(09 Jan 2022, 11:42 pm)mb134 wrote Eh?
First off, I'd hardly define the MetroCentre as a key area in the current climate.
Second, by that logic Stagecoach are screwed because they don't serve any of Northumberland or Durham, and GNE have no chance due to only having one service to the mighty Kingston Park.
Hence why I travel GNE.
My point was serving part (Gateshead and North Tyneside) and Metrocentre and Wallsend make sense within that network.
Arriva running a service to Wallsend more regularly and serving Metrocentre, I would probably use Arriva sometimes for Tynemouth, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Killingworth, Wallsend, Metrocentre, Gateshead, Gosforth and Fenham etc.