(12 Apr 2022, 11:25 am)Unber43 wrote i wouldn't say the 6,9,26,33,38,39/39A are at risk. 38 & 39/39A are being subsided already on a evening and have done for many years. Same with Peterlee and Washington. 33 Carriers a lot of people, contrary to many peoples belief here, so does the 38.

Also there must be some myth with the 55 that it carries no body, on sundays there are quite a few people who use it, same during the week many a time I have seen it more busier than the X20 & 20.

The thing is the subsidy in the evening is a big alarm bell for a route as it means it's marginal already. If it wasn't then the night services wouldn't be subsidised at all as the profit in the day could carry the evening services over, no company would happily let GCT run their routes. Minibuses carrying 7 or so passengers a journey aren't going to be making money. It's no different to the 11 and 42 in North Tyneside which have just gone. All the mod cons and that but looking at bus times but the 3 buses on the unique section of the 39/39A atm are carrying 3 passengers between them. The 2/2A does the rest of the route. For Washington it's an average of 4 passengers per bus and it's been lifted by the 1 bus with 15 PAX on atm. They're all at massive risk if cuts are coming. Same as Stagecoach 8 and 18 for some balance in Sunderland.

For the 33 there's questions why it needs to exist at all it duplicates the Stagecoach service 13. Similar with the 38 which duplicates the Stagecoach 12 and GNE 2A and the 55 with the 20/X1/62.

(12 Apr 2022, 11:51 am)Rob44 wrote i was the only person on the 28a on the way to the match on Friday 1215 from perkinsville until it reach salt well park. When i was talking to the drive he said most of the 28's as like that through the day and its only at peaks times when make money

Not surprised, I've used it before and it wasn't much better. The move to Market Street won't help it either as it's out the way.