(22 Feb 2015, 9:38 pm)Acky81 wrote Doesn't seem that busy, people are using the 12. Go north east are just messing around too much with Silksworth services
Silksworth is over-bussed, in my opinion.
Services 33/33A provide a 15-minute frequency compared to the previous 20-minute frequency on the 35A, on top of the 10-minute frequency provided by service 2. I personally think the 20-minute frequency on service 35A was ideal, but I've always thought it was through-traffic on the old 35A service, rather than people actually travelling to Silksworth. I think they only gave the 33/33A a 15-minute frequency so they could upgrade the 39 to a 15-minute frequency to replace the combined 10-minute frequency of the old 29/39 routes.
Stagecoach's 12 service hardly justifies the use of full-sized single deckers on 10-minute frequency. Whenever I see the 12, it's empty or carrying one or two pensioners. Looking on Flickr under the search of "stagecoach sunderland service 12", it's the same story.