(08 Jul 2019, 10:34 am)BusLoverMum wrote
The X5 wasn't as frequent, though, with the X1 appearing to be a merger of that and the 194(?) from Washington to Easington Lane.
Yeah, from Shiney to Easington Lane (via Herrington) , you had the hourly 164, the 3 times an hour 194 and the half hourly (limited stop) X5.
The X5 and X6 (that went along the A183 to Sunderland) provided fast links between Shiney and the Galleries.
Between the Galleries and Newcastle, you had (all half hourly) the X4 and X5.
You had others come and go, such as the X2, X15 and X94 - but those two combined to give a frequency not too different to now.
Add in the other services and the frequency was probably greater then, than now.