(21 Jul 2022, 9:17 pm)Unber43 wrote I don't think anyone has really realised this, but the Saturday service has been reduced to every 30 mins
Again I would say it's justified when you have Go North East Services 2/2A & 78, Stagecoach's 8/16/X24 all running along Chester Road then the 20 which shares a section of route with the 39 around Pennywell, furthermore these service all run a few hundred metre proximity to where the 39 serves so there is alternatives there, you have the same on the opposite side of Sunderland City Centre heading via Ryhope to Doxford International.
Personally for me I'd withdraw the standard 39 and have the 2/2A run a Clockwise/Anti Clockwise Loop of Silksworth and Doxford Park/Doxford International, then keep the 39A/39B as they will be as of the changes on the 24th.