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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ever complained about the bus or said it’s too unreliable so you use your car? Well, speak now or forever hold your peace! 5 mins of your time will help the North East get better buses. Support bus franchising. The consultation closes at 9am tomorrow: www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/consultation...

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Weren’t the pavements on Ridley Place widened to benefit pedestrians and businesses?

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We deserve better buses in the North East! Currently there’s a vast range of complicated operator-specific tickets, an array of confusing route names & colours, and MANY duplicated route numbers! (There’s four DIFFERENT number 10s in Newcastle city centre for God’s sake!)

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

*Sigh*. Newcastle’s Central Station was once promised a new southern entrance (see left pic) to open up access to a redeveloped Stephenson’s Quarter. After years of waiting we ended up with a small hole punched through a wall as a cheaper western entrance instead (right pic).

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Really looking forward to ‘Goods’ opening on John Dobson Street. Great to see the ground floor under Metrovick House finally being brought back into use, and I think this’ll be a popular and welcome addition. goodsgoodsgoods.co.uk?fbclid=PAVER...

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

APPROVED. ✅ Redevelopment of the Hadrian House site. 📍Higham Place/Durant Road, Newcastle. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Disappointing Jesmond bus depot with its Doric facade is now proposed to become a surface car park, rather than the mixed use development previously reported featuring residential, commercial and community spaces.

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I see the land by the approach to Chillingham Road Station has recently been cleared of vegetation again. I wonder if it’s simply maintenance or whether plans are on the horizon. Around 3 years ago plans were submitted for 22x two-bed apartments there, but were later withdrawn.

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

No recommendation of using Heworth Interchange, the large Park & Ride facility sat on the Felling Bypass, served by Metro, rail and bus? 🙄

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The Catalyst, home to the National Innovation Centre for Ageing, and the National Innovation Centre for Data. 📍 Science Square, Newcastle Helix.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Making the the East Coast Main Line have 4 tracks to Morpeth or even Alnwick would be a great option instead. It would allow more local stopping services, new stations and reduce the number of cars traveling up the A1 making it safer. The mayor should lobby for this over polluting road schemes.

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Cargo bike! 💪 📍 Newcastle Town Walls, behind Stowell St, China Town, #Newcastle.

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Finally purchased a selection of stickers from Edificity’s shop, to fill in some gaps. Especially loving the Ouseburn and Newcastle Gateshead bridges stickers! 🛍️: www.redbubble.com/people/caref...

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North East PTUG @northeastptug.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Today is a huge day for public transport in the North East. After many years of campaigning, this morning the consultation on returning our buses to public control launches. It's vital that everyone across the region has their say and supports bus reform. 1/3 www.facebook.com/share/v/14q6...

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

So many delicious options, you have to walk back and forth across the bridge before deciding what to buy. 📍Jesmond Food Market, Armstrong Bridge, #Newcastle.

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Interesting afternoon at a North East Rail Vision Workshop at The Common Room, advocating for a visually cohesive, integrated, multi modal public transport network, with integrated ticketing, information, mapping & wayfinding, first & last mile provision, level boarding and more!

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Northumberland politicians firmly at stage 1 re the A1, despite having seen how popular and successful the Northumberland Line is.

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

📍 City Stadium, Warwick Street, #Newcastle.

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

CGIs released of the Regent Centre Interchange refurbishment, ahead of works beginning later this month. I hope they’re haven’t forgotten to include some Calvert ‘B’ for Buses logos! 🤔 It is a bus and Metro interchange after all. nexus.org.uk/news-media-h...

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Yes. Calvert tiles. 👍 #KeepItCalvert New NE travel site: travelnortheast.uk

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🎂 Happy 150th Birthday to our Swing Bridge. Best admired from afar. 🫣

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Ouseburn afternoons. 📍 Stepney Bank & Stepney Road, Ouseburn, #Newcastle.

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Chilli Rd Rain Gardens. 📍 Chillingham Road, Heaton, #Newcastle.

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

It’s disappointing junctions are still being altered, (WIDENED in this case), without side streets being treated to continuous pavements or ‘side zebras’ to reinforce pedestrian priority - ESPECIALLY on busy pedestrian thoroughfares like Percy Street. (Plan shows Percy St/Leazes Pk Rd alterations).

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🚌 Back when our buses were uniformed, integrated, and many had separate exit doors. 💪 📸: Photos are screenshots from video. 📽️: ‘Tyne & Wear PTE: A Brief History’ - youtu.be/7ME9yIQRlvQ?...

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Ringtons Tea Merchants, of Newcastle upon Tyne. Est. 1907. 📍 Algernon Road, Byker, #Newcaste.

