Every bus route 99. 23 of 25.

Saturday 17th October 2026 And so to the most northerly bus route numbered 99 in England. My journey from the South East, South West and South Wales through East Anglia, West Midlands and the Potteries as well as South Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside before heading back over to East Yorkshire arrived in the North East for last time’s adventure in County Durham and with the second of two route 99s to ride in this region being in Tyne & Wear running between Grangetown and Hylton Castle. It’s another route (the ninth) to be operated by an SME company, in this case L&G Coaches based in Chester-le-Street. But, this company only took on the route over having won a new tender from Nexus in July. Prior to that it was operated by Go North East in whose hands it was when I travelled on the route back in June. As you can see from the map below, the route lies in Sunderland but the Sunderland Royal Hospital the closest it gets to the the city centre. Blog reader Alex kindly commented…