New Service

3rd Sep 2023 onwards

This new service will be introduced to replace Arriva North East service 54.

It will follow the same route as the current 54, except between South Gosforth and Quorum Park, where the 354 will serve Benton Park Road and Four Lane Ends instead of Longbenton Estate, and then east of New York, where the 354 will serve Billy Mill and North Shields instead of the General Hospital and Whitley Bay.

Customers travelling to North Tyneside Hospital and Whitley Bay from Killingworth, Backworth, Shiremoor and Murton Village can instead use new service 359.

The new 354 service will operate hourly Monday to Saturday daytimes and will provide a half-hourly service between Shiremoor and North Shields with new service 353.

Nexus will continue to provide later evening and Sunday bus services, following the current route of service 54, and will be operated by Stagecoach.