(19 Mar 2022, 4:04 pm)Adrian wrote Looks like this is going to drag on for even longer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-60791617

and so it should. The services using Blackett Street are the busiest in the north east and serve areas of high population density.
There aren’t really any suitable alternative routes with creating “bus jams” and little suitable pavement space for stops.
The last thing that operators need whilst trying to get passengers back on their buses is for them to be dumped at unsuitable stops.