(07 Apr 2025, 9:23 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote They’re only mostly lower numbers as it happens to be the ones left after decades of merging and cutting routes. At it’s peak, Busways operated numbers 2-29/31/32/104 (and a few other resurrected 100 prefixed numbers in competition with TWOC) in Sunderland. Many of them went in 1999 when they combined into cross City routes to coincide with the opening of the Interchange (which they only served for a short time). Then more went when traditional minibus routes were culled.Once the 18 goes, it won’t be long before service 8 is ditched and were left with SNE services you can count on two hands.
The 3 is what used to be the 2 & 27
The 4 is the old 4, 104 and bits of the 3 and 12.
The 8 is the 8/9 and part of the 14/14A.
The 13 is the old 13, 28, 29 (and 12).
The 16 is the old 5 & 16 (and part of the 6 & 7 from Witherwack).
The 18/18A is the remnant of the old 18/19 Grindon Circle, with a bit of the old 6 route mixed in (esp 18A).
The 10, 11, 20 & 23 are pretty much what they always were, with some routing changes over the years.
So from that lot, the old 15, 17, 21, 22 (open topper), 24, 25, 26, 31 have been lost entirely as have significant chunks of the old 6, 7, 14, 18, 19.
I’m sure I’ve probably missed a few as well.
RE: Stagecoach North East: Upcoming Service Changes