(02 Jan 2026, 8:41 pm)Storx wrote That's the old 83A/83C partially by the end isn't it? Think that was it's number anyway.
Definitely do think we need more local services, but going to places where they're going.
Like I'd always love to see the 325/326 return in some form, maybe something like
New 333, 306 extension to Whitley Bay, 351 to Northumberland Park, 19 to North Shields via Royal Quays doing a loop instead maybe?
With all those respective services binned off, and at the same time use Tynemouth Metro, Northumberland Park Metro, Percy Main Metro, North Shields Metro and North Shields Ferry as connection points for going further and apart from the 306 extension, are all awkward subsidised services which aren't exactly bustling half the time.
It's not identical, but does similar links for most.
Map to visualise it better for those who like them:
Yeah its the old 83A/83C in with the 317, although the 322 only used to go as far as Rake Lane and the 323 as far as North Shields, would of been around 2003/2004 that the 323 was withdrawn (never understood why) as the R19 was the old 309 (Palmersville-Silverlink) when the R19 ran from Palmersville so it wasnt really a replacement for the 323, in recent years the closest to the 322 was the 42A when it was re-routed via Four Lane Ends (322 only went as far as Four Lane Ends), if that still had of ran to North Shields, it would of near enough been the 322 (minus High Howdon, Cobalt, New York) i believe where SITA is, thats where it merged with the R19/19, High Howdon and Howdon had a few buses at one point, the 301/302, 305, 313/314, 317, 321, 322/323, 341