(12 Sep 2021, 8:02 am)IRHardy wrote Before 1986 this was not such a problem as the cross Tyne routes didn't, as they terminated at Gateshead Interchange and everyone was forced to use the Metro to get into Newcastle City Centre.
Correct, if only we still had one local authority covering the entire region, and only the one transport body.
For anyone who hasn’t watched ‘Metro - the way ahead’ it’s really interesting to see how revolutionary Metro was for the area along with all the associated changes to the bus network at the time. Such a shame we lost the regulation and integration we once had.