(13 Feb 2020, 8:20 pm)deanmachine wrote I think a lot of it is how far Sunderland has fell to be honest, why would you go from Winlaton or Langley Park to Sunderland these days?

Would depend on whether it was a Streetlite operating it or not

Seriously though. Although it might be to do with Sunderland falling behind, the 638 and X6 aren't far off we see now with some operators and the seemingly never ending consolidation of services and people using the services for part of the route.

I can't see many using the 638 or X6 for their full routes back then, never mind now.