(Yesterday, 12:27 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote No, that was my point. The 56 and 27 serve places along the route, they are not end-to-end Newcastle to Sunderland/South Shields routes. X24/X34 are designed for end-to-end journeys, which is covered by the Metro.
I have actually done the full 56 and 27 routes, and they aren't bad. But I wasn't saying to do that, I was saying get the Metro.
I live in South Tyneside, I use the X34 regularly as it stops top of my street. No metro nearby and nearest metro is 20 mins walk which is also the Sunderland line not the Shields line
The X34 exists as it serves areas the metro doesn't
You don't know what you are talking about here. Id swot up if I were you