(17 Aug 2017, 3:26 pm)Michael wrote Just think they have the half hourly 39 too, on a Sunday, so there's still still 2 services going to Doxford International.
I think more passengers on the X5 route will benefit from a full Sunday service on the entire route, than passengers inconvenienced by the removal of the 20 service from Doxford Park on a Sunday.
Given that the direct link between South Shields, Durham and Doxford International doesn't exist during the day on weekdays or Saturdays, I don't think it's a major issue that it won't exist on Sunday daytimes either.
Travelling from Durham; there is 9-minute connection window at Houghton-le-Spring (from the 20 onto the X5), which is enough time to account for any potential delays on route, keeping in mind that the traffic commissioners guideline is up to 5 minutes late. Weekdays, by comparison, have a 12-minute connection on weekdays and Saturdays (given that a connection time should be more than 2 minutes).