(06 Jan 2021, 11:51 am)deanmachine wrote If when I look at my finishing times and it's 5 minutes after the 20 is due, and there's a 25 minute wait for it, I'll probably take the car in. I doubt I'm the only one either.
I don't think South Shields needs an express route Sunderland way, the 20 is already pretty quick. Newcastle way, we've got the Metro anyways. It's a shame the X50 was killed off if anything, it used to be a well used route back in the day, it's a shame there's no demand for something like that these days.
The Solars used on the X20/X50 transferred to the 'swift' version of the 20, c2006.
Was it the 20X? X20? (there's been that many versions of the fast bus between Sunderland and Durham).
Whatever it was, they saw fit to get rid of the X20/X50 and utilise the vehicles in another guise.
It would be interesting to see if the X50 ever had a negative effect on the 50.
I can't see too many people chosing the latter, if the quicker version was due in and it took them wherever they needed to be.
I can't see there being too much demand for both services then, never-mind now, unless they serve the likes of Nissan, Waterview Park AND the manufacturing park.