(24 Nov 2022, 5:32 pm)Storx wrote Timings I'd guess for that. It's takes 31 minutes to Birtley so it'd be a PVR of 3 either way. Might aswell spend the 14 minutes going to CLS instead of waiting around doing nothing. 

Same for the 6 takes 45 minutes or so to Sunnyside so might aswell spend the extra 15 minutes off to Burnopfield - assuming that's a PVR 2.

It would be interesting to compare the PVR and timings to the 26 which used to run as far as Barley Mow.

Sure the PVR was two and the journey time between Gateshead and Barley Mow was 30mins.

Someone needs to dig out one of the old timetables!

Edit: https://northeastbuses.co.uk/bygone/item.php?id=1569

There's the 26 and it went via Jackson Street, High Street etc