(12 Sep 2022, 5:27 pm)cbma06 wrote You could run the 56 3 per hour instead of 4 per hour, and have the 4th as the x56 per hour, doesn’t need extension to ryhope and Seaham, passengers can change at park lane, the extension will only add delays to the northern section plus drivers which gne don’t have enough.
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Why would you want to do that Sheriff Hill is the busiest part of the route and your taking more buses away from the area.
There's no demand for a North Sunderland to Newcastle express service hence there's been more variations of X36's etc that have all failed.
and anyone bar people on this forum travelling from Gateshead, Newcastle etc going to Sunderland would use the Metro.
If you want an express Concord services you'd be better at looking at doing something with the 4 and X1 and splitting it up to service more areas similar to the X8, X9, X10 and X11 in Cramlington and get shot of the Washington local services in the process.