BBC Radio 2’s Sally Traffic, alias Sally Boazman, officially opened MetroCentre’s £12 million Public Transport Interchange at the end of October.

Shoppers were given the chance to view a spectacular vintage bus parade which brought Sally to the Centre from Gateshead Civic Centre.

In addition the Mayor of Gateshead, Councillor Pat Ronan travelled in the convoy of buses dating from the early 1900s as they journeyed to MetroCentre’s new Public Transport Interchange.

Twelve million pounds has been invested in MetroCentre’s new state of the art Public Transport Interchange. It is equipped with comfortable waiting areas where shoppers can alight straight from the bus into the Interchange without venturing outside. A new MetroCentre bus service has also been introduced, the MetroCentre Circular, which circles the Centre and Retail Park every five to ten minutes.

Mike Parker, Director General of Nexus who manage the Interchange on behalf of MetroCentre, said: "This is a marvellous state of the art facility which provides a real step change in the travel and waiting environment for passengers."

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