(26 Jun 2026, 7:24 am)EastGatesheadRider wrote 557 from Fellgate-Seaburn Probably just got extended and renumbered to 558
Or maybe from a couple of years ago 355 from Four Lane Ends to Forest Hall when I lived at Longbenton we used to take this bus.
557 was different from 558 at that time
The 558 went evening and Sundays only
The 557 was Seaburn - Fellgate operated by Redby hourly, Mon to Sat.
At same time there was the 559 also, which went Seaburn to South Shields via long distance and took just shy of an hour, this was contracted and operated by OK Travel hourly from Peterlee depot.
The 558 was established back on deregulation day in 1986 having been renumbered from pre deregulation as the 528