(23 Jun 2013, 3:45 pm)dans_bus_photos wrote But why change routes that work? Just because sunderland's network may seem 'boring' because it has barely changed in years atleast you know that the routes are profitable. Unlike Go north east who are constantly changing their sunderland services because the routes are not bringing in enough money to justify running the busses.
Exactly. Just look at how often Stagecoach make serious network changes. To give the best example I know (Teesside), the last major route revision was the 13 back in 2008 when it, the 3/4 along Portrack Lane and the 60 were combined into the one service. Another example is the12, which until last September, hadn't seen any major route or timetable changes since January 2003 when it was introduced to replace the 52/52A in the Middlesbrough area.