(19 Jul 2019, 5:45 pm)cbma06 Yea, George Bell went via plains farm while the Busways went via Springwell and thornley close, that’s how the 5 started off from doxford park to Boldon, I wonder if George Bell never put on service 125 then the 5 would of ever existed, yea when jolly bus came off, Busways put the 8/9/9a on, I think Busways only bought the bus service routes and not the buses or depot, as George Bell used the old jolly depot and also Welco used the depot aswell with bus service W20 and W21 between South Hylton and Sunderland
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Still on the subject of old Sunderland Busways routes, (I know its the latest news thread and is probably off topic) I had always assumed they switched from three digits (1xx) to single/double digits at deregulation (except the 104 with was an extension of the 4), however there are images of buses running on route 107 to Downhill and 110 to Pennywell. Did these routes also operate alongside their respective 7 and 10 routes?
I remember the 7 running CBS - Witherwack via Newcastle Road, and the 10 presumably running the same route it does today.
(19 Jul 2019, 5:45 pm)cbma06 Yea, George Bell went via plains farm while the Busways went via Springwell and thornley close, that’s how the 5 started off from doxford park to Boldon, I wonder if George Bell never put on service 125 then the 5 would of ever existed, yea when jolly bus came off, Busways put the 8/9/9a on, I think Busways only bought the bus service routes and not the buses or depot, as George Bell used the old jolly depot and also Welco used the depot aswell with bus service W20 and W21 between South Hylton and Sunderland
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Thanks.
Still on the subject of old Sunderland Busways routes, (I know its the latest news thread and is probably off topic) I had always assumed they switched from three digits (1xx) to single/double digits at deregulation (except the 104 with was an extension of the 4), however there are images of buses running on route 107 to Downhill and 110 to Pennywell. Did these routes also operate alongside their respective 7 and 10 routes?
I remember the 7 running CBS - Witherwack via Newcastle Road, and the 10 presumably running the same route it does today.
