(23 Oct 2021, 10:21 pm)Andreos1 wrote I used the 164 in a variety of directions. The only time it was used by choice, was when I was heading to Roker/Seaburn and didn't fancy a change.
Most other times, it was when a more frequent service didn't rock up. If I was in Sunderland and a 777 or 638 wasn't about - I jumped on the 164. Ditto if I was heading back from college and there was no sign of a 194 - 164 it was.
At the time, it complemented the other 16x services from the coalfields and offered something slightly different.
The 2/2a may render it redundant around Penshaw and Barnwell. The lack of interest in the 35 may help its case elsewhere.
Northern killed off the 164 when there changed the route going up Chester road instead of Durham road, it was set up to fail
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