(05 Aug 2022, 3:14 pm)xpm wrote Was more referring to the sheer numbers of service that go via askew rd and team st etc.  some go via pitz as well granted, but you could still have one going either way alternately and still make it work. Some also go via Dunston too and that should just stay as it is, Can’t tell you how many times I have come into the metro with a 10a and b in front of me, and I still used to get passengers coming for me, even if I used a different stand.  We all ended up 15 -40 mins or more late getting into town again waiting for a stand and following each other playing leapfrog both ways all the way back through the metro, blaydon, ryton and Crawcrook.  No one wins the way it is currently, and the return journey in peak ends up getting cut because the driver would end up going over their hours, because the decided to make the driving stint 5 hrs 20 in rush hour without a break and not allowing for inevitable delays, particularly on a Friday for example. Was thinking more of an x50 style soccer bus operation if that makes more sense.