see if i went back to living in the rigg and was given the choice of the stus quo of 2 bph to toon or to regent centre then metro to tow ( for same price mind) but with a bus every 15 minutes I would go for the latter..... and i would say the same now about me using the 28/28b/29 i would get off at gateshead and metro it across ( or use another GNE bus) to get to town if it meant a bus every 30 mins rather then hourly 9 and sometime more if you check out the timetable)_