Compared with 2005, Go North East’s South Tyneside network is a relatively small one. With buses in many areas such as Hebburn, Jarrow, Simonside, Horsley Hill & South Tyneside Hospital seeing removal or reduction of bus services without public consultation or support. The Solution: CoastLink.
CoastLink is a Idea for a brand of bus services that would provide local connections across South Tyneside and surrounding areas Such as Heworth, Gateshead, Newcastle and Washington.
Below is a list of service ideas:
84/84A: Heworth, Hebburn, Jarrow, Hill Park, Low Simonside (84), Brockley Whins (84), Biddick Hall (84), Whiteleas (84), Boldon (84) & Fellgate (84A)
85/86: Heworth, Bill Quay, Monkton Lane, Lukes Lane, Hebburn, Jarrow, York Avenue (85), Hill Park (86), Low Simonside (85), South Leam (86), Tyne Dock (85), Laygate (85), South Shields (85), Simonside (86), South Tyneside Hospital (86), Harton Nook (86) & Horsley Hill (86)
87/87A: Newcastle, Gateshead, Deckham, Felling, Heworth, Fellgate, Boldon (87), Whiteleas (87), South Leam (87A), Tyne Dock (87A), South Tyneside Hospital, Chichester & South Shields
88: Newcastle, Quayside, Saltmeadows, Heworth, Monkton Lane, Monkton Village, Jarrow, Bede, Simonside, South Tyneside Hospital, Westoe, South Shields, Mile End Road & The Lawe
89: Washington, Hebburn, Jarrow, Tyne Dock, South Tyneside Hospital, Harton Nook, Westoe & South Shields
X12: Metrocentre, Gateshead, Heworth, Biddick Hall, Whiteleas, Ridgeway, Westoe, South Shields