(5 hours ago)DodgepotMcDougal wrote There are lots of routes that cross the Tyne Bridge but if you count the actual trips each hour, it's not an overwhelming number of departures
The Metro simply couldn't cope with the numbers of people that buses would be dump at Gateshead.
It did between 81 and 86 when numbers using public transport, was greater than now.
Unsure why it couldn't cope now...