(3 hours ago)Rob44 wrote that would be me!!! ;o;.

I still say too many buses go into Newcastle when thye could just end journey at gateshead,  Ive seen nothing on social media about people who wanted John Dobson street having to alight the "X" services at gateshead and hop on a 56,57,58, or 28,28bor 29 due to the express service going straight to barras bridge. 

Its no so bad now but before askew road was made bus lane it could take the bus a good 20 minutes plus at peak to get to eldon square and to be fair it wasnt just cars and lorries causing the traffice, it was other buses carrying freash air heading all to same destination

Aye I get the argument, to be fair, but I'd find it annoying if I had to get a bus from here to say Four Lane Ends which would take 25 minutes to then have to change at the Metro. Would be a right chew on when I've done most the journey.

The only exception for Gateshead is the 27 really, as you could change at Heworth for Newcastle and it's probably six and two threes anyway, potentially quicker if you utilised the resource to up the rest of the route anyway. Obviously with Intermodal tickets anyway. 

The obvious routes like the 57 which you could make an argument for are just too infrequent really.