(08 Mar 2025, 9:01 pm)Teessider2014 wrote Having asked the question of higher up when I seen the document none of these services where at risk of being binned - the 39 wouldn’t be binned as it does take a hefty wedge of cash, the frequent service from 0512 in the morning would likely be altered - apparently more resource is being put into it on an evening which the council have paid towards as the current timetable is impossible - not helped by the amount of traffic calming and blanket 20MPH around most of the route imposed by Mbro Council!

Yeah that would make sense then, guess whoever made the OP, misread it with the fully withdrawn comment. Did think it would be a rather big move to get rid of it altogether, unless there was some other motive behind it.

(08 Mar 2025, 9:04 pm)Economic505 wrote Can’t see the Sunderland 18 being binned off. It links areas to the Hospital for one thing.

I'm not too sure you know, operators don't care about links as shown by cuts over the years. The 6/7 to the Freeman just to pick one North of the Tyne years ago.

(08 Mar 2025, 9:05 pm)Michael wrote Which routes were you thinking?


I've said it over and over the 18 literally crosses most other routes, only a couple of sections will lose a service, such as the bus stops at the South end of the Queen Alex Bridge... wouldn't miss it, if it was took off.


99 is a pointless route too, no idea why NEXUS are still funding it.

Looks like the OP was a mistake so would be more surprised now but was thinking the 8 and 18 in Sunderland and X20 and 30 in South Shields. All 4 of them have been on life support, pretty much, for years now.

Mind the X63 North of the Tyne isn't healthy outside of peaks either, quite often see it and it's down to low single numbers, seems like most the Quorum workers have moved to the X7/X8 in recent times which aren't too healthy either because of the Northumberland Line (but that's another thread).