(11 Jan 2015, 3:44 pm)idiot wrote Would it take much work to create a connection between the e1 or e2 onto the x34? I would use the bus over the metro any day of the week personally
Probably not. All it would take is for the timings to be synced (presuming timings aren't synced already) and Horsley Hill Square could feasibly be used as an interchange point between the services.
Like others, I have my doubts in the merits of combining the services together into one route. While new links may be created between, say Whiteleas and Whitburn, I think it's unlikely that people would use the service between Newcastle and Sunderland.