(03 Apr 2020, 11:32 pm)L469 YVK wrote No doubt though that there'll be people queing in Walkergate, Wallsend, Howdon, Chirton and North Shields (Coaster route) to go for a "day out" in Tynemouth, Cullercoates and Whitley Bay. Police can close the beaches off but people will still try and go for a wander along the seafront.
Could be a similar scenario on the Coast Road with the 306, 308 & 309 and people heading to Tynemouth,Whitley Bay, Seaton Sluice and Blyth.
All good police patrolling the Coast but non essential travel particularly on the last 2x services mentioned (308 & 309) could pose an ever greater risk due to both of them routes serving 3x close or nearby hospitals (RVI, Freeman, Rake Lane).
Let's hope if the police see any large queues at Billy Mill heading eastbound etc that they at least pull over and find out what passenger's intentions are.
Your monitoring the wrong bus routes here, if anyone is going to go out anywhere it won't be the beach that's too obvious. It's bus routes that go to places where, 'no-one goes there so it'll be fine,' spots if people are going to go anywhere.
Plessey Woods
Derwent Valley
Holywell Dene
NT Waggonways
Rising Sun
Northumberlandia
Places like those. Unless you've been living in a box or are very local, no-one would think of going to the beach especially in Tynemouth / Whitley / Roker or South Shields.