(21 Oct 2014, 4:48 pm)leestransportphotos wrote If I could I would simply have these services:
23 - Vigo Bridge - Barley Mow - Birtley - Northside Estate
23A - Northside Estate - Birtley - Barley Mow - Vigo - Ayton - Lambton - Washington
77 - Sunderland - Fatfield - Biddick - Washington - Rickleton - Barley Mow - Birtley - Low Fell - Bensham - MetroCentre
184 - Washington - Barley Mow - Birtley - Katregina
Well Birtley would be certainly well served as long as you didn't want to go to Newcastle.
Not sure the Northside Estate can sustain a service outside the X25 (its not really 'an estate' in the old sense more mass private housing car owning types)
The 23 carries thin air a lot of the time and I question the point of the service at all to be honest, especially the short runs between Crematorium and Barley Mow
I do agree Birtley could benefit from a link to Sunderland again but you can't sell Buzzfares based on direct routings.....