(04 Aug 2015, 10:18 pm)R852 PRG wrote Only bus routes that I can remember from when I was young were; the 778 and 775 (Sunderland to Consett), 729 (think that Chester-le-Street to Stanley?) 809 (Chester-le-Street to the MetroCentre), 734 (I think that one was sort of a part of the 34/34A nowadays, if I remember correctly it was always a little minibus Metrorider little breadvan type of thing) and then the 724 as well I think (Newcastle to Bishop Auckland). Then I think I can remember a 21, 21A and a 21B...? There was also the 551 to South Shields, I think. It's possible I'm thinking about something I've seen on Flickr rather than a memory (either way it's something I remember) but the X50 (South Shields to Durham). Also got a very vivid memory of an Arriva Optare Delta on a bus to Durham from Chester-le-Street. Apologies for going off-topic but I thought I'd chip in with the 'old buses' discussion.
Yeah. The 729 was the current 78 between Stanley and Sunderland. We also had the 73 between Stanley and Chester-le-Street which went via Avon Road, Hollyhill Gardens, The Font, Craghead then the current 28/28A routes to Chester-le-Street as the service was allocated a lot of Spectras.