Nexus has installed CCTV cameras in the bus shelter at Kirkstone Avenue in Jarrow to improve security and provide passengers with greater reassurance.
The new cameras form part of the Nexus Bus Strategy, which is a three year action plan to improve local bus services.
Nexus is the process of installing 65 cameras at bus shelters across Tyne and Wear in a project costing £100,000.
The bus shelters to receive cameras are those with some history of anti-social behaviour and vandalism, including damage to glass and to the timetables.
The project has the support of Northumbria Police and local Community Safety Partnerships.
As well as Kirkstone Avenue, Nexus has installed bus shelter CCTV at seven other locations in South Tyneside. They are Lyon Street in Hebburn, Fellgate Avenue and Calf Close Lane in Jarrow, Prince Consort Road in Hebburn, Prince Edward Road and Centenary Avenue in Harton and Lizard Lane in Whitburn.
Director of Strategy for Nexus, Tobyn Hughes, said: “We want passengers to have the confidence that they can wait safely at bus shelters. The CCTV cameras will help us to achieve that.
“Nexus has already installed more than 500 new and upgraded glass shelters in Tyne and Wear. Installing the cameras is the next step in making sure the whole bus journey is a safer experience.”