 37/38, 39/40, 62/63 - Just to pick a few.

Don't disagree though, the frequent buses just need to be nearby the bus station so it's a quick change that's all.

Btw the 10/10A/10B are three different routes imo and should be numbered seperately aswell but that's another thread. An A should be used where the route does a slight deviation mid route ie. one one going via one village and the other another village which combine back together with the same terminus for all.
RE: Newcastle City Council - Better Bus routes
Lord knows where this sits but as part of the soon to open Pilgrim St HM Govt office works, the old bus stop at the bottom of John Dobson street has been restored which will allow GNE services to set down essentially in the place they used to pre the works starting and hopefully reduce the snarl up at the Flix Bus stop
Wistfully stuck in the 90s