(02 Oct 2020, 11:08 am)ne14ne1 wrote Well the flip side of that is theres now a chance for Hills Street to have wider pavements & outdoor seating areas for the two pubs, where once people were banished to the narrow pavements either side while a stream of diesel buses hurtled through the middle, which would have been unpleasant to sit alongside.
Anyway, we're getting off topic from new Xlines vehicles.
Assuming people return or find the area now it's all pedestrianised.
The whole Gateshead traffic management system is doing my head in and has done for a while. No doubt the powers that be within the operators who serve Gateshead are of a similar mindset.
It will be interesting to see what the impact of the changes are on Prince Consort Road or past the Civic Centre - with traffic heading up and around there, rather than along the short stretch of Askew Road.
New buses or not, I can only see congestion across Gateshead Town centre.