(04 Apr 2015, 6:39 am)pcvdriver wrote Why are you lumping in the 238 (Sunderland, Seaham, Houghton-le-Spring) with 239 (Easington, Easington Colliery, Grants Houses, Horden, Peterlee, Shotton Colliery, Wingate, Station Town, Deaf Hill, The Trimdons and Sedgefield). They don't even operate from the same depot,let alone meet each other, or operate at the same time of day!?! (239 doesn't come out to play until almost 7pm until midnight.) Hmmmmmmm.....If people get the two 239's mixed up when this happens, that's there fault. Also don't forget that Arriva use the same service numbers around the North East for example you have the 7 Darlington - Durham and then another 7 running Stockton - Yarm and this doesn't confuse many people (apart from customer services asking which 7 you are referring to).
Also let's not forget that Go North East took some of Arriva's service numbers in Durham, so there is two 43's and at one point there was two 50's as well meaning two services with the same number leaving from Durham Bus Station although both running to different places.