(21 Oct 2026, 5:03 pm)Storx wrote I personally don't understand why the 27 and 57 are running through. Everyone on those routes can change at Heworth to get to Newcastle which will be negligible anyway (for the 27 and 57 beyond Heworth).
Cutting the infrequent services is piss poor imo, it's all good saying get a bus 10 minutes earlier, but those people won't appreciate waiting around for 25/55 minutes in Gateshead when they miss their connection because you aren't doing that in 10 minutes.
That's before the lack of Metro integration, at all.
Doesn't exactly help and I dont think anyone thought this but
The 58A runs into & out of Newcastle. Yet the 58 doesn't. HOWEVER it does on a Sunday when it interworking with the 57
So Monday to Saturday u cant get the 58 to Newcastle but on a Sunday you can