(30 Jun 2026, 9:27 pm)morritt89: wrote I honestly don't understand how (or why) the 935 has survived so long when the 135/136 went years ago now (and there are parts of the route, such as Thompson Road, which are basically unserved). I presume that Nexus are still funding this? Passenger numbers, from when I was a driver, were fairly low.  I recall picking up  (and dropping off when it was the 135/136) a member of Nexus staff as a 'regular' from Town End Farm.

If you were going from Witherwack or Redhouse to Sunderland Hospital, surely you would get the 16 anyway ?

My friend who was a bus driver came up with some reasons why the 935 has survived so long

1.Imagine telling the people who need to be into Sunderland for 5 6 in the morning that they're only way into Sunderland is getting withdrawn
2.Like Buslovermum said , some people have to go to work at that time
3.Most places where it stops , at the time of day its about 1 BPH for the 05:51 and 06:51 and 2 BPH for the 07:51

Learnt this of the guy who talked about the 57A that BPH mean Buses per hour