(08 Sep 2013, 7:25 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote From my memories of the 638 I remember having Verdes/Striders on it on a daily basis with the odd Dart here and there. Then when it got changed to the 773/774 it used Plaxton Prestiges which was quite nice at the time, before having MPD's when GNE changed it again to the 73/74, again with the odd mixture before it changed to what it is now the 2A/2C.
I don't whether the demand was there between Washington and Crawcrook back in the days of the 638 as I only used it as far as The Galleries, but since then I think maybe the Demand has grown in that area, and be worth re-installing the link again, obviously not the whole route, but perhaps from Washington to Winlaton would be suitable.
Washington - Oxclose - Blackfell - Springwell - Cotemede - Meresyde - Colegate - Whealcroft - QE Hosp - Beacon Lough - Kells Lane - Beaconsfield Road - Belle Vue Bank - old 638 route to terminus (Ryton or Crawcrook).
Can't see the need for it to go via Wrekenton or Harlow Green due to the increase in services in those areas.