(10 hours ago)Storx wrote To be honest, I think the £££, where you could make it work is serving Nissan, at peak times to/from Newcastle since it's against the Sunderland peak, even working with them - https://www.google.com/maps/@54.9226066,...?entry=ttu, ie. could that be a bus stop?
If you can get it down to 25-30 minutes, it's nearly half the time of the 56 and I'm sure there's plenty of people coming from Stagecoach (or Arriva) areas who'd appreciate the faster link rather than sitting on the 56 around the doors.
Similar to how the X24A works with Doxford Park.
I agree on a variation that serves Nissan, not sure if the road infrastructure is there for public transport but I would have the bus run along Downhill Lane/Follingsby Lane through to Follingsby Park to pick Amazon Workers etc.