(24 Jul 2021, 7:18 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Washington Services has only one service going anywhere near it (25, Portobello) and the only access to the services area is through a hole in the fence on the Birtley side. Can't remember how accessible it is from the Washington side however no buses currently serve the road leading up to Crowther Industrial Estate (one works service might, but I'd have to check). 

Those limitations aside, Washington Sevices is quite difficult for a bus to serve; has limited facilities; and would only interchangeable with one mode of transport (the bus). Why anyone would want to change from a bus to another bus on a petrol station forecourt with extortionate prices for both petrol and groceries is beyond me.

5-10 mins walk to the South Bound services from the bus link next to what was Chevvies, but you have to cut through the trees to get into the services bit. The actual footpath takes you to a footbridge (but not the enclosed services one) over to Portobello.

The real limitation is that nobody really wants to go to Washington services unless they have to. I don't think there's anything there other than an overpriced Burger King and a Travelodge either side. I don't see why there'd need to be a bus parkway into Washington either. In the grand scheme of things, its a town with a couple of retail parks (heavily designed for car users), a shopping centre that is a dump and not much else.