(17 Jan 2023, 9:34 pm)V514DFT wrote What is the 20/20A like now since it was chopped from South Shields?, does its still suffer delays?, if so maybe split it again so its just Durham-Sunderland and revert the Langley-Durham section back to being a circular and have it as 14/14A, 14 runs onto the 20, 14A runs onto the 20AStill regular delays of 10-15 mins. The layover in Park Lane heading back to Durham isn't good enough to change drivers and board people they regularly leave late, infact they probably leave late more than they do ontime.
Aswell the 20A was so late today at Durham even with 20 mins layover it ran dead and started at Houghton.
Honestly this suggestion people may not like however I think the 20A should be scrapped and the X20 with its old timetable brought back and the 20 possibly reduced to every 20 mins, leaving it with a every 12 mins frequency combined.
Yes, there would be some scheduling conflicts however, you could time the X20 from Park Lane with uneven departures however if timed right leaving Durham to Langley Park should be an even every 30 mins.