Link up was a good but restricted service. Limiting use to the area yiu lived in only and therefore restricted travel, eg at the time of link up, I libed in South Shields and worked at Doxford int. I was permitted to use link up to take me to a metro station near where I lived but was not able to take me all the way to Doxford for work as I was then 'out of my area'.

They also used the solo branded buses for some tendered services which off top of my head I remember the

6 Newcastle -Jesmond
500 and 501 South Shields Lawe Top routes
592 and 593, Link up branded buses where the first operator, which was Veolia, until they started running buses in veolia livery.