(05 Jan 2020, 1:00 pm)Michael wrote But then we'll only get moaning by people on here, that they have to change buses for Newcastle, but then the buses heading to Newcastle might be delayed due to the traffic, because the traffic won't go away by terminating buses at Gateshead!
They wanted to do that with the 56 years ago, miss out Gateshead interchange and a high number of passengers said no, so they didn't bother changing it.
All you need to do is give punters the alternative if turning some at Gateshead.
I'd suggest having the longer distance stuff continue to Newcastle and then when the corridor is shared with local/shorter services - punters have the option of getting a 57 from the QE to Gateshead or a 56 all the way through.
Rather than the two follow each other all the way from the QE to Newcastle and then back the same way.