I think Dans touched on this a lot now, the demand just isn’t there in this area anymore. I’ve lived in north Tyneside all my 25 years on this planet, gone are the days of Percy Main being a hub of a million and one bus routes, they’ve condensed to try and make what they have profitable. Can you blame them?

I never see the 41 busy, I never really see any 42’s very busy and same goes for the 11. Unfortunately the competition have edged it in these areas.

I could understand you constantly saying it needs to change if there was footfall to back this up, but you have to accept from a none enthusiast point of view of the area. I do feel as though I grew up at a good time for this area, the excitement of never knowing what bus was going to show up on a 305 or even 340 used to be great, but that’s not how bus companies are ran anymore, it’s more uniformed, and on the whole as a customer perspective better.

Gone are the days of B10BLES flying round on the 17, or SPD’s cluttering up wallsend!


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