Shortest north east routes.
Shortest north east routes.
RE: Shortest north east routes.
(19 Oct 2023, 6:47 pm)Unber43 wrote Do short service runs count, I remember the 88 used to do a 3 min Journey from one end of lukes lane to the other then change trip number etc at the end.
Yeah any registered service that was a short route.
(18 Oct 2023, 11:21 pm)James101 wrote Was there once a Stockton - Chandler’s Wharf Mecca shuttle from Stagecoach which was similarly short?
You’re right I think they was the 525 and think one of the Transbus darts was used on it.
RE: Shortest north east routes.
(19 Oct 2023, 7:10 pm)col87 wrote You’re right I think they was the 525 and think one of the Transbus darts was used on it.
Nope. 525 was a Government-funded route linking the High Street to Teesdale in a loop - originally out via Church Road and back into town via Bridge Road until the work on the one-way system at the bottom of Church Road at which point it was flipped round to operate the other way round.
The service between the High Street and Mecca Bingo was numbered the 477 - and indeed, still ran until Covid struck, although at the end only at limited times of the day and operated by M&D Travel. Like the 525, it left the High Street via Church Road and then operated via the Riverside to the Bingo.
Short Buses
I feel like the 763 from Consett Bus Station to St James Court is quite short , my friend says the route takes 4 minutes from the Bus Station but I usually get on at Tesco's and it's about 2 minutes from there.
The TB29 from Gateshead to Racecourse Estate just takes around 5 minutes to get into the Estate but according to google maps the whole route takes 20 minutes (not just to the Estate back to Gateshead too) but I disagree with it.
The TB29 from Gateshead to Racecourse Estate just takes around 5 minutes to get into the Estate but according to google maps the whole route takes 20 minutes (not just to the Estate back to Gateshead too) but I disagree with it.
RE: Short Buses
(16 Jun 2026, 6:22 pm)HarryHarry wrote I feel like the 763 from Consett Bus Station to St James Court is quite short , my friend says the route takes 4 minutes from the Bus Station but I usually get on at Tesco's and it's about 2 minutes from there.
The TB29 from Gateshead to Racecourse Estate just takes around 5 minutes to get into the Estate but according to google maps the whole route takes 20 minutes (not just to the Estate back to Gateshead too) but I disagree with it.
The old consett V11 could've also have took that spot to be fair.
RE: Shortest north east routes.
Gala Bingo Bus from Metrocentre BS to Gala Bingo, approx 700 metres. https://flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/17373231265
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RE: Shortest north east routes.
(17 Jun 2026, 2:28 pm)V514DFT wrote Was there also a 60 that ran from Gateshead Interchange- The Sage or round that area
There is (or was) a short 12 that ran from Wallsend Interchange- Stotts Road
Those 12 shorts would have been when it did a one way loop around Wallsend (which they don't do now), distance of just over a mile.
The 60 was a circular route, but it was over 1km just from the Interchange to the sage.
Think after the G1, think the next two routes would have been....
A1 - Metrocentre Bus Station to Asda - https://flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/26562624891
IKEA - Metrocentre Bus Station to Ikea - https://flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/11919978616
Some other route for contention are...
105 - Byker Shopping Park Shuttle - https://flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/32152633304
Tall Ship Shuttle from Gateshead to Sage - https://flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/51834841849
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RE: Shortest north east routes.
GCT ran a Short S1 between South Shields Town Centre and Little Haven.
ConnectorShuttle from Concord to the Vaccination Place down the road.
Go North East S1. Metrocentre Car Park (might aswell be called) Shuttle
GCT 61. To some houses in Durham up the road from the Bus Station
ConnectorShuttle from Concord to the Vaccination Place down the road.
Go North East S1. Metrocentre Car Park (might aswell be called) Shuttle
GCT 61. To some houses in Durham up the road from the Bus Station
RE: Shortest north east routes.
(17 Jun 2026, 6:31 pm)X919 WGR wrote GCT ran a Short S1 between South Shields Town Centre and Little Haven.
ConnectorShuttle from Concord to the Vaccination Place down the road.
Go North East S1. Metrocentre Car Park (might aswell be called) Shuttle
GCT 61. To some houses in Durham up the road from the Bus Station
What distance would we consider short?
South Shields S1 Circular - around 3km.
Connector Shuttle - Just under 5km in one direction
Metrocentre S1 Circular - around 3km
GCT 61 Circular - Over 5km
Another route I've thought of...
S2 - Metrocentre to Watermark - Around 1.5km in one direction - https://flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/49118547863
A6 - Ashington Bus Station to Woodhorn Museum - 3.5km one way - https://flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/38413664282
Mind I'm just trying to think of routes from the noughties. There is probably loads more if you go back to the 90s and the late 80s when the minibus boom came.
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RE: Shortest north east routes.
Your right about the S1 it was very short to make it at least a normal bus GCT could've extended the route to Haven Point Swimming Baths/end of ocean road where the E1 , 50 and fomer route 516 go.
Sometimes the farely new route 644 would only run Beetween Metrocentre Bus Station-ASDA Via yellow car park and IKEA.
(17 Jun 2026, 4:37 pm)Rapidsnap wrote Those 12 shorts would have been when it did a one way loop around Wallsend (which they don't do now), distance of just over a mile.
The 60 was a circular route, but it was over 1km just from the Interchange to the sage.
Think after the G1, think the next two routes would have been....
A1 - Metrocentre Bus Station to Asda - https://flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/26562624891
IKEA - Metrocentre Bus Station to Ikea - https://flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/11919978616
Some other route for contention are...
105 - Byker Shopping Park Shuttle - https://flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/32152633304
Tall Ship Shuttle from Gateshead to Sage - https://flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/51834841849
Sometimes the farely new route 644 would only run Beetween Metrocentre Bus Station-ASDA Via yellow car park and IKEA.
RE: Shortest north east routes.
The S1 was a circular past the swimming baths in South Shields, it did a loop around Haven point and came back via Ocean Road.
Also we talking about the full route in general being short, we aren't talking about short workings.
Speaking of the S1 in South Shields, it did remind me of the South Shields Shuttle with ran from the Market to Gypsy Green roundabout, that was about 2.5km in one direction, and ran using open top Olympians. https://flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/50814748077
Also we talking about the full route in general being short, we aren't talking about short workings.
Speaking of the S1 in South Shields, it did remind me of the South Shields Shuttle with ran from the Market to Gypsy Green roundabout, that was about 2.5km in one direction, and ran using open top Olympians. https://flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/50814748077
Please feel free to visit my Flickr page - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/
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