(05 Jul 2022, 6:33 pm)F114TML wrote I got the 62 from Murton to Sunderland and it had a pretty decent load, guesstimate of 10-17 passengers throughout (quick silent headcount revealed 13 on board on arrival at Park Lane), most doing the same journey I did - felt busy as it was a Solo. The 61 I got back from Park Lane was much quieter (well, it wasn't because it was a StreetLite but you get what I mean)
A 56 left shortly after with all of 2 people on board, so presumably that's going to get heavily slashed and downgraded to minibuses
OK, that was a joke, but still failing to see why the 62 is being withdrawn - I've never seen an empty one, and I've always seen a fair few on it.
17 people using the bus throughout isn't that many though really especially if the X6 running at the same time has no passengers. They're probably trying to consolidate those 2 loads onto one bus if most are getting on stops which the X6 also serves - the X6 having a purpose connecting Peterlee and Seaham not around the sticks.