(08 Feb 2023, 3:34 am)Acky81 wrote Can anyone remember the 139/140 circular routes in Sunderland?

Remember when it was a joint operation with Sunderland busways and go ahead northern then Tyne and Wear ominibus and go Wear buses then redby under licence from Stagecoach and go north east. 

We had some bizarre workings on this route? 

However it was a handy route. 

What year did go north east completely take over the routes? 

I’m sure Sunderland busways did a scholars 139? 

Anyone have any memories of this route or photos of the buses used?

(08 Feb 2023, 3:34 am)Acky81 wrote Can anyone remember the 139/140 circular routes in Sunderland?

Remember when it was a joint operation with Sunderland busways and go ahead northern then Tyne and Wear ominibus and go Wear buses then redby under licence from Stagecoach and go north east. 

We had some bizarre workings on this route? 

However it was a handy route. 

What year did go north east completely take over the routes? 

I’m sure Sunderland busways did a scholars 139? 

Anyone have any memories of this route or photos of the buses used?

(08 Feb 2023, 10:14 am)Economic505 wrote Service 139/140 started in 1983. It was mostly a new route, but it did replace sections that of the TWPTE 101 service.

(08 Feb 2023, 10:48 am)cbma06 wrote Yea , replaced service 101 between town centre and villette road and 110 between villette road and Grangetown , while the 110 replaced the 101 between villette road and Grangetown via hill view, and also replaced service x14 between Doxford park moorside and town same route via Durham road and east Herrington, can’t remember if the x14 went via hospital on Chester road in what the 139/140 did, too many circular routes now gone like the 18/19 , now passengers have to travel through town/city centres.


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(08 Feb 2023, 3:34 am)Acky81 wrote Can anyone remember the 139/140 circular routes in Sunderland?

Remember when it was a joint operation with Sunderland busways and go ahead northern then Tyne and Wear ominibus and go Wear buses then redby under licence from Stagecoach and go north east. 

We had some bizarre workings on this route? 

However it was a handy route. 

What year did go north east completely take over the routes? 

I’m sure Sunderland busways did a scholars 139? 

Anyone have any memories of this route or photos of the buses used?

(08 Feb 2023, 4:53 pm)BFK wrote It was 2006 when the 139/140 was taken over by Go North East.  It became the 39/39A branded as Doxford Clipper using MPD's.  The 39A part was dropped a few years later and the 39 was extended from Sunderland to Pennywell replacing the 26/36.

(08 Feb 2023, 5:10 pm)cbma06 wrote Wasn’t the 139/140 became the 29/29A/39/39A Doxford clipper

And the 126/160/163 became connected as a 26/26A/36/36A?


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(08 Feb 2023, 11:32 pm)Acky81 wrote Any pics of these 101 and x14 services or actually routes. 

Hated derwent coaches drivers were horrible 

Wish they could restore the 139/140

Thought today’s temporary changes were bad but just remembered it was an 30 minute service and 1 per hour on a Sunday and evening!!!!

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(09 Feb 2023, 9:19 am)Economic505 wrote check this 1983 Sunderland route map out . It shows 139/140. A proper bus network before Thatcher butchered it.

(09 Feb 2023, 2:10 pm)Acky81 wrote Wow that’s amazing I was only 2 years old but I do remember the 100’s number sequence 
102 Farringdon to seaburn going to see the illuminations wow

Thanks for searching 
Stagecoach ruined the way we travel around Sunderland 
Remember those bright yellow busways buses well