(30 Sep 2014, 6:47 am)Michael wrote Maybe they might get the gas decker on demo when its complete... that would be good!I've been on buses on both at around midday with standees.
I was on the 16 yesterday at 5pm and it was packed, same as the one behind it to..
I think most of the SC Sunderland routes are busy...
I would still merge the 8 and 20 together!
Me too.
I gave my suggestion for merging services 8 and 20 previously. It shouldn't be too difficult to re-route the 20 to include the little estate next to the Round Robin (this would add 3 mins to journey), and then after doing the Prestbury Road loop, the 20 could easily call into South Hylton - adding about 10 mins to the route (at a guess)... You'd then have 7 mins to play around with, as the resources (two buses) would go into the revised 20.
Singles on the 20 are cheaper than singles on the 8, so this would potentially allow the 20 to incorporate the 8's fares - or simply lower the fares for those using the 8 by retaining the 20's fares!