(22 Feb 2015, 9:56 pm)Andreos1 wrote Lots of buses in an area can mean one of two things.
There's some nice, healthy competition OR an operator is behaving like a dog marking its territory.
Whichever one it is, I think you are right and we will see more changes, possibly as early as the summer.
Silksworth may become the new North Sunderland Estates
I was quite young at the time so don't clearly remember, but I was living over that way at the time and think I vaguely remember the 12 being introduced as a competitive service to rival the "Magic Roundabout" 33 service? When it was first launched, I think they had 50p singles on the 12, which was better than the 33 which was around a £1.00 for a single.
I can't recall why the 33 was binned though... I remember having the 35 in the area at this time too, as I used the first bus of the day at about 5am down to town on a regular basis. Did the 35 directly replace the 33 or was it different? Do remember loving the Mercs compared to the MPDs, though, and this seemed to be when the Polish drivers all disappeared!
Don't think Stagecoach has changed the 12 since it was first implemented, which is surprising given how few seem to use it, but I may be wrong.