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RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - Micheal Aaron Parker - 22 Apr 2021 (22 Apr 2021, 11:25 am)OrangeArrow49 Sounds like a good suggestion. I wonder if passenger numbers would be any good. A new service between Kingston Park/Dinnington and Northumberland Park would be a good addition. Providing another service for the Airport and Killingworth would be useful too.It's a really nice journey. I will give GNE credit as the 42A seems popular between killingworth and Four Lane Ends to Wallsend as I've seen a lot of people on it. It used to be Go North East longest route in running time RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - big mac - 22 Apr 2021 (22 Apr 2021, 10:20 am)Andreos1 Yeah, that Easedale Gardens one is a good shout.For a place as big as the Team Valley in terms of the amount of workplaces, the bus service there seems completely inadequate. During the main part of the day it's literally only one service along Kingsway every 20 minutes. One suggestion to at least give it something more would be to make the X32, which is currently only peak time, a regular all-day service. It would give the Team Valley a direct service to Newcastle during the day, and would still be about the same journey time as the x30/x31 from Newcastle to Stanley. It would also provide a quicker option from Newcastle to Ouston than the 28/28a currently provide. Sent from my moto g(8) power lite using Tapatalk RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - omnicity4659 - 22 Apr 2021 (22 Apr 2021, 11:47 am)Micheal Aaron Parker It used to be Go North East longest route in running time The X21 was their longest route at 110-120 minutes long, compared to 97 minutes on the 42A. Obviously it's now the X11 at 185 minutes. RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - Rob44 - 22 Apr 2021 (22 Apr 2021, 12:06 pm)omnicity4659 The X21 was their longest route at 110-120 minutes long, compared to 97 minutes on the 42A. Obviously it's now the X11 at 185 minutes. When the 42a used to go all the way tto north shields it must have been close to a 2 hours journey? I once got it from Shileds to Widopen and was sure i was aboard for more than 90 minutes RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - idiot - 22 Apr 2021 Bring back the 638 lol RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - Micheal Aaron Parker - 22 Apr 2021 Yea the 42A was the longest. A while ago I thought that the 1A from Metrocenter to Whitley Bay was the longest but it turned out in terms of time. The 42A from Shields to Kingston Park was the longest RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - Rob44 - 22 Apr 2021 (22 Apr 2021, 12:49 pm)idiot Bring back the 638 lolAgreed And the "original 310" from sunderland to whitley/blyth RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - omnicity4659 - 22 Apr 2021 (22 Apr 2021, 12:35 pm)Rob44 When the 42a used to go all the way tto north shields it must have been close to a 2 hours journey? I once got it from Shileds to Widopen and was sure i was aboard for more than 90 minutes Didn't realise that it used to go to and from North Shields, my apologies! RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - big mac - 22 Apr 2021 (22 Apr 2021, 12:49 pm)idiot Bring back the 638 lolAbsolute monster of a route. Took about two hours from Crawcrook to Sunderland. RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - Micheal Aaron Parker - 22 Apr 2021 (22 Apr 2021, 1:19 pm)omnicity4659 Didn't realise that it used to go to and from North Shields, my apologies!Aye. It got withdrawn when Go North East handed the contract to GCT. GCT then extended there 335 to North Shields along the old 42/42A route and Go North East withdrawn the 42/42A between Wallsend and North Shields RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - idiot - 22 Apr 2021 Tried looking in bygone era for time of route but can't get access unfortunately. RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - Rob44 - 22 Apr 2021 (22 Apr 2021, 3:39 pm)idiot Tried looking in bygone era for time of route but can't get access unfortunately. this bloke describes his journey on the 638. might give you and idea of where it went https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/down-in-the-dumps.8685/ RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - idiot - 22 Apr 2021 I know where it