(26 Sep 2017, 8:41 pm)Michael wrote So like a loop service at Peak times?
Doxford Park - Sunderland - Hastings hill - Gateshead - Newcastle - Doxford Park? - Only at Peak times.
Maybe the X24A will be on seperate board, nothing to do with the X24, like Dan suggested.
I was thinking more of a separate service - Sunderland direct via Durham Road & City Way to Doxford Park, direct via A19 to Newcastle picking up along Durham Road and Doxford Park then non stop. Not sure passenger numbers would be enough to justify half hourly X24 and a Durham Road serivce though, and I imagine Stagecoach would want to keep a half hourly frequency via Chester Road as a fair number board/alight along that corridor. Would be great if they could.
I think it's more likely though, particularly given it is just an A variation on the route number, that we'll just see peak am Newcastle depature(s) and peak pm Sundelrand departure(s) rerouted to run to Doxford Park instead of Chester Road and City Centre, as someone else suggested, sadly.