(18 May 2016, 5:25 pm)Tom wrote Could be but a lot of residents have complained about the double deckers on the 17 (they have knocked wing mirrors off on a couple of occasions too but that is mainly the fault of residents for parking their cars in stupid places) so sending the 80 round there makes perfect sense really. I don't think North Tyneside has had any major changes since about 2010, I think the 1 will stay the same (maybe the short Gateshead ones terminating in Newcastle if they are putting a bus to Metrocentre on?), and the 9, 19 and 309/310 should stay the same too.
And yeah a lot of people go to the Metrocentre so a direct bus will be much better. Probably be Sat/Sun and possibly school holidays too though that might cause confusion.
It does, although i'm not from the area, I'll take your word for it
As for the rumored Metrocentre service, not sure what its route could be.