(16 Jul 2016, 11:07 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote Similar situation for us in South Tyneside, Our only direct connection to ANY Business Park in Tyne and Wear is the once daily GNE 960 to Waterview Park.
We did have the short lived 939 to Cobalt but that finished literally after it just started.
Not specific to this service, But ANE used to send a Pulsar up to Doxford from Eldon Sqaure on a Peak Time Service up to there, With the return in the evening.
Forgot what the number is, But I remember it having a X prefix before the number.
I think GNE still have some sort of Partnership with Cobalt regardless of how much funding they provide, Cobalt branding is visible on most/all GNE services that pass through there.
Arriva used/still have a similar partnership with Qurom, Though I don't know If that still exists as other operators have creeped into there. ( Stagecoach Etc )
re Business Parks - what about Boldon Business Park? ; There's Rainton Business Park too and other decent sized ones that I can think of within spitting distance of stops, such as Doxford and Belmont.
re ANE service to Doxford Park (and their only service which served their HQ). It was the X19 off memory.