(22 Jan 2015, 9:35 pm)Michael wrote But its every 15 minutes between Town End Farm - Houghton-le-spring.
Only part of the 35 which will be Half Hourly is from Town End Farm - Boldon Asda (35) and then half hourly from Houghton-le-spring to Low Moorsley (35), and from Houghton-le-spring to Chester half hourly. (36)
Sunderland to South Shields will remain every 10 mins... so not much has changed tbh, its also being said about the plain buses today, these look to be temp.
The frequency has still been decreased across the entire route though... Low Moorsley to Houghton reduced by 33% from every 20 mins to every 30 mins. Similarly provision has been cut by a third across the rest of the route (Houghton to TEF from every 10 to every 15 mins and TEF to Boldon from every 20 mins on the current 29 to every 30 mins).
Re: the plain buses being temporary - that's what was said last time they messed around with the routes and I'm sure some have changed colours again since then without actually being branded with anything!