(24 Oct 2021, 10:15 am)Andreos1 wrote I can't remember it going down Durham Road to be honest, but it did benefit me going down Chester Road.
Not sure it was ever likely to be a massive money spinner on either route to be honest.
Alongside the 16x services, it had the 220/222 and 535/536.
Chester Road had all of the local stuff, plus the 638, 777, X6, 775 and 778 for distance work.
Originally I’m sure the 164 originally went to South Shields before that section got cut in favour of the Sunderland to Seaburn extension, I remember when the 164 only ran every 2 hours during daytime and was an express service only stopping at certain points between Sunderland and Hetton, when ok got purchased and the 535/536 took over the 161 route and eventually became the 35/35a/36 and killed that service aswell, nothing left much now , ashame it’s all for profit now than providing a bus service to passengers, and passengers having to get 3 or 4 bus services now than rather just one journey
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