(28 Feb 2014, 1:08 pm)andreos1 wrote Interesting.
I know a lot of the 2x services were Fawdon - Beacon Lough estates/QE type services.
But never knew about this route.
It could be (using wild logic), that the 7 changed to a 2x number, prior to eventually becoming the 56.
The Gateshead - Springwell Estate section of the 7 was replaced by the 9 & 10.
My old blog displays the timetables for these services:
http://oldtwbustime.wordpress.com/2011/0...wpte-1979/