(24 Jul 2023, 9:21 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Yep, different destinations for a single number is nonsense and just a barrier to passenger confidence - though it's arguably no worse than the basketcase of GNEs 39s where some run to Doxford only and others extend to Washington but then throw the 39A and 39B into the mix as well. I really don't get why the operators do it - there's oodles of unused numbers for them to play with and plenty of similar ish routes have completely unrelated numbers already so its not like it would've been the end of the world for Stagecoach to have gone for e.g. 27 & 28 for the Forest Hall and Cramlington runs
Aye totally agreed it's one of my pet hates. The GNE X1 was by far the worst when it had some going to Peterlee and some to Dalton Park which were two completely different routes.
This one isn't far behind as it's as if they realised it would be confusing have two 38'd but then thought buggar it and done it aswell with some random 38A's added to the mix which ironically is a short extension.
Mind least we've finally scrapped A's and C's for loops they were really confusing. The 51/52/93/94 is a bit of a farce now though mind. Loop services apart from they aren't as they're severed at Gateshead and it's not clear either.