(08 Jun 2015, 8:15 pm)Michael wrote Ye, its a good move, like you said it allows those links to return from Easedale Gardens etc.
More details should posted in the next few weeks on the GNE site.
Only thing would be reliability of the route. The 51/52 is not great as it is to say the least, it could potentially be even more of a liability if it has to negotiate a large area of Newcastle City Centre.