(20 Jul 2025, 6:22 am)LVK 404L wrote Could have been any of 10/10A/11/11A/13/13A/14/14A. They did that many variations at the time.
Also the 9 went down Centenary during its short lived time.
I believe during 2008/09 they had the 10/11 between South Shields and Low Simonside & the 13/14 between South Shields and Jarrow, with the 18A extending from Brockley Whins to Jarrow on an evening. No idea on exact routes, but the route seemed to have changed to the 10/11 in June 2010.
Edit - Seemed the 18A was a short lived service by Nexus due to the 26 (88/88A) only operating daytime only at one point. Also seemed the 30/X20 were previously contracted by Nexus on an evening, as there are pictures of Citaros on the X20 leaving South Shields for Fellgate & Darts on the 30.
The allocation seemed to have changed quickly as after the Dash Darts up until 2009, went to ALX200s, Pointer 2 Darts, MAN E200s & to the E200s in late 2011, which remain to this day. Although that is likely down to Nexus setting an emission standard between Jarrow & Low Simonside, which was originally for Euro 4 upwards, then changed to Euro 5, which overnight banned the MAN's from being used.
Despite the route being such a long run, it's obvious it's not designed for people going from end to end, but rather connecting all the places in-between...