(25 Jul 2014, 12:33 pm)Tom wrote That's a good idea - Id like to see that.
Is the 8/78 busy from Sunderland? they always seem quite quiet to me.
I use the Limes practically everyday - so I'll just give you my opinion. (warning - very long)
So, on an early morning, naturally each service from Sunderland, and Stanley and Consett is taken up with commuters.
In the late morning with the 78, when folk are going out to the shops etc, it's a bit like Service 71 coming in from Houghton, that service picks up in Houghton and people get off to shop in Fencehouses, while most on the way to Chester get on in Lumley, to shop in Chester. For me, it seems like people get on in Sunderland, and along the way, to Shiney Row, to do their shopping there. Most people coming in to Chester on the 78 catch it from Shiney, Bournmoor, Woodstone and Lumley.
As for the 8, coming in from Sunderland, most people, when it gets to Chester, get off in Chester, and very few carry on in the direction of Stanley, unless they've come from there and gone to the Galleries (or something).