28 Jan 2018, 8:45 pm
#374
(28 Jan 2018, 8:31 pm)Dan Yes - I think this is where I'm currently sitting on the matter, too. I don't think there's any accessibility issues here, but the nature of the routes of a growing number of services are going to mean that some of the main points are going to be omitted completely.
Driving around today, I saw several buses on the new 9 service. It just looked wrong, seeing a bus in Murton showing 'Lukes Lane', and whilst one of the aims of the new service is to encourage more cross-city journeys, it still feels like Sunderland is the place most people in Murton will be travelling to (as the link between Murton and Sunderland has been established for a very long time) and this is what should be more prominently shown on the display. Indeed, I'd hazard a guess most of the passengers in Murton haven't got a clue where Lukes Lane is!
I think a Split Destination would be more be suitable like we see on the X9/X10 for example, so you'd have Sunderland for Lukes Lane and Sunderland for Murton with individual displays for the terminus of the route displaying as we have now once the service gets into Sunderland.
