Nexus have today launched a consultation on planned changes to secured services in Newcastle and North Tyneside.

Further details available at www.nexus.org.uk/consultation

(3 hours ago)Bob wrote Nexus have today launched a consultation on planned changes to secured services in Newcastle and North Tyneside.

Further details available at www.nexus.org.uk/consultation

Good to see Nexus/NCC as always, don't seem to have the ability to check the timings of commercial bus services which their subsidised route duplicates in parts.

It's all good extending the 19 through to Cramlington on a Sunday but running 3 minutes apart from the 57A is just complete incompetence imo, especially when it's quicker to Seghill aswell.

Then they'll moan when Arriva drop the Sunday service...

(3 hours ago)Storx wrote Good to see Nexus/NCC as always, don't seem to have the ability to check the timings of commercial bus services which their subsidised route duplicates in parts.

It's all good extending the 19 through to Cramlington on a Sunday but running 3 minutes apart from the 57A is just complete incompetence imo, especially when it's quicker to Seghill aswell.

Then they'll moan when Arriva drop the Sunday service...

Seems ridiculous to have three separate bus services for the Ferry Landing too. Surely easier for the 19 to omit the Ferry Landing?

It's a good idea to have a direct link between Tynemouth and North Shields Fish Quay/Ferry. A positive change, especially for summer.

(2 hours ago)NEtransport wrote Seems ridiculous to have three separate bus services for the Ferry Landing too.  Surely easier for the 19 to omit the Ferry Landing?

It's a good idea to have a direct link between Tynemouth and North Shields Fish Quay/Ferry. A positive change, especially for summer.

Don't think the 333 serves North Shields does it? Seems to be the Ferry Landing to Tynemouth only, if I'm looking at it right which seems even more crackers.

Truthfully, I don't really understand the 19/19A. They serve absolutely nothing between Northumberland Park and Killingworth/Cramlington pretty much now which isn't already done by an existing service (57/57A/354) and the rest of has nothing there bar Silverlink which is too far to be useful.

If they want to serve the hospital better, then the service needs to actually penetrate some houses imo ie. something like this for hospital links would be 100x better:


People round here are always asking for links to Rake Lane and Killingworth, people from New Hartley want a link to Cramlington. Not to mention the Killingworth to Northumbria links aswell. Don't believe Tynemouth or Marden currently have a bus to Rake Lane either so it's more links and makes the 333 actually useful?

(3 hours ago)Storx wrote Good to see Nexus/NCC as always, don't seem to have the ability to check the timings of commercial bus services which their subsidised route duplicates in parts.

It's all good extending the 19 through to Cramlington on a Sunday but running 3 minutes apart from the 57A is just complete incompetence imo, especially when it's quicker to Seghill aswell.

Then they'll moan when Arriva drop the Sunday service...

Isn't that just one of those things though? The bus had to connect with the Ferry and one assumes trains at Northumberland Park?

(1 hour ago)Kimlfixit wrote Isn't that just one of those things though? The bus had to connect with the Ferry and one assumes trains at Northumberland Park?

Unsure on Northumberland Park train links, since it's not open but ferry should be easily fixable, it's every 30 minutes so could just work off the other ferry. If it's purely for East Cramlington to Seaton Delaval train times, then they'd be better subsidising the 57 instead imo, and use the timings from the most utterly pointless extension from Whitley Bay to North Shields from when it used to go down there 10 year ago or so.