(Yesterday, 10:03 am)Storx wrote 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.

could the bus already say operate a service to Team Valley then commutes over to start at Sunniside anyone checked the current run to see what the bus does first  before the start at sunniside ?