(22 Mar 2016, 7:54 am)Andreos1 wrote I'm on my phone so can't really check dates and if they started after de-reg - but the 51/52 went along Sunderland Road.
There was also the Bill Quay service (60?) that went along there.
All went to/from Gateshead and Heworth.
Before the Metro, I am sure the 93/94 travelled along Sunderland Road, using Carlise Street.
When I lived near the metro station, late 80s, early 90s there was very little. Generally had to walk up (and it really was up!) to Felling Square for a bus service with a decent frequency. besr in mind that there were 3 metros every 10 minutes through Felling, back then, so even a bus every 10 minutes represented a frustrating wait, in comparison!
Definitely no buses along Carlisle street, at that point. They'd probably have been pelted with rocks if they did, mind.