Traffic & travel update

BY CAR

Lane closed due to roadworks on A185 Jarrow Road from

Hobson Way to A185 / A194.

A189 Killingworth Road in both directions closed due to major roadworks from West Farm Avenue to A191 Benton Park Road.

BY BUS

UNITE the Union have confirmed that their planned industrial action affecting Arriva services in County Durham, the Tees Valley and parts of North Yorkshire is to go ahead. Arriva will be operating as many services as possible between Monday and Friday during the strike, but inevitably there will be severe disruption. Detailed timetables showing our minimum service levels are shown on the strike update page.

Killingworth Road, Gosforth, is closed between South Gosforth Roundabout and West Farm Avenue until (approx) summer 2019 to widen the road. Routes 18, 18A, 38, 54, 218, X7, X8 & X63 are diverted via Four Lane Ends.

BY METRO

Chichester platform 2 will be closed until about August 2019, due to signalling constraints in place while building work on the new South Shields interchange takes place. During the closure, if you’d like to travel from Chichester towards Pelaw, board a train from platform 1, travel to South Shields and remain on the train. Anyone wishing to leave the train at Chichester after travelling from South Shields should stay on the train to Tyne Dock, change platforms and return to Chichester platform 1.

BY TRAIN

Industrial action is taking place every Saturday in January across the Northern network as members of the RMT Union continue to strike. A heavily reduced Northern service will operate on strike days, with very few services running after 17:00.