(12 Jun 2014, 8:00 pm)ifm001 wrote The 551 used to run south shields to washington to chester to scariston and the x50 used to be south shields to durham via washington and chester. Merging later to be come the 50.
We also had the x20 south shields to durham via sunderland. Fantastic service express to sunderland from either direction
The 551 used to run through Birtley. I believe it took around 4 years to reach South Shields