(21 Feb 2022, 11:48 am)Rob44 wrote 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.

As Andreos has already stated, it was the case that buses did indeed only drop off in Gateshead.

However, I think you may have missed the point I was trying to make - which was it was a myth that all buses terminated at interchanges across Tyne and Wear instead of carrying on to Newcastle. So, for example, if you lived in Wrekenton or Low Fell, it was possible to get a bus into Newcastle without having to alight at Gateshead. If you lived in Saltwell, it was possible to catch the 301 (which, in 1986, went along Saltwell Road and onto Kibblesworth) into Newcastle; or if you lived in Lobley Hill or Whickham, it was possible to catch the 647, or one of the Stanley buses into town.

If you lived in Deckham or Felling, it was possible to catch the 527 (or 522/529 as it was previous to that) to Malborough Crescent if you didn't fancy changing at Gateshead, though it was a lengthier route which took you nowhere near the city-centre.