(30 Sep 2015, 7:42 pm)markydh wrote Always makes me laugh when this one comes up. The vast majority of service 100 users already have a Stagecoach pass or a dayticket who would not use a Go North East service even if they ran every 10 seconds!!
Quite.
And if I'm in Newcastle and want to get to the Metrocentre (if I'm in Newcastle, I generally have an Explorer ticket, anyhow, so can catch most buses) it's quicker to get whatever's leaving Eldon Square (usually GNE) than to trundle around Newcastle on the 100 picking up more and more passengers before finally heading off in the right direction.
Even before so many GNE services went directly to the MC, I had a network travel ticket, so hopped on the metro then the X66.