(Yesterday, 3:39 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote I think it is probably because once you're as far as the Hospital area, you pretty much may as well make the run into the City Centre as it will generate fares (hospital, uni etc) and fits into the 3 bus rota (and operationally convenient re layovers, changeovers). I'd guess from your example map that doing something more ambitious along those lines would mean adding in an extra resource which might then not stack up commercially. Definitely agree though that there are chunks of Sunderland South that are lacking useful cross links since the likes of 6, 18, 19 were all pulled over the years in favour of the managed decline of the 'change in the city centre' mindset.
Aye can't disagree really.
It's a shame though as it could be an opportunity to link those links together with a service which is actually useful for people going to a place they can't get to (Newcastle). It's where BSIP should've been used rather than upping the 56 imo. Even better if it somehow done parts of North Sunderland away from the 56 aswell.