(09 Sep 2021, 7:45 am)54APhotography wrote It's that part I refer to, previously a bouyant service of 38 family and 238/938. The section up to the Junction has increased with the 2/2A, and the rerouting of that through Hollycarrside has compensated for the loss of the aformentioned services.
You mean Tunstall Road? I suppose they have, but stagecoach operate along there too. Turning a bit into a service suggestions thread, but I wonder if they could withdraw the 38 entirely? Have the normal 39 to go around Tunstall Bank Estate, the 2A serving Leechmere Asda half hourly, the 2 on its current route half hourly and send the 61 every 20 minutes up Tunstall Road (to keep a service in that area) and have it rejoin the current 61 route to Murton at The Old B&Q. The current 61 has a lot of layover and it fills some of it with a loop of the city Centre, you could drop that to compensate a few extra minute it may take to go along Tunstall Road. The 61 could perhaps even do the docks runs too or have the 33 extended around the docks.