Sunderland,Seaham& Murtonedition 6 October‘01- Summer‘02
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with the FREE Sunderland, Seaham & Murton Edition 6 October ‘01 - Summer ‘02 Inside: l Changes to bus services from 6th October 2001. l Easy Access buses for services 135, 136, 310 & 319. l New links to Doxford International evenings and timetables Sundays on service 222. l Service revisions to improve reliability. and information Service Changes in the Sunderland area Index of Timetables Go with the Times Timetable Pages Go Wear Buses Service Changes Effective from Saturday 6th October 2001 Service No. Page Service number Page Service number Page 35/35A/36 9 -11 151/152 28 - 30 X4 58 As a result of changes to travel patterns, rising operating costs and increasing traffic congestion, 45 11 154 30 - 31 X6 59 it has become necessary to review our services. Feedback received from our customers has been 37/37A 12 - 13 160/163 32 - 35 X7 60 used to confirm a number of service revisions, with a number of journeys being retimed, rerouted 126 14 161 36 - 37 X8 60 or under utilised services withdrawn. Additionally a number of key links have been strengthened, 133 15 - 16 185 38 X20/X50 61 - 62 and various new links introduced to reflect the needs of all bus users. 134 17 186 39 X45 63 135 18 187/188 40 - 41 X61/X64 64 - 65 Services 35, 35A & 36 Services 185, 187 & 188 136 19 190 41 X85 65 - 66 Monday to Friday morning journeys will operate up to 5 minutes earlier Most service 185 and 187 buses will be retimed by up to 5 minutes. with daytime journeys between Sunderland Interchange and South Additional 185 bus will run from Sunderland to Concord at 6.13pm. 137 20 220/222 42 - 43 X88 67 Hetton operating up to two minutes later. Timing revisions will In Southwick buses will observe stops at The Green rather than at the 138 17 310/319 44 - 47 X90 68 improve reliability between South Shields and Sunderland Church. Interchange. 139 21 537 48 - 49 X95 69 Services 220 & 222 140 21 - 22 538 49 - 51 X97/558 69 - 70 Service 37 Evening and Sunday journeys will be diverted via Doxford This service will no longer operate to South Shields, with journeys International Business Park, with some minor timetable revisions. To 141/142 22 - 26 638 51 - 52 148 71 running between Sunderland and Seaham only. In Sunderland service improve reliability Monday to Friday morning journeys will be retimed 143 26 775/778 53 - 55 37 will operate via Burden Road and Holmside to maintain access to to run 5 minutes earlier with daytime journeys departing Sunderland shopping areas. Interchange 2 minutes later. 145 26 777 55 - 56 Codes used in timetables 71 146 27 X2 57 Service 126 Services 310 & 319 Running time of this journey will be increased as a result of worsening Frequency of journeys between Sunderland and Jarrow will be All services are operated by Wear Buses unless otherwise indicated on timetables. Low floor, Easy Access traffic congestion. Monday to Saturday buses will still run a frequent increased to run every 15 minutes. During Monday to Saturday services are shown in red above, with the Easy Access Assured logo on appropriate pages. service. Improved Sunday frequency with buses every 15 minutes daytime, two buses each hour will run via Morrisons store in Jarrow. during shopping hours. Service X2 Service 133 To improve reliability some minor timetable revisions will be Easy Access for Everyone Running time of this journey will be increased as a result of worsening implemented. traffic congestion. Monday to Saturday buses will still run a frequent Service X4 CCESS Easy Access Assured Services in the Sunderland area service. Improved Sunday frequency with buses every 15 minutes FOR EVERYONE D EASY RE during shopping hours. Timetable will be revised with increased running time to maintain ASSU reliability. 35·35A·36·37·37A·126·133·134·135·136·138·141·142 Services 135 & 136 ll* As a result of reliability problems, daytime journeys on service 136 will Service X5 151·152·186·220·222·310 ·319 ·537 ·775·777·778 be re-routed when returning to Sunderland. Service will now operate To improve reliability this service will be retimed to operate 5 minutes * Evenings and Sundaysl From 1 January 2002 via St Michaels Way, Green Terrace, Vine Place and then continue as earlier from Newcastle and 4 minutes earlier from Hartlepool. service 135 via Fawcett Street Empire before returning to current route. Evening and Sunday buses will still operate from the Services X61 & X64 As an extra promise to intending passengers using wheelchairs, we will provide a Interchange via Green Terrace, omitting the City Centre. All journeys Retimed to run up to 5 minutes earlier (to relieve congestion at CCESS EASY FOR EVERYONE D complimentary taxi (to the buses destination), in the event that we are unable to provide an Easy URE will be operated by Easy Access