I sat in the pub yesterday in Newcastle watching the world go by and notice SNE GNE and ANE all seemed to be busy leaving the city centre, ok not full but all had passengers into double figures. Then on the way home I was chatting to the driver of my transport and said he'd work the previous night and on six runs had a total of 2 passengers!. And i was the only one on the bus till I got home. Maybe a less frequent service on a night time might be the next step.