(24 Feb 2020, 8:51 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote I’ve never really got why those three routes are grouped any more than with the 4 or others given how little crossover there really is.  South of the river the 3 shares virtually no common route with the 12, and only New Durham Road and Allendale Road with the 13. Even North of the river the only route they share that is ‘unique’ is North Hylton Road/Washington Road (from where they lose the 4 & 16 at Beaumont Street).  The 12 and 13 yes, but the 3 is pretty separate imo.

There isn't much crossing at all - only the parts u mentioned.



3 won't drop either, because its a 20 minute to Gilley Law and 20 minutes to Farringdon but i find the Gilley Law part, pointless, when they have the 13 - does that area require a 10 minute service?

Would work better if the 3 was just fully 12 minutes to Farringdon, new PVR would be 7.