(11 Nov 2020, 1:53 pm)Andreos1 wrote Sorry, thought I'd replied/acknowledged this the other day.
Yeah, I think Classic had some contracted Nexus stuff in the era you mention. Apart from the 168, there was work around Ryton.
OK had some Nexus/TWPTE stuff from Gateshead to Clara Vale in the years prior and I think the Classic contracts replaced it in part.
The slow curtailment of services in Birtley which aren't the 21 is something which has frustrated me for a long time. Well established routes like the 721, 777, 26, 183 etc are gone and haven't been fully replaced, if at all. Sad.
Adrian did a map of Washington a few years back, with a before and after comparison. The changes were stark.
You've mentioned North Tyneside and obviously Sunderland isn't a stable network at all.
No need to be sorry man.
Yeah it's quite bad Birtley really, amazing how disconnected the whole area around there is going East to West in particular. It's mental how the size of Washington can't hold bus services in the evening aswell, be interesting to see the level car usage for areas as it must be sky high there as tbh it's not usable for the average commuter who can't be hacked swapping buses in Washington etc.