(27 Sep 2013, 7:51 pm)Michael wrote I really think a Sunderland - Newcastle stagecoach bus would work - Offer a good deal
Sunderland mega rider - All Sunderland Services + E services + the X5 to Newcastle.. for example
Any idea of a route it could use?
I would leave it in stagecoach - Basically the X36 route till Downhill - ASDA - then follow the X34 route? - Hourly at first then - half hourly if it works out?
I'd rather see it use Chester Road to the Hastings Hill then express via A19/A184, stopping at Heworth, Gateshead, Newcastle. But to be honest, I think any route connecting Sunderland & Newcastle would be good - and would offer fantastic value on the dayrider/megarider (which is probably why we dont have such a route!)
I did suggest something similar to SNE when GNE pulled the X2 a few years ago - got some nonsense reply that because they dont currently operate between Sun & Ncl it would cost too much to start doing so. I could understand this for e.g. Sun - Darlington as they have no depot down there so a breakdown would be a nightmare...but they have depots in Newcastle and in Sunderland so I don't see the issue.