(21 Jun 2021, 2:21 pm)Dan wrote I'm not amazed that you don't think it is a good idea! 

When there are countless services running through Gateshead Interchange to various parts in the city (Eldon Square, Market Street, Central Station), some of which (i.e. service Q1) taking a longer time to get there due to the route the service takes, it makes complete sense and is a very good idea for the destination to automatically change to the exact part of the city where the service terminates, before the bus gets to Gateshead.

I'd argue it's less important to those 60 minutes further down the route, where they don't have a choice about which service they travel on.

Surely it's just as important for passengers boarding 60mins down the road as it is for those boarding at Gateshead.
Someone getting on the bus at Easington Lane, but getting off in Newcastle needs to know where the bus will drop them off, just as much as those boarding at Gateshead and travelling for 2 stops.

Someone boarding in West Auckland needs to know where that X21 is going to drop them off, just as someone boarding for the last leg from Gateshead does.

The same applies for those people getting on the 2 on Chester Road and wondering where in Washington it will take them.
Good job it displays The Galleries for those people in Penshaw. Cos I would hazard a guess they were just as important as the ones getting on half a dozen stops prior. Not more important.

Someone in Middlesbrough may decide on using the train as its easier to determine where abouts they get off, than it is on the X9/10.

Genuinely have my mind blown at the perceived point, that the blind for passengers making a short journey is more important than for those making longer journeys and could be less familiar with that terminating point