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What future for Tyne bus?
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TYNE and Wear Passenger Transport Executive director gineering David Howard presented a paper in which he outlin future of the bus in the new Tyne and Wear Metro service.
And that future is a diminishing one, as Mr Howard to conference "Although buses will always be important, a re track system with new links throughout the central area is th way of achieving a higher level of service.
Mr Howard explained the building of the new Metro t ground railway system but added that the authority had recoc the need for a balance of investment between roads an provision of public transport.
He said that when the authority had applied for a Gover grant to build the Metro system, the PTE had comparE integrated public transport network based on the Metro with quality all-bus network on ordinary roads as an alternative.
The benefits of the Metro system would include a major rE of bus services, so that no longer would there be a duplicai services with the new rail link and services which crossed th( bridges would be able to drop passengers at Metro interchari ''It is fortunate that with many Metro stations being situate near local district centres, bus services will be able to satisf journey needs as well as acting as feeders to the Metro," Howard.
National Bus Company provides about half the bus serv the Newcastle area and the PTE thought it necessary that a St operating agreement was necessary to operate the new efficiently.
Now a new agreement giving the PTE full overall respon for the services with an executive committee with members Executive and general managers of NBC has been set up operations on a day-to-day basis.
Bus priorities have also been extended to give a reliable transport while the Metro is being built and to ensure a smoo. for the rail link services which are operating as Britis withdraws diesel rail services before the introduction of the I\