(08 Feb 2025, 8:34 am)Storx wrote To be fair splitting the 2 isn't the problem nor was renumbering the services either.
If they kept the 39/39A as it was but renumbered in the 60's and have the 2/2A as it was (maybe merged with the 33 since their interworking anyway so why not) there wouldn't be any issues. The problems was the messing around with routes in the Ryhope area and decreasing the Doxford Park - Ryhope section down to every 30 minutes.
The 2 was way too long, as it was, and was affecting people. Someone in Silksworth didn't want to be delayed because their bus was stuck at Shiney Row or vice versa.
There has been none or very very few delays on the 2 since the changes , so a positive outcome for the 2. And with as many day and weekly tickets including the interworking tickets (Day Rover & £6.80 TNE) from the company point of view it's not costing the customer any extra to connect to another service to complete their journey.