Station Road, Wallsend, will be closed at East Benton Rise between 8pm and 6am each night from Monday, 17 July, to Friday, 28 July, for road works near the new development.  Routes 42, 42A will be unable to serve Cross Avenue, Wiltshire Drive, Station Road North, Whitley Road (eastern end) and Benton ASDA.  These services will divert between Devonshire Gardens and Benton Station Road via Coast Road, Red Hall Drive, Coach Lane and Front Street (western end) in both directions.  Route 51 will be unable to serve Coast Road (between Red Hall Drive and Station Road), Wiltshire Gardens, Wiltshire Drive and Station Road North.  Please use the nearest alternative stop, or alternative services.

Due to the ongoing A19/A1058 Coast Road Roundabout works, the slip road at Silverlink (Westbound) will be closed overnight between 8pm and 6am from Monday 17 July to Friday 21 July.
Arriva services 306 and 308 and Stagecoach service 22 will be operating as follows:
Passengers who use Arriva services 306 and 308 and normally use the Silverlink stops will need to use the next or previous stops (Coast Road at Norham Road or Willington Square).
Stagecoach service 22 will divert away from the Silverlink Roundabout and travel up Churchill Street via the Jolly Bowman, along Middle Engine Lane and into the north side of Silverlink. All buses will turn at Osprey Drive roundabout and observe the stops outside the Volkswagen and Citroen dealerships before returning to the northern end of Silverlink and on towards Cobalt Park, re-joining the normal route.

Friday, 21 July

Buses through Roker and Seaburn will not be able to serve most of Roker Avenue or Harbour View, Roker Terrace, Park Parade and Whitburn Road from around noon.   Route 18 will be unable to serve Sea Lane, Seaburn Terrace or Whitburn Road.  Services will instead operate direct to/from Sea Road and Park Avenue.  Route E1 will run from Roker Avenue (west end) via Fulwell Road link road, Roker Baths Road, Roker Park Road, Park Avenue, Chichester Road, Mere Knolls Road, Lowry Road, Whitburn Bents Road. Southbound buses will run from Whitburn Bents Road via Lowry Road, Princes Avenue, Sea Lane, Park Avenue, Roker Park Road, Roker Baths Road, Fulwell Road link road, then normal route.  Northbound route E2 will divert from Sea Road via Mere Knolls Road, Lowry Road and Whitburn Bents Road. Southbound E2 will run from Whitburn Bents Road via Lowry Road, Princes Avenue, Chichester Road.  Northbound route E6 will divert from Dykelands Road via Lowry Road and Whitburn Bents Road. Southbound E6 will run from Whitburn Bents Road via Lowry Road and Dykelands Road.  From noon route 558 will miss stops on Whitburn Road, running instead  via Lowry Road, Seafields and back to normal route on Dykelands Road.  From 11:30am route 700 from Park Lane will operate to the top of Harbour View and turn back towards Sunderland at the roundabout, missing out Pier View and Marine Walk.

After the events have ended, customers for South Shields are advised to use the bus stops on Whitburn Bents Road, near to South Bents Estate for routes E1, E2, E6. Customers towards Sunderland City Centre are advised to catch routes E1 or E2 from Sea Lane (Recreation Ground), or route E6 from Dykelands Road (TA Centre).  A park and ride service will also operate from Stadium of Light to the seafront.

Saturday and Sunday 22-23 July 

Special route 510 will operate every few minutes from Sunderland City Centre (Fawcett Street), Wheatsheaf, Stadium of Light Metro, Seaburn Metro and Sunderland Airshow (Recreation Ground).  Route 700 from Park Lane will also operate to the top of Harbour View, near the marina.  Park and ride services are also operating from Stadium of Light, Fulwell Quarry and Downhill Sports Complex.

From 10:30am to 6:30pm routes E1 and E6 will operate between South Shields Market and Seaburn Camp (Whitburn Bents Road) ONLY. Route E2 will run via normal route from South Shields to Whitburn and then via Front Street, Sunderland Road, Shields Road and Newcastle Road.  Northbound buses will stop outside Fulwell Grange Hotel on Newcastle Road, and not the Charlton Road bus stop; these buses will not serve the southern section of Lizard Lane but will instead run via Kitchener Road and the A183 (Coast Road, Mill Lane and East Street).  Until 10:30am, and after 6:30pm routes E1, E2 and E6 will all run to Sunderland using the same diversion as Friday.

Routes 18 will operate via normal route to Station Road, then via Dene Lane, Dykelands Road, Princes Avenue, Sea Lane, Park Avenue, then normal route.  Buses will not serve Seaburn Hotel or Morrisons.  Route 23 will not serve Seaburn Seafront, diverting via Dykelands Road, Princes Avenue and Sea Lane to terminate on Chichester Road. Buses will return via Chichester Road, Mere Knolls Road, Dykelands Road, Dovedale Road, then via normal route. On Saturday 25 July, Service 23 will terminate as normal in Dene Estate, and not serve the Airshow. Route 558 will operate through to Seaburn Morrisons along Bents Road/Whitburn Road and turn at Whitburn Road/Lowry Road roundabout.  Journeys towards Boldon/Heworth will start from Seaburn Camp.