(17 Jul 2022, 10:27 am)Rob44 wrote i must say i thought the 46 didn't start until the early existence of northumbria motor services? I certainly don't remember seeing it at the Haymarket when waiting for the 397/44 home on a Saturday afternoon, although that was almost 40 years ago!
It started at Central Station, IIRC.
I think it passed over from Tyne and Wear PTE to United sometime in the early 80s, probably coinciding with the renumbering of the 397/398.