Information on the two ways to get to Gateshead? (3)
I believe the answer is:
gen
'information' is the definition.
(gen can informally mean information)
'two ways to get to gateshead?' is the wordplay.
'two ways' means two replacements for 'way'.
'way' becomes 'e' (Compass direction - East).
'way' becomes 'n' (Compass direction - North).
'to get' says to put letters next to each other.
'to gateshead?' becomes 'g' (head letter of 'gates').
'e'+'n'='en'
'en' put after 'g' is 'GEN'.
'on the' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gen that I've seen before include "'Information, colloquially (3)'" , "Knowledge" , "Informal information" , "Info" , "opening book, in short" .)