Frequency Stepped Up On New Service THE Northern General Transport Co.
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Ltd., said this week they had beet forced, through weight of numbers to increase the frequency of their interurban express services between Newcastle and Durham and Newcastle and South Shields, bringing these services to a half hourly frequency on Saturdays. The increases were put into operation last Saturday.
The service started 14 months ago with six single-decker A.E.C. and Leyland vehicles, operating on inter-linking cycles between Newcastle, South Shields, Sunderland and Durham, and almost immediately was frustrated by the closing of the main road in Gateshead for a considerable time while improvements were made to the approaches to the Tyne Bridge on the Gateshead side of the river —all part of the Felling By-pass scheme.
Despite keen competition from railway diesel and electric train services between Newcastle and South Shields and Sunderland, the company have overcome their teething troubles.