(29 Aug 2023, 10:33 pm)Adrian wrote I'd suspect the issue here is about covering as much, with as little resource as possible. Splitting the 2 in Sunderland is not only an extra bus, but it's significant waste in layover time, and it's confusing for passengers who have a through service all day.
Yes, I recall it (the 8) ran all the way to Sunderland, but I believe it was fully commercial.

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It could go back to the way it was many moons ago when it was there was the 2A/C and the 42 i seem to remember on an evening the 42 use to work onto a 60 at park lane and vise versa, the 78 already covers Chester Rd to Shiney Row roundabout and the 4 does penshaw to The galleries , the only missing link would be along Bonemill Ln through to Harraton and Lambton, unless the 4 on an evening went along Bonemill Ln turned onto Biddick lane then onto Fallowfield way. Penshaw would still have a link to Biddick club and it would keep the coffin dodgers that drink in there happy.

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