(14 Jun 2022, 9:15 pm)Storx wrote To be honest they're all just the same to me, don't particularly like any of the 3 really. They all have massive flaws and tbh none of them really have anything to shout home about. Prefer the Metro just the shame it's a 50 minute walk or arm and a leg with the 57/57A to West Monkseaton believe it's £4.10 or something stupid for a return now or the 19 which doesn't run late enough and even then it's £3.60 return I believe. (It's about 3 mile to the Metro at Shiremoor (nearest stop)) and there's no joined ticketing because of the boundary tax.
Can't wait for the Blyth and Tyne railway to turn up so I rarely have to use a bus again ngl.
Back in the day Seaton Valley fell under the jurisdiction of Tyneside PTE. I wonder how things would have been today if we had been subsequently incorporated into Tyne and Wear back then.
If the ABT does re-open, spare a thought for the people of Seghill as the train goes through!