Bus company announces improved Sunderland-Stanley service

The bus company Go North East has announced that their route numbers 8 and 8A services are to run more frequently
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The services run from Sunderland’s Park Lane Interchange, through to Washington, then on to Stanley and back.

A company tweet said that: “From Sunday 14 May, service 8 will start running every 30 minutes again, following staffing improvements.”

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Currently the service, which is known as the “Country Ranger” route, only runs every hour, seven days a week. The new timetable will see the service running every half-hour, six days a week, but it will still only operate hourly on Sundays.

Destinations on the number 8 and 8A route, travelling in the Stanley to Sunderland direction, include the following stops:

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Beamish Museum, Grange Villa, Pelton, Chester-le-Street, Rickleton, Harraton, Glebe, Washington, Waterview Park, Teal Farm, Castletown (8) and Hylton Riverside Park (8) or Hastings Hill (8A) and Sunderland Royal Hospital (8A).

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