(03 Jun 2022, 3:45 pm)busmanT wrote A quick look on bustimes show a service 8 heading into Sunderland with 20 odd passengers on board - so unless it's going to be a "special" Sunday service on bank holidays quite a lot of passengers are going to be inconvenienced.
It's probably more likely that the driver hasn't entered it into the ticket machine when a passenger has alighted - even more so when there is an 8 at the other end apparently with 2 seats free.
So in reality it's probably 20 or so passengers who have used it across the whole route.