(06 Jan 2022, 12:14 am)N391OTY wrote A very good question !!
Walkergate geographically is a very small area. Move within a quarter of a mile in any direction of Walkergate Metro station and you've left Walkergate, and are in Byker or Heaton or Walkerville or Walker. The only sites I can think of are
3. a corner of the yard in the Stagecoach Walkergate depot.
My money is on option 3 given Arriva's reluctance to spend unnecessary money at the moment, and could be attractive to Stagecoach as well, if ever they wanted a few more local services to take over in the Newcastle area. All this assumes that the new depot is only for minibuses, of course.
(06 Jan 2022, 6:29 pm)Storx wrote I have a feeling both that and Blyth are short term anyway until a proper depot is built somewhere with them merged but they don't want to spend the money I assume until Blyth is sold. It's literally in the plans for Blyth Town Centre so has to move.
This is a long-shot but perhaps a deal will be struck between Arriva and Stagecoach that sees Stagecoach gain the 685, and Arriva store the 11 or so Solo's needed for the minibus work at Walkergate depot short-term. Then eventually the Blyth-Newcastle super depot will be constructed?