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Great video by @cityedyt.bsky.social explaining why he likes our magnificent city of Newcastle so much. Who can blame him. youtu.be/inf80PeIWpA?...

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Why I like Newcastle

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Askew Road (east), former 4 lane congested traffic sewer. Let’s hope the progress in Gateshead over the last few years isn’t reversed, to the detriment of local residents, businesses & potential development. 🤞 📸 1st three photos from GMBC: www.instagram.com/p/DYuXND5CJy...

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Of course the spare land at Heworth Interchange, (busy transport hub served by Metro, National Rail, and local buses), is destined for a DRIVE THRU coffee shop, instead of transit-oriented development (TOD). 🤦🏻‍♂️ What housing shortage? My previous thoughts on Heworth: x.com/lf_p/status/...

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Hopefully they realise prime land in the urban core of Gateshead has been vacant for years as no one wants to develop/live in/work in/visit areas strangled by sprawling carriageways & vast junctions. Let’s pray “free up access” doesn’t undo the good progress made in recent years!

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Drones used for site information works at Victoria Viaduct, as part of the route planning for getting the Metro to Washington. ▶️ youtu.be/HSxIueXu34k?...

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I like the Ouseburn Trust’s ambitions to improve public transport links to the area as part of their 2030 strategy, including campaigning for a new T&W Metro station on Stepney Road! If it was ever to happen, maybe it’d look something like this: www.millerpartnershiparchitects.co.uk/portfolio_pa...

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

A £128 million vision to regenerate an “inaccessible and bleak” corner of Newcastle with new homes, shops, a multi-storey car park, and an urban park on a disused railway yard near Central Station has been submitted to city officials. 📍North of Pottery Lane, Forth Goods Yard, Newcastle.

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

A new placemaking installation is currently being installed at Pink Lane. 📍 Pink Lane, Newcastle. More info: www.instagram.com/reel/DVGd8st...

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The Swing Bridge has costly mechanical issues, but can’t the graffiti be kept at bay in the meantime? It celebrates its 150th anniversary in June. A Newcastle city guide has said, “it is a source of embarrassment when I lead my domestic & foreign guests down to the Quayside”.

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The terrace that survived. 📍Falconcar Street, Shieldfield, Newcastle.

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

On this unassuming side street in Shieldfield lies two pieces of infrastructure most passersby don’t notice. Firstly, an abandoned slip road on to Central Motorway East (aka the CME). And secondly, a Metro line between Jesmond & Manors that passengers don’t travel along. 📍Camden St, Newcastle

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 16/02/2026

How long before both Northumberland Park and Heworth stations have their platform numbering corrected to create a single coherent interchange at each? If we can get this tweet viral I'd say we can get it done in a month.

a tweet reply from Northumberland County Council reading:
"The platform numbering won't be changing at Northumberland Park as it's two separate systems and there's a similar situation with the rail and Metro interchange at Heworth where both systems have platforms 1 & 2 on each station"

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Around 40 trees have been planted along the former eastbound carriageway of Askew Road, with shrubs/plants to follow. This, & the pedestrian crossing which replaced the awful concrete footbridge will make for a more pleasant environment ahead of the new housing east of Redheugh.

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The 2 apartment blocks by Olympian Homes, south of Pottery Lane, are really coming along now. After decades of standing dormant, it’s great to see development, (and plans for further), on these vast swathes of brownfield wasteland as you enter Newcastle from the south. 🏗️

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Gareth Forest @garethforest.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Why are Britain’s buses so bad?

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Lovely to see even during the wettest greyest coldest weather, visitors loving Newcastle (& wider area); that “it’s an architectural delight, totally full of surprises, its walkability, long list of things to do/see, and its really European feel”. I❤️NCL youtu.be/jPuiqCQxBl0?...

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Newcastle's public transport: What's the big deal?

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The festoon lanterns on Newcastle’s Stowell Street, Chinatown, weren’t restored in time for last year’s Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, and now looking unlikely they’ll be restored for this year’s celebrations either. 😔 www.getintonewcastle.co.uk/news/chinato...

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Great news but minor gripe, the new National Rail platform will be numbered… 1, (instead of 3). 😣 This is because it’s *technically* a different station to Metro’s Northumberland Park, adjacent. Of course to Joe Public it’ll be all one station, with platforms oddly numbered 1, 1 , & 2. 🤦

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Something a bit different yesterday. I went along to Go North East’s launch event for their new batch of fully electric buses. These 29 brand-new EVs will allow another 3 of their routes to transition to smoother, quieter, and greener electric operation. 🚍 ⚡️🌳

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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

In addition to the Northern Powerhouse Rail announcements today, the Department for Transport has said that the business case to re-open the Leamside line would be pursued. Could the North East’s network eventually look something like this? 👇

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