When I worked at Metro Taxis/coastline, I used to drive the 333 open top from Whitley bay caravan park to North Shields ferry landing, the 301 we went from Whitley bay caravan park to Metrocentre every day, until around 1996/1997 when it was curtailed at Gateshead Metro, only doing Metrocentre on Saturdays and Sunday's, I joined Gateshead Depot in 1996 after Metro taxis was shut down