(Yesterday, 9:14 am)Aaron21 wrote They do this due to the fact they have stops on the same side of the road. So both services use that stop. And it would be confusing to people have the number 10 to Jarrow have the 10 to South Shields as well. It's easier and I like it that way
When the Northern ( Go North East) used to operate service 522 they used the same estates, Low Simonside and Hill Park and service 538 around Whiteleas and it worked fine for years ,same service number in both directions.