(30 Jan 2015, 6:42 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote There's been 7 versions of the 35 series timetable since 2011 - so presumably the routes have changed up to 7 times since 2011 - which is still bonkers.
Can I just clarify that the 35 service has been changed three times since the route it took in 2011.
In 2011, the 35 service was routed as: South Shields - Sunderland - Silksworth - Houghton-le-Spring - South Hetton - Peterlee
In 2012, the 35 service was routed as: South Shields - Cleadon - Sunderland - Silksworth - East Herrington - Herrington Burn - Houghton-le-Spring - Rainton Bridge npower
In 2013, the 35 service was routed as: South Shields - Cleadon - Sunderland - Royal Hospital - (35 / 35B / 35C) - Barnes Park - Silksworth (35A / 35B / 35C) - East Herrington - Herrington Burn - Newbottle - Houghton-le-Spring - Rainton Bridge (35A) - Hetton-le-Hole - Low Moorsley (35/35B) - South Hetton (35C)
In 2014, no changes were made.
In 2015, the 35 has been altered to be routed as: Low Moorsley – Hetton-le-Hole – Hetton Downs – Houghton-le-Spring – Newbottle – East Herrington – Durham Road (35) – Silksworth (35A) – Barnes Park - Royal Hospital – Sunderland – Southwick – Castletown – Town End Farm – Boldon – Wardley - Heworth. As we know, the Sunderland - South Shields section is now numbered 20/20A.
If you count all the different lettered variations, you might get somewhere close to Bridget's number, but this does not reflect the amount of times the service has been changed.