(28 May 2020, 4:04 pm)Storx wrote It's so they can reduce the frequency of the 1 from Gateshead to Whitley to every 20 minutes. It wouldn't work having the the Wrekenton and Metro Centre parts as you need 4 buses an hour. It obviously doesn't have enough passengers to carry on it's own so they've merged it with the 25 the least of the important buses going towards Wrekenton / Low Fell. All about cost savings and reducing the PVR in my opinion.
Agreed, it's all about reducing the PVR and saving a few pennies, which was a point I made yesterday.
For the passengers who use it, it is very important.