(23 Aug 2025, 5:14 pm)V514DFT wrote I'd do something radical with the 62/62A(63), i'd turn them into part circulars
62- as now to Pennywell, then Hylton Road, B1405, Pallion New Road, Northern Way, Fern Avenue, Sunderland Road, Thompson Road, Newcastle Road, then after the Wearmouth Bridge, rejoins its route back to Doxford, 62A (renumbered to 63) does the reverse
61-remove that stupid bit in Murton, curtailed at Sunderland
63- renumbered 64
65- would need a slight tinker with in Seaham then extend that through to Sunderland
Im not from the Sunderland area, ie just wanted to participate in the conversation, so dont criticise me too much
Thing is, you can't rid of the stupid bit in Murton, it's the whole point of it going round Murton. The fact is the bus that continues from Sunderland to Peterlee via Murton, shouldn't be doing the Murton loop, it should go straight through like the 65. Basically the 61 needs to be 2 different routes in Murton. A 261 to Peterlee without doing the loop, and the 61 looping in Murton.