(04 Sep 2023, 2:28 pm)ASX_Terranova wrote Why, you have when have the metro and national rail already serving this link and a future line to Ashington in 2024. 
I do agree on this point. You also have the old Q3 stop on newgate street, the two on the opposite side of the road and the ex-100 stop on Blackett Street which currently arent used all withih easy reach of eldon square.

It's about connections to other buses aswell right now you can't really connect with the likes of the 56 without a 10/15 minute walk which isn't ideal if it's pissing itself down. By pushing it through you'd connect all the buses together at some point at Newcastle. 

Not to mention the links the other way. Newcastle Central to Quorum, Cobalt and the Northumberland Coast which people will want without a walk across the city. Also at the same time you'd have all the Gateshead buses at one place rather than the stupidity now where the 56 and 57 are from one place and the 28 and X1 are from another which doesn't make sense and you'll only get that by releasing Haymarket. 

You could potentially open a mini bus station at Central aswell with 6 or so stands if you removed the short stay car park which is absolutely ridiculous where it is in a major city. All the drop off zones etc could be moved to the back of the station or around the centre of life when the back entrance is complete.