(24 Jul 2022, 10:23 pm)BusLoverMum wrote The last time I caught the 55, it filled to the gills in Houghton then was empty by South Hetton. I reckon a lot of people relied on it for short local journeys.

I've seen many (particularly those with passes) travelling between the Coalfields and Sunderland will get one bus there and two back - generally a quicker and more frequent 20 - to Houghton and then the first one from Houghton to Hetton etc