(05 Aug 2014, 7:22 pm)BJ10VUS wrote From South Shields and Chichester, it'll take longer than the Metro. You'll have to change somewhere along the route, probably Horsley Hill or Marsden, to board the X34 from a something like the E1/E2/E6 or 10/11. The X34 doesn't serve Chichester or South Shields.
I've done it before and changed onto a 5 at Boldon ASDA.