Church Way, South Shields, South Tyneside, 1987
Busway 280, wearing the colours of former independent Ecomonic Motors, off loads passengers next to the open-air market in Church Way, South Shields on a rainy 11th August 1987. The old Economic fleet colours were reserected by Busways in the mid 1980s for the service between South Shields and Sunderland, a route which had been formerly operated by the original independant, until it was acquired by Tyne & Wear PTE in the 1970s.
Busways themselves became part of the Stagecoach Group in 1995.
Google Streetview of the scene today:
Church Way, South Shields, South Tyneside, 1987
Busway 280, wearing the colours of former independent Ecomonic Motors, off loads passengers next to the open-air market in Church Way, South Shields on a rainy 11th August 1987. The old Economic fleet colours were reserected by Busways in the mid 1980s for the service between South Shields and Sunderland, a route which had been formerly operated by the original independant, until it was acquired by Tyne & Wear PTE in the 1970s.
Busways themselves became part of the Stagecoach Group in 1995.
Google Streetview of the scene today: