Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
It has been said repeatedly, that links from Washington to Team Valley are poor. Apart from secured/contracted services early doors and after work, there is a minimum of two services that need to be taken (assuming a passenger lives in walking distance from the Galleries).
So...
Concord - Galleries - Springwell - Harlow Green/Allerdene - Kingsway - Lobley Hill Road/Bensham Bank - Cuthbert St - Teams and then the common route to Metrocentre.
As well as improving links to TVTE from Washington, it will create links from parts of Gateshead that are without a direct connection to TVTE, despite them being relatively close together.
By extending the service to the Metrocentre, the service will have 'through' passengers to supplement margins in addition to any passengers using it to/from TVTE only.