(18 Apr 2023, 7:38 am)Andreos1 wrote There was also the 164 which ran a similar route to the 194 between Easington Lane/Penshaw Bank Top and then followed the 638 route from there to Sunderland (offering a half hourly service for the residents of Barnwell to/from Sunderland).

Just checked the timetable out in The Bygone Era and it didn't go in to Park Lane TO Seaburn. But did on the return. Used it many times, but can't remember the specifics about it's route in Sunderland City Centre.

Off memory, pretty sure it went a few years prior to the 2006 changes though.

When there diverted the 164 via Chester road and shiney row it was always going to end of the axe of the whole service, practically duplicating long established bus services, should of left it via Durham road, it was a lot better when it was a limited stop service .

Many times caught the 164 to Seaburn , yea Park Lane bus station to Houghton but Vine Place and Fawcett street to Seaburn


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(18 Apr 2023, 8:30 am)ifm001 wrote The 164 on deregulation in October 1986 also got extended from Sunderland to South Shields operating limited stop. From memory think it only stopped at Wheatsheaf, The Grange Fulwell, Cleadon Pond, Harton Nook, Westoe and Shields Keppel St.   Used it a few times and was a good fast alternative to the all stops 535/536

Yea, got changed as soon as possible in the first list of bus changes after dereg in Jan/feb 87 and sent to Seaburn instead, when the 220 sequence got renumbered to the 151/152 sequence at dereg 86 then back to the 220 in Jan/Feb 87 which confused the passengers as you had the northern 151/152 Fawcett street to Murton and the 151/152 Fawcett st to Durham, probably because the bus used to do both routes, bring back the days when passengers were put first instead of profit [emoji23]


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