(03 Aug 2024, 1:04 pm)V514DFT wrote Alot of people in Marsden and Horsley Hill miss the 89, so i casually asked did they use it when it was around, and they said no, people like that do my head in, they dont use the service, then bitch when it's gone, but i agree with the South Tyneside thing, plenty of buses to/from South Shields, but not alot go to places where people need to be, most of the network is based on a network from 40 years ago, the entire lot of it needs bulldozed and rebuilt from the ground up, and at the same time ditch duplicate bus numbers aswell
Honestly, I was actually quite surprised at South Tyneside to be honest, I thought it would be lower with the Metro and quite frequent bus service (even known it goes to South Shields). Definitely didn't think it would be worse than Durham as the service is pretty much terrible everywhere bar Durham itself, especially the further South you go down Newton Aycliffe / Bishop way.
It seems like basic services and employment are the two which are really down in the S. Tyneside, which in a way would make sense since they all go to South Shields, where there's no shops barely nowadays and there's no work there.
The 599 should help a bit though mind, I suppose.