(15 Oct 2022, 3:22 pm)F114TML wrote If this were true, the 39B would only run between Washington and Tunstall Bank, and would be numbered the 37.
I believe LAs devide the route and timetable and in their bid, operators can specify a modified timetable, including extensions (in the above example; extending the 37 to Sunderland City Centre and Pennywell) which I assume they'd commercially take the hit on. I don't think they can change the secured section of the route though.
GNE did the same when there took the 37 before and it was extended to Sunderland And extended the 38 to Herrington burn then to Houghton, so it was like a half hourly service 37/38 from Sunderland to Herrington Burn via Tunstall Bank then hourly 37 Herrington Burn to Washington , while the 38 turned left at Herrington Burn to Houghton, didn’t last long and then the 37 became it’s own secured service again
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