(16 Aug 2024, 3:06 pm)deanmachine wrote To be honest, I think they should have a specific open top service in the summer, Sunderland to Shields but sticking entirely to the coast road the entire way. It'd take some pressure off the E buses as well as not having to experience the joys of Horsley Hill or Laygate on an open top bus.
The 22 used to do this back in the 90s using the Sunderland Busways and Economic open toppers, not sure it it could be done with just 2 buses given today's traffic but Seaburn to Marsden or something might be possible leaving enough spares to allow for VORs etc.