(22 Mar 2020, 3:02 am)S830OFT wrote Finally found service 18 changes and it is more cuts which will see only the following journeys operate from Gilley Law to Sunderland:
07:09(Weekday only)/09:33/10:33/11:33/12:33/13:33/15:01 (Saturday only). The later journeys are all withdrawn, although will extend to Durham Road Shops and terminate there. The 18A will continue to operate with no changes.
It seems the 16:08/17:22/18:34 journeys from Sunderland all use the same bus with the bus running to Gilley Law then returning to Sunderland Not In Service to start the next journey.
Timetables a right mess but not surprised, they could use a Solo on it, and it'll still not look full.
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The 12 and 13 are weird too, Combined route from Doxford Park leaves at these times:
12: 12:18 – 13: 12:30 – 12: 12:42 – 13: 12:54 - 12: 13:06 – 13: 13:30
12 - every 24 minutes and 13 every 24 minutes - combined of a 12 frequency.
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3 - looks like all journeys will go to Farringdon and Gilley Law - every 12 minutes.
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Looking at bustimes, the PVR's seem to be:
NEW PVRs:
3: 8 PVR (drop from 9)
4: 8 PVR (currently 10 on current route)
12/13: 10 PVR (drop from 11)
16: 9 PVR (drop from 10)
22: 8 PVR (Same)
PVR drop by: 5 PVR
Withdrawn:
3 Omnilinks
2 darts
(Once the 2 gas buses return to service)