(27 Oct 2016, 7:42 pm)northern156 wrote It's his username - please can we get back to topic?

(28 Oct 2016, 8:03 pm)Cock Robin wrote Which is?

(28 Oct 2016, 8:40 pm)ifm001 wrote On the stagecoach.mybesthost website the section that relates to service changes advises that there is to be another set of major changers to the Sunderland network from January 2017 and hints at an "Xciting" new route to be introduced. 
Interesting!!!

(28 Oct 2016, 8:46 pm)Michael wrote Ye, its all hush atm

(28 Oct 2016, 9:05 pm)ifm001 wrote Let the speculation begin.

Xciting Xpress to.............

(29 Oct 2016, 1:09 pm)Deleted wrote Most services to be retimed. One increase in frequancy, one service withdrawn and part replaced by another. One new express service linking two operating areas that aren't already linked.

(29 Oct 2016, 1:21 pm)Michael wrote I do know which service is going... but everyone will have to wait and see for that one.

(29 Oct 2016, 1:21 pm)Michael wrote Not bad then, the way i heard it, it was all cuts to services... i take that the timings is just services running earlier or later than now (so if they run at 8:12am, it'll now run at 8:15am as an example)

(29 Oct 2016, 1:09 pm)Deleted wrote Most services to be retimed. One increase in frequancy, one service withdrawn and part replaced by another. One new express service linking two operating areas that aren't already linked.

(29 Oct 2016, 2:17 pm)Dans_bus_photos wrote My guess is: Extending the 4 to Boldon Asda and then onto Newcastle alongside the X34?

(29 Oct 2016, 2:30 pm)Deleted wrote No, you have a place right but way out on the route, reasonable idea for a guess but look how bad GNE did with X36.

(29 Oct 2016, 7:40 pm)Brian13 wrote There was talks of extending the 30 to Fellgate like it used to. And the X20 an additional express to Newcastle

(29 Oct 2016, 1:09 pm)Deleted wrote Most services to be retimed. One increase in frequancy, one service withdrawn and part replaced by another. One new express service linking two operating areas that aren't already linked.

(31 Oct 2016, 11:02 am)Michael wrote Going back to this...


I do wonder which service is getting its frequency increased?


Also wonder what buses will be used on this new express?, i would imagine, this new service will be hourly (Monday to Saturday daytime only), then if popular extended to evening and Sunday


Maybe move the posts about the changes in Sunderland to the upcoming changes thread? (just so its not spamming the latest news thread)

(31 Oct 2016, 4:23 pm)Dans_bus_photos wrote I would chance to say the 5 maybe inline for an increase to every 20 minutes? using one of the buses off the withdrawn service 8. Hopefully the new express wont be allocated E200s.