(05 Aug 2013, 1:02 pm)Michael wrote(05 Aug 2013, 12:56 pm)AdamY wrote(05 Aug 2013, 12:28 pm)Andreos1 wrote Yeah, the stops on Harlow Green Lane were once served by *drum roll, cos it hasn't been mentioned for a while*..... the mighty 638!
Apart from scholars/works services - not sure if anything else has served it more recently.
If I recall correctly, it used to struggle to get up that hill.
The 638 really deserves a thread to itself. I don't think there was any other service quite like it and I doubt we will ever see anything of its kind again.
It was one of their longest routes and we defiantly won't see a route like it again.
Does anyone remember when it was diverted down Grindon Lane and along Summerset road - Springwell Road when it joined its route at the Broadway- only on Sundays - it was ran by a Solo on a Sunday to.
That was awhile back, originally Sunderland Busways decided on a Sunday that there run all there bus services as 15 every 20 minutes via Grindon Mill which resulted the loss along Somerset Road served by the 16, residents were not amused by there loss of service, even Busways stated that the residents only had a short walk to Springwell for service 23 and 24, Nexus funded 775 on a Sunday operated by Ok Travel and so Nexus diverted the 775 via Somerset Road and Grindon Lane to Grindon Mill, don't know why I cant remember the 638 going via Somerset Road as I lived at Nookside at the time, maybe it did but only for a short time as Busways backed down and ran one of the 15 services as a 16, so there was 2x 15's and 1x 16.