(03 Apr 2022, 7:45 pm)Adrian wrote Evening 50s from Chester-le-Street to Washington (and beyond) are timed at xx.45 and the 8 to Washington (and on to Sunderland) is xx.49
Being a cynic, I'd suggest we'll sooner or later see one of the two axed 'due to low use', despite them having more of a fighting chance if more evenly spread across the clock-face.
I think we’re proving here that there are services which cross multiple corridors - and not all can be given an even headway.
Something like the 50 probably aims to provide an even headway between Durham and Chester-le-Street with the 21, Chester-le-Street and Washington with the 8, Concord and Nissan on the 56, and Boldon to South Shields with the 5.
Truth be told it’s impossible to have them all coordinated, especially as evening timetables are formed from daytime schedules which are largely driven by stand availability in congested bus stations.
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