went I travelled the full length several times. RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - Andreos1 - 22 Apr 2021 (22 Apr 2021, 4:43 pm)Rob44 this bloke describes his journey on the 638. might give you and idea of where it went Love the description of the lasses in Washington mind! RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - Rob44 - 22 Apr 2021 (22 Apr 2021, 5:30 pm)Andreos1 Love the description of the lasses in Washington mind! I wouldn't say winlaton was rough. My grandparents leive there all there life and when I visited never saw any bother at all RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - Storx - 22 Apr 2021 (22 Apr 2021, 1:35 am)Micheal Aaron Parker I'd love to see this. Not sure there'd be much demand between Killingworth and Northumberland Park like. Can't see many people wanting to use the Metro towards the coast as most places are served by direct buses (Whitley 53 / Shields 54) and then people wanting it towards Sunderland etc will just use the 62/63 every 7.5 minutes towards Four Lane Ends or 52/54 every 15 minutes. I know it doesn't serve Annitsford where you live but if you wanted another service between Dinnington and Killingworth I'd do something like this https://www.google.com/maps/dir/55.035596,-1.5646481/Newcastle+International+Airport/@55.040277,-1.6728657,13z/data=!4m19!4m18!1m10!3m4!1m2!1d-1.5736836!2d55.0349062!3s0x487e717ec2e591af:0x1dc1b48cbbd3ba19!3m4!1m2!1d-1.6461224!2d55.0482983!3s0x487e741a1e8459e7:0x9f3e867fcf8e4704!1m5!1m1!1s0x487e767809b133b5:0xdcf4b2895d1c4746!2m2!1d-1.7098663!2d55.0374478!3e0?hl=en-US and give an actual sensible route between 2 places; you might even pick a few passengers from Wideopen going to Morrisons and it's another bus service for the 2 large housing estates being built at Gosforth Park which only have the X7/X8 atm rather than a meander up Dudley and through Annitsford etc. RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - Ambassador - 22 Apr 2021 (22 Apr 2021, 4:43 pm)Rob44 this bloke describes his journey on the 638. might give you and idea of where it went this is brilliant! RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - V514DFT - 22 Apr 2021 (22 Apr 2021, 6:32 pm)Storx Not sure there'd be much demand between Killingworth and Northumberland Park like. Can't see many people wanting to use the Metro towards the coast as most places are served by direct buses (Whitley 53 / Shields 54) and then people wanting it towards Sunderland etc will just use the 62/63 every 7.5 minutes towards Four Lane Ends or 52/54 every 15 minutes.Wrong way round,the 53 serves Shields and the 54 serves Whitley,one big suggestion that stands out for me is the 319,maybe route the 42 along Great Lime Road like the 323 used to do,and Route the 42A via Forest Hall and Benton,and a new service doing the current 42A between Four Lane Ends and West Moor RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - Micheal Aaron Parker - 22 Apr 2021 Yea could see adding a new service along where the new housing is where the X7/X8 go. That would make a good connection route from Four Lane ends to Killingworth via that way RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2 - Storx - 22 Apr 2021 (22 Apr 2021, 6:48 pm)V514DFT Wrong way round,the 53 serves Shields and the 54 serves Whitley,one big suggestion that stands out for me is the 319,maybe route the 42 along Great Lime Road like the 323 used to do,and Route the 42A via Forest Hall and Benton,and a new service doing the current 42A between Four Lane Ends and West Moor Ah yeah always get them mixed up still stuck in my head with the 356 to Shields and 343/344 to Whitley. Tbh does there even need to be a bus between FLE and West Moor. I know it's about connecting Quorum to Wallsend but can't see many people using it when it's hourly and there's a 15 minute service with the 62 and 22/40 if you really need it (most people will have to get to Wallsend anyway for the 42A). The 42A should go North from Dudley imo like the old 101 used to do. Bar Killingworth it makes no sense for anyone South of there to use it to Kingston Park or the Airport as you can just get the Metro and I can't see there's a massive demand from Dinnington or Wideopen down there either. It's a bit of a confused route with no real purpose for most of it especially when it's so out of GNE's operating area aswell so no-one will have day tickets / passes for it. |