(Today, 7:25 am)Storx wrote Imo none of those people need links to Team Valley there's better places (MetroCentre) which has everything there which is much closer. 

The people who use Team Valley come from Gateshead and the places to the South like Birtley etc.

I don't think there should be a bus service but those people are more likely to go to Kingston Park because of the flagship Tesco there and large M&S food opposite.

Living in the Derwent Valley, I quite often pop over to Kingston Park rather than Team Valley. By car, it's just as easy to get to, and unless I want to buy a kitchen from Wren, a bed from Dreams, or a sofa from SCS, (the latter two are also present at Metrocentre) it pretty much has the same shops, with the added bonus of Aldi and Food Warehouse too.