(24 Aug 2013, 7:05 pm)aureolin wrote I was down Teal Farm earlier, and the new developments (three of them) are really shooting up now. Alongside them, there's a new pub (yet to open), and a Sainsbury's which forms a village centre of another 6 or 7 shops. It really could do with a bus service that actually serves some purpose - I don't count the insane route of the 73 being that.
New service: X82
Frequency: Every 30 minutes
Heworth - Lingley Lane - Waterview Park - Teal Farm - Washington Village - Washington Galleries - Rickleton
The actual route would be something like; Heworth Interchange, A184, Lingey Lane, Follingsby Roundabout. Then non-stop to Waterview Park (via A195 Northumberland Way, A1231, Pattinson Road), Teal Farm Village Centre, Barmston Road, Station Road, Emmerson Terrace, The Avenue, Village Lane, Abbey Road, Parkway, Washington Galleries, Cambrian Way, Lambton Village Centre, Ayton Road, Dunnock Drive, Vigo Lane, Picktree Lane, Rickleton Village Centre.
For the return journey to Heworth, it would run clockwise between Rickleton and Lambton, via Harraton, Sycamore Ave, Wear Industrial Estate.
On an evening and Sunday, the service would run as 82 (every hour), between Waterview Park and Rickleton using the above route, but extending to Chester Le Street.
Not a bad Idea, Here is my suggestion with some similarity's
M4 - Chester le Street - Pickree Village - Rickleton - Harraton - Washington Galleries - Glebe - Washington Village - Teal Farm - Waterview Park - Peel Retail Park - Sulgrave - Concord - Usworth College - Heworth