(28 Dec 2015, 12:03 am)Jimmi wrote Think that's the reason that the 59 exists on Sunday's. Not sure why the areas that the 59 serves get a service on Sunday that is supported by Durham County Council but other places don't, especially after Durham County Council withdrew the subsidys for all Sunday bus services in 2011.

Also when Durham County Council withdrew the supported on Sunday's in 2011 a fair few places lost their Sunday evening services, I lost the 5A on Sunday nights.

When the contracts came up for renewal, the 57a was replaced by the 58 out this way and the 57 by the 59, which extends all the way to the Arnison centre. We got the 22 back, without subsidy after a lot of lobbying, as a lot of locals ended up cut off from the bit of Durham where they actually worked, on a Sunday. Extending to Sunderland definitely makes it viable, as it ends up doing much of the work of 5 buses an hour (plus a GNE one)!

We actually lost evening services entirely, for a short while, when big'un was a baby, thanks to some thugs who enjoyed pelting buses with rocks on a regular basis. Drivers refused to come through.