buses. Sunderland Interchange). ASS Access bus (if that proves to be quicker than waiting for the next scheduled Easy Access service). Service 137 Service X90 Services covered by this guarantee are detailed above and on individual timetables. Minor timetable changes to improve reliability, with later evening To improve reliability this service will be retimed to operate 4 minutes buses on Monday to Saturday. New Sunday morning buses with earlier from Newcastle and 6 minutes earlier from Seaham. At Go North East we believe in guaranteeing satisfaction on all of our services. If you are improved service during shopping hours. Satisfaction unsatisfied with the service you receive then you can obtain a full refund on your fare, if your Service X94 or refund Services 151 & 152 Toimprove reliability this service will be retimed to operate 5 minutes written complaint and request for a refund is received within 28 days. Simply keep your ticket Slight retiming to improve reliability between Burden Road and earlier from Newcastle and 4 minutes earlier from Easington Lane. and post it with details of your complaint to Head of Customer Services, Sunderland Interchange. In response to customer requests, one bus each hour will operate via East Moor Estate in Murton. Service X95 Go North East, Freepost NT 2674, Gateshead, NE8 1BR. To improve reliability this service will be retimed to run 6 minutes Services 160 & 163 earlier from Newcastle and up to 6 minutes earlier from Sunderland to To improve reliability, Monday to Friday morning journeys will be Newcastle. Need further information? retimed to run up to two minutes earlier from New Lambton to Sunderland, and one minute earlier from Heworth to Southwick. In Service X97 Southwick buses will observe stops at The Green rather than at the To improve reliability this service will be retimed to run 6 minutes Customer Services (0845 60 60 260 Church. earlier from Newcastle. for timetable and fare u help and advice on Go North East services and tickets Service 161 for timetable and fare information u comments, complaints and suggestions To improve reliability, Monday to Friday morning journeys will depart u sales of Go'n'Save and Explorer tickets 7am - 8pm daily information up to five minutes earlier with daytime journeys running up to two 7am - 8pm daily 8.30am - 6pm Mondays to Fridays 8.30am - 4pm Saturdays minutes later. www.gonortheast.co.uk Service 183 Go Wear Buses is part of Go North East, who through it's subsidiary companies, provides bus Most journeys will run approximately 15 minutes later than at present to provide a more even headway between buses in the Dunston area. services throughout the North East: EASY CCESS FOR EVERYONE 2 Go with the Times Go with the Times 3 A-Z of Key Places Served Use this grid to help you plan your journey - simply look in the The boxes are colour coded to provide an indication of our KEY TO PRICES appropriate box (see example) to identify services running cheapest fare, when using the most direct service for your journey. This is correct at the time of distribution, October Single Return between two points. 2001. 66p or under —— Where the box you identify is ‘via somewhere’ eg -, via 76p - 96p £1.35 - £1.70 Sunderland you will need to make two journeys, changing at the place shown in the box. You should then use the grid as Save money with a £1.00 - £1.35p £1.80 - £2.35 explained below, for each part of the journey to identify services/fares. £1.40 - £1.50 £2.50 - £2.70 EXAMPLE: If you £1.70- £2.00 £3.00 - £3.60 pe are travelling o between Seaham £2.25 - £2.50 £4.05 - £4.50 Seaburn and Sunderland, via Row simply look down Sunderland Seaham £2.75 - £3.00 £4.95 Boldon -le-Street via X90 and across the Sunderland Shiney 551·X50 via X90 X90 Chester appropriate Sunderland Silksworth Shields Doxford via 37 via via X61 via Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland South Save money Houghton International columns to find nd Lane via via via via via X50 21·722 222*·X20 the service you Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland Southwick with a Go‘n’Save 723·724·X50 Durham 161 37·37A·45·154 775·777 133·141·142 35·35A 135·136·160 Sunderla require. X45·X90·X95 778·X6·X64 36·37·537 163·185·186 via 21A·231 35·36 via 187·188·538·X88 Centre Bus Card - Hetton or via Houghton Easington via X90 194·294·X5 X90 551·X50 185·186 185·186·638 Wa Houghton Sunderland X90·X94 X4·X88 X2·X4·X6 X8·X85 G 533·X61 FREQUENT X61·X90 21·722 21A·X5·X94 see back page for via via via via via via 310 Via X64·X97 SERVICE or via 723·724 or via Gateshead Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland Ferry Sunderland Gateshead Sunderland Heworth 317 details X64 775·778 via via via 777·X2 X6·X8 Sunderland Chester-le- Shiney Row X64·X95 Grindon Street details X61·X64 21A 35·36·X61 154 35·35A·36 21A·X5 X64 CODE: *Evenings & Sundays only.