(05 Aug 2013, 1:57 pm)Andreos1 wrote Yeah, the evening services went through that part of Sunderland too at one point.
Nearly sh!t a brick the first time it happened, not knowing the area at all then or being certain I was on the right bus (or indeed if it had changed its route completely and was going no-where near where I lived at the time).
Pretty sure at one point, the Sunday service was ran as two separate services. 638 Sunderland - Rickleton/Heworth and also between two points in Western Gateshead, effectively missing out the Wrekenton - Whickham section.
Something is telling me the Sunderland section on a evening and Sundays was Sunderland to Low Fell then changed to Sunderland to Heworth. Sure the Sunderland to Rickelton evening and Sundays was as the 777 that then changed to Sunderland to Newcastle.