(31 Dec 2014, 2:32 pm)Michael wrote I know but i wouldn't of thought we would see such a route come in to service.
I see the point you are getting at. Originally the 71 was cut short at Houghton-le-Spring which is basically saying that 3 services between Sunderland and Houghton was too many because not many people were using service 71 between those 2 points. However now by rerouting it to the same route as the Laser, people will actually start to use it. Just shows what an established route can do to services.