(Yesterday, 12:57 pm)Storx wrote Yeah could see it being a big issue Gateshead. It's a shame they couldn't bin off the Gateshead bus stops and then register the buses to come in some different ways, maybe one through the Tunnel and along the Coast Road and another via the A1 and Redheugh Bridge, during the demolition works.
Obviously longer in distance, but they're much pretty much same time wise as they're avoiding the traffic. Believe service buses get free tunnel journeys, if I'm correct.
Not sure how enforceable it would be but maybe another option would be to make it drop down towards Sunderland and pick up out of Sunderland only bar a few select stops.
Its normal route during the works however its along up sunderland road towards the roundabout then up past gateshead civic then down jackson street and back onto high street, when asked why can’t we just use the interchange they dont want to pay so unfortunately the passengers will have to suffer being stuck in traffic, and if anything does happen along Sunderland road during the peak then its sitting in traffic on the bypass, and as for drop off only pick up only how would it be enforced, we already have issues still with passengers on the X24A thinking it goes up ti hastings hill however once we turn at the broadway we have been told under no circumstances unless its an emergency to stop at any bus stop so you can imagine the torrent of abuse we get taking them to doxford international, one thing we have suggested is introducing a new X25 service along durham road and have it as a loop i.e X24 to Newcastle up chester road then back as a x25 along durham road and vice versa so most of sunderland is covered by a service to Newcastle.
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