(04 Jan 2014, 12:18 pm)CatsFast101 wrote The 35 isn't consistent either! I've been on a 35 with two pensioners, 2 90p fares and two fare paying passengers (one been myself) from Board Inn-Hetton Interchange. I've also been a 35C from Shields to Sunderland that only had about 12 passengers on a sunny Sunday daytime at 3pm.
Overall I'd have thought the 20 would have better loadings than the 35 for the number of vehicles involved, as the 20 is a two hour round trip and all of the route could be busy, whereas the 35 is a three hour plus round trip and the outer bits past Houghton likely to be much less well used. If you compare Houghton - Shields with Durham - Sunderland there probably won't be much difference, but I'd have thought that overall average loadings per vehicle used will be better on the 20.