(28 Dec 2021, 2:17 pm)Andreos1 wrote I don't think there needs to be as many buses through the city centre as there is - following each other east to west or vice versa.

I don't think any operator would know what the demand from the west end to Blaydon or the metro centre is to be honest.
Unless they knock on people's windows whilst they're stuck in the widening works or stand on slip-roads off the Western Bypass and speak to all of the drivers making those trips to find out where they started their journey and where they're ending it.
Not sure many people would prefer to make the journey to those places from various parts of the west end by bus (in to and out of the town) for a trip that could be done a lot quicker via other means.

Not many buses pass through really, most start/finish in the city centre. 10/11, 12, 22, 30/31, 32/32A, 36, 39/40 and 62/63 are the only services I can think of which pass through. I'm not sure what could be done to reduce the number of services passing through. Direct links are good, and this requires buses serving the city centre. 6/7 serve local communities without going into town, and perhaps a new service from West Newcastle to Blaydon could work (it works for the Metrocentre) and could be a GNE or A-line service, maybe extended to Rowlands Gill or Consett in the future.