(08 Feb 2014, 1:08 pm)DavidP wrote Thanks Acky81.
I remember back in the day when the 118 and 121/122, before they were joined up into the 118/119, ran every 10 minutes and were very well used. With a reduction to every 20 minutes then every 30 minutes and the diversions via Hendon and the Eye Infirmary to replace the 6, the 18/19 just don't seem to provide an attractive service any more.
Although only moderately used maybe, the 18/19 Grindon Circle provides a useful SERVICE, something bus companies must remember they need to do. If they only operate buses at times when they're full and standing, it's like a shoe shop only selling sizes 7, 8 & 9 or a clothes shop only selling trousers with 32", 34" & 36" waists, etc, - they're not providing a useful overall SERVICE, and we don't want to see Stagecoach going the same way as Go North East and constantly snipping away at the edges until the service is of no use to anyone (eg X3) or cancelling moderately used routes (eg OK1).