(21 Oct 2014, 8:27 pm)MrPottski wrote So, they are reckoning on 26 mins from Peterlee Bus Station to Park Lane. I drove it on Sunday (light traffic), in an EcoCity, without stopping and it took 21 minutes. That's gonna be tight!
Not sure what the differences are in terms of mileage or top speed of the buses, but Go North East allocates 30 minutes to get from Peterlee to Sunderland, on its X7 service which is allocated Mercedes Citaros, serving Dawdon Business Park, Seaham and Grangetown. I find that the timings are quite slack and drivers often have time to twiddle their thumbs or have increased layover at Park Lane - and that's when they have to deal with picking up/dropping off quite a few people!
Chances are you won't pick up in Ryhope anyway (really can't see there being a demand but I could be wrong), so you'll be non-stop regardless.