Traffic & travel update
BY CAR
A185 Jarrow Road closed due to roadworks from Hobson Way to A194
Newcastle Road.
A189 Killingworth Road in both directions closed due to major roadworks from West Farm Avenue to A191 Benton Park Road. BY BUS
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.
Each weeknight until Friday, March 29, several sections of the Silverlink roundabout will be closed for essential works between 8pm and 6am. Due to these closures, Stagecoach service 22 will divert away from the Silverlink Roundabout and travel up Churchill Street via the Jolly Bowman, along Middle Engine Lane and into the north side of Silverlink. All buses will turn at Osprey Drive roundabout and observe the stops outside the Volkswagen and Citroen dealerships before returning to the northern end of Silverlink and on towards Cobalt Park, re-joining the normal route. Services in both directions will follow the diversion route. BY METRO
All day today and tomorrow, no trains will run between St James and Tynemouth to allow for overhead power line renewal work. During the work a replacement bus service, number 900 will be calling at or close to all station between St James and Tynemouth. The last four replacement buses will not arrive at Tynemouth in sufficient time to connect to the last train, therefore these buses will continue to Longbenton.
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 today, affecting Northern services every Saturday in January as members of the RMT Union continue to strike. A heavily reduced Northern service will operate on most routes with very few services running after 17:00.