(21 Feb 2022, 11:22 am)MurdnunoC wrote For most people, you didn't. It's a myth that all buses used to terminate at Four Lane Ends, Heworth or Gateshead. Some did, mostly local services, or the predecessors to tbe likes of the 4 or 82 (or whatever), but you were able to travel into town from, say, Washington using express services (X4, X5, X94) much like you were now. Likewise, you could travel from much of North Tyneside into Newcastle using the 356 (or 354/355 as it was numbered previous to that) - and, of course, the Coast Road services have always been there. As for Gateshead, Durham Road and Old Durham Road had services into Newcastle with longer-distance services providing that conduit, as did Bensham and Saltwell.
Maybe i worded what i said wrongly but before Maggie privatised the buses was the idea the the TWPTE buses would arrive at a metro station and the metro would be there ready to take you on to the city centre. Of course this was dropped in 1986.
Also of course buses ran to Newcastle from Durham road but from what I could remember these only DROPPED OFF in Gateshead and went to worsick street bus station? obviously that's who i remember it but it was 35 years ago and i was a teenager at the time.