(01 Oct 2015, 9:10 pm)BusLoverMum wrote A service like that would make a lot of sense.I think a service from Newcastle and the Metrocentre like the Stagecoach 100 would be a good idea with many Arriva services serving Haymarket Bus Station so there is plenty of services to connect to. Haymarket would probably be the best place for it to leave from as pretty much all Arriva services in Newcastle leave from Haymarket (the 85, X12 from Eldon Square) although there would be difficulties entering Haymarket Bus Station on a service from the Metrocentre.
I think Arriva do lose out a fair bit by not having a very big presence in Gateshead (only really the X12 and the barely worth having X24, these days. They had more a decade or so ago, when some services were shared) or Sunderland (just the Peterlee services from the South - all of which have strong competition from GNE)
RE: Arriva North East: Service Suggestions