(19 Sep 2013, 9:38 pm)AdamY wrote One of reasons why the X3 was retained was because the East Boldon Residents Association and Councillors representing the area kicked up a fuss. I don't know how well the service is used between Boldon and Newcastle (or Gateshead) but presumably it was enough to make GNE cave to political pressure. So why not curtail the service at East Boldon and scupper the Sunderland link as that part of the route is already duplicated by the 9?
The demand is obviously good enough, (despite the residents association/councillors) because they introduced the x36 to maintain the half hourly frequency between Boldon and Newcastle.
There isn't normally much joy, regardless of councillors getting involved.
When the big changes came into play 6 years ago, there were nearly riots in a certain place beginning with F.
There were quite a few meetings held in Herrington when the 194 was axed.