(19 Aug 2024, 6:39 am)morritt89 wrote My suggestion would be the old Sunderland to Newcastle X36 via the north estates in Sunderland reintroduced but operated by Stagecoach to fit in with their existing network around those areas. Potentially an X14 or X44.

I dunno about Newcastle, but an extension of the 4 to Boldon and Heworth could be a useful link given how appalling the links are with the Metro to anywhere not called South Hylton.