Apart from extending the Orbit to Newcastle, how about the following:
Adapt the 1: .Whitley Bay - Newcastle - Gateshead - Old Durham Rd - Valley Drive - Dryden Road - Kells Lane - Durham Road - Chowdene Bank - Allerdene - Harlow Green - Wrekenton
or a new service: Newcastle - Gateshead - Dryden Road - Beaconsfield Road - Belle Vue Bank - Saltwell Road - Coatsworth Road - Gateshead - Newcastle
Whether either of those combinations would work, I'm not sure - but the increasing congestion through Low Fell and the continued insistence to ignore the other roads in the area, seems strange.
RE: Go North East Service Suggestions