(19 Jul 2020, 12:50 pm)S830OFT wrote Any chance the 30/X20 will still move back to South Shields as originally planned? I have observed on several occasions passengers quite dissatisfied when drivers changeover at Cleadon Village.
Also with service 30/X20 regularly operating late, would it not be a wise idea to somehow interwork these services with the 12 which currently gets a 12 minute layover at the Interchange. One for the suggestions thread is to have the X20/30 do each route as a circular (South Shields - Boldon - Fellgate - South Shields) with one bus per hour doing clockwise, the other anti-clockwise. This wouldn't increase the PVR, and would offer 2 buses per hour between South Shields and Boldon, and interworking with service 12 will offer the benefit of reducing delays...
Maybe the X20 could be withdrawn and replaced with a new service 31 doing the above suggested route - the 30 going clockwise and the 31 anticlockwise, or visa versa.
I noticed service 12 yesterday exiting the interchange to the right, up Fowler Street then back into the interchange onto the stand after the 12 minute layover.