(13 Mar 2021, 11:56 am)Rapidsnap wrote Deckers are around 14ft 6in.

But Benton bridge has never been an issue. At a guess the 11/41 gets deckers because they run closer to the depot and it's easier to swap out a decker for a minibus later on.

As for the 19 it does use deckers, but only between High Flatworth and Northumberland Park on peak time extras.

My mistake, mixed the 4 and 6 around.

(13 Mar 2021, 3:09 pm)Metroline1511 wrote At least in Hexham, Gateshead and north Durham, Go North East is the main operator.  Also in South Shields and Sunderland they are the main interurban operator.  Given that Arriva have depots in Jesmond, Blyth and elsewhere in Northumberland, North Tyneside seems outside natural Go North East territory.

GNE was always North Shields / Tynemouth and Wallsend with cross tunnel services from further afield connecting to their S. Tyneside network and pretty much all local services in North Tyneside.
Arriva was always Whitley Bay / Gosforth services plus the 306 and was mostly longer services and the Whitley locals.

Now it's a bit lost for GNE since they've pretty much abandoned most the local services and tunnel services with Stagecoach's 22 taking over Howdon so the few services they have left are mainly duplicates of Arriva services which they've always had.