(if a service is not mentioned then it has not been touched - such as 21 & 27 etc...)
*My apologies for the photo quality, I have no idea how it became blurry...and when I try to remove the photos from the post it crashes*
1 Metrocentre → Whitley Bay Map
- Quicker Cross-Tyne journeys to the Metrocentre
- New Connections from Annfield Plain to Metrocentre
- Combined frequencies 5/5A every 30 mins & 5/5A/6 every 15 mins
- New Connections from Whickham to Durham & Sacriston to Newcastle
- Combined frequencies with 6/16 to every 15 mins & 5/5A/6 every 15 mins
- New Connections from Rockwood Hill & Prudhoe
- New through travel on 10A/10B allowing one journey to/from Tyne Retail Park
- New Connections from Birtley, Increased combined freq.
- Combined Frequency of 10 mins with 56, until QE Hospital
45/46 Newcastle → Consett Delves [20]
- New Connections from Delves to Newcastle & Metrocentre (45-46-45)
- New Connections Consett to Blaydon/Winlaton
- New connections West/East Gateshead to Metrocentre & Team Valley (49-48-49)
- New Connections from across Gateshead to Amazon
- New Connections from across Gateshead to Amazon
- No Change just allocation of Q3 voltras instead
- No Change just allocation of Q3 voltras instead
- New Connections from Sunderland, Concord & Gateshead to Team Valley
- Reduced freq to enable increased combined freq [every 10 mins] Newcastle to Wrekenton (28/28A/29/56) & Wrekenton to Sunderland (55/56)
- New cross city connections between East/West Gateshead & Newcastle Business Park
- Increased Frequency to accommodate route changes.
- Reduction in frequency to enable increased combined freq and route changes
97 Newcastle → Metrocentre Asda [20] (as it was for years)
Withdrawn/Changed Routes;
X72 - 5/5A/48 route replacement
16A - now 6 extension
686 - would need significantly changing (10A/10B)
34 - northern section of route either cut or changed
X45/47 - Changed into 45/46 & 47 extended once an hour to Consett
49/49A - new 47/48/49 routes encompass this route.
93/94 - rerouted 51/52 covers northern part of route. New 48/49 routes cover southern part.
96 - covered by new 48/49
51/52 - route changes now covered by rerouted 57/58
29/25 - route variation for 29 and new 55 covers northern section of route
12/57 - 12 now numbered 57 and connects to gateshead. 57 rerouted.
58 - new route
1 - route changed to run via Dunston, Western part of route covered by 97.