(10 Jun 2015, 10:34 pm)Andreos1 wrote It shouldn't take the same from Northside to Portobello, as it does going in the opposite direction, by virtue of missing out Birtley town centre.
The initial 82/82A will have been similar.
The fact it misses out the town centre on the way back, makes the extension upto Northside pretty much pointless anyway. Residents can get the bus home from Birtley, they just can't get one down...
Yeah I hadnt thought about that, safe to say GNE have complicated things for themselves route wise and in trying to improve reliability also.