(07 Oct 2023, 6:50 pm)Andreos1 wrote The old 551 would have had quite a few stops. 
Pretty much the same route between Ayton and Shields. 
But the Chester to Ayton section ran via Birtley and Birtley Lane and beyond Chester, it ran to Sacriston.

Aye bet there's a few from the past like, the old 310/319 Blyth/Cramlington to Sunderland must've been up there. I might be wrong here, but didn't there used to be a service from Darlington to Newcastle and Bishop to Newcastle stopping everywhere even if it was just evenings around the bus war times. That must've had a fair few stops.