(15 Apr 2022, 10:57 am)Rob44 wrote  just the 57 i think?

Yeah, I think it is.
Even the Nexus funded 558 misses the old part of Sunderland Road on its inbound trip and continues on the A184.

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(15 Apr 2022, 11:03 am)Storx wrote The one behind Silverlink for the subsidised 19 is the worst one. I don't understand nowadays why they don't just open it for all traffic since there's no issues at Silverlink so it wouldn't be a rat run anymore. Would help with the traffic problems at the other end of Tyne Tunnel Ind. Estate which affects the 19 anyway.

Yeah, I don't get that one either.
The queues to get out of the estate for drivers who will then inevitably turn north on to the A19 and ultimately contributed to the queues that led to the development of the Silverlink roundabout isn't lost on me.

Speaking of junction improvements in areas where bus operators ignore the flow of traffic (Silverlink and Testos being the obvious candidates).
As well as the now completed widening of the approaches to Doxford International A690/A19, I've noticed that the slip road off the A19 at Seaton/Seaham is being widened.

If only there was a bus service that was able to attract car users on to public transport - taking people to the places they want and need to be - all that money wouldn't need to have been spent on road widening or improvements.
Thousands of cars stuck in traffic, millions being spent on the roads and there's not one operator savvy enough to do anything about it. It genuinely blows my mind that the East - West Coast Road obsession continues, despite the clear and obvious demand for a North - South service at Silverlink.
Ditto Testos, Doxford Interchange, the Western Bypass, Seaton/Seaham, Tees flyover... The list goes on.