(06 Jan 2022, 9:03 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Benwell, and by extension Elswick given it's relatively close proximity, has an Asda, Iceland and Lidl. The Asda isn't huge admittedly, but the presence of all three gives local shoppers a good deal of choice. Elswick/Arthurs Hill also has a small Asda Supermarket too.
If you're travelling to Tesco at Kingston Park or Asda at Metrocentre, then the chances are you're probably there to do a bigger shop than you normally would in Benwell. This means you'll probably be lugging around a trolley-load of shopping in carrier bags and, lets face it, the prospect of using a bus whilst carrying a load of shopping isn't the most desirable due to the lack of space etc. The chances are, even if there was a service available, people would still opt to use the car.
Aye no arguments there, the West end is quite a bus unfriendly place really pretty much caused by the Tyne being there. It's a shame there's no bridge to the East of the Metro Centre as arguably half the Metro Centre buses should be heading North and touching Elswick etc rather than serving nothing as they do atm.
Mind there shouldn't be buses to Blaydon there's nowt there tbh and the Morrisons is no different to West Denton.