(07 Nov 2023, 10:32 pm)Malarkey wrote I would also suggest due to severe overcrowding on the Metro as a result of the "GNE Strike" that Nexus set up a "Support Bus Service" between Heworth & Newcastle City Centre as I have personally witnessed extreme overcrowding on services particularly last Saturday after the Newcastle Match, I was lucky to even get off at Gateshead Metro as the train I was on cleared full platforms at both Monument & Central Station essentially resulting in two full Metrocar loads on just one train, I also seen as we departed Monument someone had been injured on the platform and was being attended to by paramedics probably as a result of the latter.

Not sure that'll be possible now as there's problems at Nexus aswell with the engineers planning to go on strike and are currently on an over time ban. I know they're employed by Stadler but running bus corridors to get around that will be a complete grey area, if not just outright illegal.