(19 Apr 2023, 10:21 am)R838PRG wrote The 79 is part of what the 238 was!

I remember not long after I started doing the 238 on a Saturday and route was split into 3 trip sections (all to do with which bit were secured I believe). You had

Part 1 Sunderland - Ryhope Village
Part 2 Ryhope Village - Houghton
Part 3 Houghton - Barnwell

Then the same on return. Monday - Friday trips were just one through journey.