(11 Apr 2015, 1:24 pm)MurdnunoC wrote I do for the 92 - from January 1987. It also includes Easyway services 60 and 61.
Relevant dates:
services 91 and 92: North Eastern services de-registered March 18th 1989. Daytime services to Go Ahead Northern, evening and Sunday service on 92 to Tyne & Wear Omnibus Company.
91 (Gateshead - Lobley Hill) to minibus route M91 from September 23rd 1989 and replaced by minibus routes M34-6 from May 5th 1990.
92 (Gateshead - Heworth)
Before this, from March 26th 1988, Northern started minibus route M31, initially as Felling Metro station - Queen Elizabeth Hospital via Felling Square, Chilside Road, Rectory Road and Windy Nook.
This only lasted till May 7th 1988 when the following Northern minibus routes were started:
M29: Gateshead Metro - Kibblesworth via Bensham and Saltwell Road South
M30: Gateshead Metro - Felling Metro;as M29 to Allerdene, then via Harlow Green, Wrekenton, Beacon Lough, Furrowfield, Windy Nook and as the old M31 to Felling Metro.
M31: Gateshead Metro - Felling Metro; as M29 to Saltwell Road, then Belle Vue Bank, Durham Road, Kells Lane, Church Road, Wynbury Road, Whinlatter Gardens, Southend Road, Queen Elizabeth Hospital then as the old M31 to Felling Metro.
M32: Gateshead Metro - Felling Metro via Shipcote, Deckham, Felling Square, Fewster Square, Whitehills estate, Windy Nook then as M30/1 to Felling Metro.
From August 4th 1988, M33 (Gateshead Metro - Bensham, Racecourse Estate) was added.
From April 22nd 1989, M30 was withdrawn and M31 diverted via the full length of Kells Lane and Old Durham Road, between Low Fell and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, so missing out the Church Road/Wynbury Road bit. It seems as though this continued to have an evening and Sunday service though, because there was still a PTE contract for this. It passed from TWOC to Busways (Blue Bus) from january 28th 1990 till the contract ended on July 28th 1991.
As I said, I can't support any of this with actual timetable leaflets but I'd welcome any additions/corrections to the news sheet record.
Just to add, I also found and scanned a shot of a Go Gateshead Renault minibus taken at Heworth Metro. The date on the slide is April 1993.
