(09 Aug 2021, 5:20 pm)Washingtonian wrote The SD berries are going from two buses an hour to one on an evening, so I'd guess this is so Biddick still have a bus to Sunderland on an evening. I know it shows up on the timetable that it runs Biddick to the Galleries and back only, but I'm assuming anyone getting this may be able to stay on the bus when it changes to the 2. With the 8 running on an evening and Sundays from next month, almost all the other parts of the 2A are covered.
I hadn't noticed it before, but potentially replaces the missing journeys through Biddick on an evening? Currently there are three - 1x 83, 1x 85 and 1x 86. This would mean there'd be 1x 84 and 1x 2A.
Although we're unsure how the Nexus timetable will look with the new contract, it wouldn't provide much of an option... you'd have two buses leaving within 15 minutes and nothing for the next 45. If they run xx.20 Biddick to the Galleries after 7pm, then at least that'll retain a half hourly service.
I'm more curious at how the buses are going to be turned at Biddick. There's a 3 minute gap between the outbound trip arriving at Biddick and then the inbound trip departing, which would probably be enough time to go down to the A195 roundabout between the schools and back. There's not really another place to practically turn the bus, other than to loop Parkway (which would actually be a more sensible option, but you couldn't serve the Biddick stops in both directions)