(16 Jan 2014, 7:25 pm)Dan wrote Primarily, the Sunderland Connect's main market is University students travelling from campus to campus.
There is also a secondary market, and that is for those who are perhaps visiting the area - people who want to go to Sunderland's points of attraction for tourists. I said this before, but in more simple terms...
It serves the Stadium of Light and Glass Centre for those viewing Sunderland's attractions. Why wouldn't the bus serve the Royal Hospital? If the bus is routed that way to get to the Hylton Road terminus, then surely you'd serve stops on the route to maximise your potential reach? Similar story for Aldi, but one could also argue it's for a Metro connection.
In that case to maximise potential reach would it not be a good idea to extend the Service