(09 Dec 2024, 5:48 pm)morritt89 wrote The 63 (old 42/142) and 33 (133), going back to Magic Roundabout changes.

Don't understand why so many buses to Pennywell. Whenever I did the 39, the Pennywell end was noticeably quieter (probably due to the fact you normally followed a Stagecoach 20 round most of the way).

The 35 (as it currently is) was, in my opinion a very long route and splitting it is a good idea.

It's cheaper than the running the thing to Washington. They've basically upped the frequency on Chester Road (9 buses now vs 8) at the Cost of Washington losing a bus.

The 61/62 are more the 2/2A really bar they're terminating short at Pennywell and going to Murton / Peterlee / Doxford Park instead of Silksworth.

This might be a dodgy opinion but if the numbers aren't there travelling from Washington to Chester Road, then they'd be better dropping the 2 down to every 30 minutes imo, with a new short 2A only running from Shiney Row to Sunderland doing a loop, every 30 minutes. Least then you'd have a clean 7.5 minute service combined with the 61/62 above imo.

You could also interwork the 2/8 out of Washington and Sunderland to give a 15 minute service for those travelling end to end and maybe run the 78 limited stop, hospital and university only from Grindon Mill to Sunderland so people travelling far from the likes of Chester Le Street etc get a faster service into town. 8 buses an hour, is more than enough.