(22 Jun 2023, 8:24 am)Rob44 wrote Don't know if anyone uses the shields ferry but I remember when i was a lad me and my dad used to get it across to N shields and in the summer there was the 333open topper. The driver always waited for everyone to get off the ferry before leaving. Last time i used it i jogged off the ferry to the bus stop and just caught the 19?? i think and he pulled away straight away. Luckily for ferry users who wanted to get up the bank to N shields they were digging up and their were traffic lights near the stop and he got held up there - he even let them on but if he'd waited at the stop for 2 minutes everyone would have got on without any problem!
If I remember correctly, at one time the 327 ran from Whitley Bay to N Shields to connect with the ferry and at S Shields 538 connected and ran to Seaburn. Consequently there was basically an open top bus all the way along the coast from Whitley Bay to Seaburn. 327 operated by Northern, 538 by the PTE.