Hopefully the 42A will get a better allocation soon, which I'm sure it will. Perhaps MMCs like Gateshead Central Taxis have allocated, or perhaps some buses off the Newcastle 33/33A if GCT win that contract next March.

Apparently the Mercedes Sprinters recently allocated to service 74 are not really adequate. Some complaints recently on the capacity, almost making a couple of passengers unable to board in Cowgate. They've used the service for years. GNE don't provide a duplicate on the 74 if the bus is full apparently. Rather interesting to see passengers boarding in Cowgate and Slatyford with someone on here recently commenting on that when I suggested a different route to serve Fenham. From my limited experience on using the 74, it does pick up and set down passengers within Cowgate and Slatyford, as well as Westerhope, Callerton and beyond to and from Hexham.