(02 Jul 2013, 3:40 pm)Daniel wrote

(02 Jul 2013, 8:27 am)Acky81 wrote Stagecoach should put all there services back into Sunderland interchange instead of congestion all the streets in the city centre. If they have to pay to use it then pay. I always thought stagecoach was a so called big company in the uk. Interchanges are for all buses not just go north east n seagulls!!!!!!!

I imagine a great deal of services provided by Stagecoach wouldn't be commercially viable if they had to pay these fees on top of already existing costs of the services.
If we get to keep our services at a good frequency (10 minutes), I'll walk for a minute and a half to get to Holmeside rather than use Park Lane.

Also, ISTR, when the 24 was withdrawn and the 23 upped to every 10 minutes, the rerouting away from the Interchange allowed a reduction in PVR from 9 to 8 yet still provided the same level of service. So I can't see any commercial advantage for Stagecoach to send their Sunderland local services back to the Interchange.

And for me the Interchange is simply not convenient for any of the places that I'd want to go when in Sunderland City Centre, the stops in Fawcett Street, John Street and St Marys Way are far better.