(11 Feb 2022, 9:45 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Why is the 8 scrapped?
The 8 used to be a secured service (don't know whether it still is). It is a relic of an old circular service which operated prior to deregulation before the 7 was diverted away from Scotswood Road and Newcastle to serve the Metrocentre instead. It most likely existed, initially, to provide a service to factory workers at Vickers and various other factories along Scotswood Road, then to provide a service to Newcastle Business Park in later years. Now that most of the factories are closed, and office workers have adopted more flexible working patterns, the service has been probably deemed surplus to requirements.
To be honest, I'm surprised it's lasted for 36 years. It's had a good run.