(Today, 8:33 am)Aaron21 wrote Why are u question it now. It's the exact same thing the 97 did. I can't see how this is confusing you at all

Are you just trying to be obtuse for the sake of it here?

Whether it's the 1, 97, 301A, 60, 21 or whatever number is irrelevant. The discussion is why there's one random bus in the morning starting at Sunniside when the route doesn't go anywhere near it and the bus has to run from outside the Metrocentre anyway so there's no operational benefits doing so. I'm sure the section from the Metrocentre to Whickham would appreciate an extra bus in the morning and it's literally not using any resources to do so.