(21 Jun 2021, 7:13 pm)Andreos1 wrote Assuming (and I'm not being flippant here), that the passenger can read/see/access that information - why go to the bother of displaying the terminating destination for those passengers boarding at Gateshead?
The exact same information available at Wrekenton, is available for those passengers wishing to board at Gateshead.

There's the whole point made above of detracting Newcastle as the destination. May as well go the whole hog and have vehicles display Newcastle for the entirity so it doesn't detract for those last couple of stops.

As for the 2 showing Washington for the majority of the route and assuming passengers can access all the information you mention, why does it need to change its display as it gets beyond the confines of Sunderland and detract from Washington? That same information available for passengers boarding at Chester Road is available to the passengers boarding at the Prospect or Barnwell Shops.

I can't think of another place that compares to Gateshead Interchange for buses into one place though? There's literally a bus to Newcastle every couple of minutes, so whilst the timetable on stand N also gives the information, it acts as a quick reference to passengers trying to spot the correct bus out of the sheer amount that pass through. 

Not sure in regards to the 2/2A, but I would assume that passenger data shows that the service essentially acts as two? Similar to how the old 43/44 provided local journeys for 3 or 4 sections of the route, with no one in their right mind wanting to travel on it the whole way between Durham and the Metrocentre/Newcastle. Although the 43/44 displayed Newcastle as the terminus, I'd question what value that offered to passengers, and it probably had something to do with it being split in recent years!