(11 Oct 2023, 8:25 pm)Storx wrote Wonder if these are commercial improvements or whether these are BSIP funded improvements. There's been extra buses in Northumberland which would suggest that Co. Durham and Sunderland have a share of this pot aswell to do similar.

They're all coming in at a similar date afterall, similar to the Stagecoach improvements to the West of Newcastle.

I would guess BSIP funded.

The 8 times Chester-le-Street to Stanley fit around the 34, 78 on common sections as best as possible. 
The 50 fits with the 5 in South Tyneside and timings are partly set for shift change times at places like Nissan.
So the extended 8 might not be as well spaced as so might hope.

The 81 is a Nexus secured service and Nexus haven't consulted on cutting it so I'm guessing it's not changing, although running it at slightly different times would be good.

I have never understood why there is an 83 in the evening every day but daytime it's either the 82 or 81 in the daytime round Teal Farm, Barmston Court.

It might be 2024 before these changes actually start of course.