(07 May 2024, 9:05 pm)WYBusSpotter wrote Hey all, hopefully this is ok to post here.

I spent sometime in Gateshead/ Newcastle this weekend for the first time in a while. I was doing some photography around the High Level Bridge area, and noticed X66s were once again running along the seemingly unnamed road by the side of the Tyne near Dunston/ Teams. I'm sure this had been closed for ages and buses had been routed via Askew Road (I know buses can go either way).

Two questions:

A: Does this particular bus-only road actually have a name?
B: When did it reopen/ why was it closed for a long while?

Ta.

There was a landslide if I remember right. This may be the closure you mentioned. 

But ultimately, it's an under-utilised resource, which came about because of bus operators shouting repeatedly about 'bus lanes and bus priority measures'.
Very similar to the ones on the High Street in Gateshead and the crossing at Wardley on the Felling Bypass.