Forcing me to use bus / Metro would increase my journey time to the City Centre by at least 10 minutes. I live midway between 2 Metro stations with a good 25 - 30 minutes walk to each which I sometimes do but not on a wet or rainy day when my bus stop is only about 3 minutes walk. On top of that a cancelled Metro could increase your wait by about 20 minutes sometimes which on a cold Wallsend platform is not pleasant. Give me a 10 minute bus and Metro service and I could be convinced though. Maybe Nexus could look at Switzerland for some ideas, trams, trolleybuses, buses, light rail and main line trains connecting with all operator tickets. On the subject of the 308, where would driver changeovers be for the 306/308 and the Ridley Park area would be busless - maybe cut short the 309 instead?