(25 Aug 2022, 9:56 pm)Acky81 wrote what an absolute joke the 39 routes are at the moment. They don’t need to go to houghton or Washington. The routes are far too long now.
for Washington get the 2 2A 8 or 56 from Sunderland
for houghton use 20 20a 35 or 35a
The 39B is the only bus route those in Biddick Woods have. None of the others you mention serve there.
39A also links Houghton and Doxford Park. There's no alternatives for that, once the X20 is permanently temporarily withdrawn in September.