I think i only used it once to go to beamish I think??? I used Northern from Marlboro crescent bus station every Saturday morning. 8am bus to Newcastle. 1 from northumbland street to Marlboro then a 631/2/3 up to winlation where my grandparents lived. Used to find a fortune on the floor of the bus depot if I arrived before the road sweepers.... that was when punters used buses to get home from a night in the town