(16 Apr 2014, 7:58 pm)AdamY wrote To give these Sunderland to South Shields service suggestions an old-school twist, why not extend the 30 beyond Boldon Asda via the old 537 route via Hylton Castle, A19, Chester Road and Royal Hospital thus recreating the service.
Or route it into Sunderland via the current X36 route to give GNE a further excuse to re-jig services in Northern Sunderland.
Stagecoach have tried a Chester Road/ Royal Hospital to Boldon service previously – the original incarnation of the current Service 5 operated to Boldon Asda from 1999 until it was curtailed in 2004 and subsequently extended to the Docks to replace the 14/14A (when the 5A was introduced).