(17 May 2015, 11:33 pm)idiot wrote @Dan I know how hard you work on destination displays but annoyingly (not the end of the world though) the driver of the 35a that went up holmside just after 2335 ish had his destination set as he was terminating in the city centre from Houghton way and not Heworth.
The driver is lucky I didn't programme that one - I won't take offence!
I'm afraid this is an issue which is probably always going to happen. The messages on the driver consoles are certainly clear enough, but in most cases, I think it relates to the amount of scrolling up they have to do to get to the right variant.
There are separate displays set up for the evening journeys of service 61 which omit Dalton Park (so the via point for Dalton Park is dropped as a result), and as they are the third and fourth displays along, they're rarely used.
The problem with the 35/A etc is that there really is about 15 different variations in total, including some early/late journeys which are secured and 'connect' for 20s to South Shields or X35s to South Hetton.