(14 Feb 2026, 1:29 pm)ne14ne1 wrote …Not simply because it makes perfect sense to invest in the heavily congested & more polluted corridors in urban areas first, by changing buses on those routes to EVs and putting in cycling infrastructure so that people are more like to start cycling for some of their journeys?

Plenty other corridors around which fit that criteria which isn't Gosforth High Street which would share electric buses out more evenly which don't only benefit Newcastle and Gateshead. 

Coast Road - 306/7/8/9 (Blyth / Whitley Bay / North Shields / Tynemouth)
West Road - 37/38/39/40 (Killingworth / Wallsend)
Chillingham Road - 62/63 (Outer West / Killingworth)
Chester Road - 2 (Washington)
Ryhope Road - 60 (Seaham)
Shields Road (North) - 22/39/40/301 (Whitley Bay / Tynemouth / North Shields / Wallsend)
Shields Road (South) - 27 (South Shields / Jarrow / Hebburn)

Just to throw a few out there.

Cycling the same, where's the investment in the West and East Ends?

(14 Feb 2026, 1:06 pm)deanmachine wrote I was thinking that GNE need to start looking at replacements for it's solos now. They're pretty much all 10 years or older this year.

It'll be interesting to see how many of them get replaced like for like tbh; obviously some are needed for the likes of Hexham, Peterlee, Washington and Consett locals but for the rest it'd arguably be better to get a big batch of 10.8m Singles and replace the rest of the midibuses as they're all getting on aswell (excluding the Yutongs)

The likes of the 2/32/33/61/62/63/67/69/317/340/341/342/353/354/355/356 would be ideal for them really. Least it gives them a bit more headroom to move them around in the future.

Obviously GoAhead being GoAhead they'll not doubt find some more castoffs from elsewhere instead.