(19 Jun 2024, 6:08 pm)Andreos1 wrote  

I've managed to pop in to MurdnunoC's little borrowers world and fortunately, with the advent of modern technology - make his text bigger so we can all see. 

Didn't the 301 and/or 302 go that way too at one stage? 
Genuinely can't remember (without checking anyway) how they got to the Metrocentre, but can remember fleeing along Market Lane in an Atlantean one Saturday.

301 went via Askew Road to the Teams then through Dunston (Ellison Road) and along Market Lane to Metrocentre.
188 went via Bensham Road, Lobley Hill Road, Victoria Road, Angus Road, Bolam Street (Teams) then direct via A1 to Metrocentre.

There was also an early morning 60 service which combined the major stopping sections of both routes (Dunston/Teams/Bensham), but I believe it went via Cross Lane, Welilington Road, Dunston Road, and Park Terrace between Metrocentre and Dunston instead of Market Lane. This eventually became the 63. 

Both the 188 and 301 replaced the original 60 route between Metrocentre and Gateshead which was operated by those 'Big Orange' Nationals they had branded.