(13 Jun 2022, 11:50 am)Ambassador wrote Some of these routes (the TBs for example) are crying out for DRT services.
Birtley doesn't get a link to Washington at all - its nearest major shopping centre (unless you connect at CLS or Wrekenton) and Portmeads and Vigo (ironically an area with lots of new bulld housing and developments) loses its commuter link to Newcastle.
No direct link to hospitals for Birtley either - ironically easier to get to RVI and Durham Hospital than it is to get to the QE..
I got the impression from reading the changes that there should still be a link between Birtley and Washington/QE.
'Go North East will no longer operate service 25, with the section between Newcastle, Harlow Green and Eighton Banks replaced by an extended service 1. This will operate hourly. The rest of the route will not be replaced. Nexus will step in to provide a new service 81/82. This will maintain and provide links lost from commercial withdrawals of service 28 between Gateshead – Birtley, service 25 between Gateshead – Mount Pleasant – Portmeads – Portobello – Barley Mow, and service 82 between Birtley – Portmeads – Portobello – Barley Mow – Washington Galleries.'