(19 Oct 2013, 10:33 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote Just had a thought instead of extending the 26 to Doxford International, why not extend the 38 instead to replace the short 39's.
The 38 used to go to Doxford Park, it was when the 38 went from Sunderland-Doxford Park-Herrington Burn-Houghton and the 37 Sunderland-Doxford Park-Herrington Burn-Washington, both providing a 30 minute frequency on main part of the route, but it wasn't commercially viable so the 37 went back into the hands of Nexus with the Sunderland to Doxford Park being cut, and the 38 was chopped back where it originally terminated.
When Doxford International opened, how many bus services went through that area, there was quite a few bus services and now not many as only a few was using the services as majority was using the car.
If this proposal goes through about service 26 going to Doxford Park, then the 26 is going to be heavily delayed and it will inpact the cross city journeys. I think the 26 will be a red herring to see some reactions from the public (the same thing when GNE said about proposals sending the 20 to South Shields, the reliability of the service would of been either the 20 will be a no show for passengers for a about 30 minutes or you get about 3 buses coming together).