(11 Jan 2024, 1:31 am)logidoodah wrote So I guess the 20 will never be brought back to every 10 or even every 12 mins. With the splitting of the 20 & 24 also the interworking patterns with the 65. The amount of people that I used to see go cross city was decent as there is no cross city route from Seaburn way besides the 23 and that does quite well.

I hope the 60 can be upped to every 12 again as the crush periods really are crushed. Surely this one should be prioritised over the 56 being reinstated as that has deckers and can cope. The 60 cannot be upgraded without huge route change.

The only issue when the 20 went all the way from durham to shields was if there was heavy traffic in durham buses used to bunch up at the southern end of the route resulting in nothing heading towards shields for ages , happened to me a few times of driving to durham and by the time i got in and out and up to sheilds i should have been pulling into Sunderland heading back towards durham, cross city services work if its only going out a short distance but even the 35/35A can have some severe delays especially on a match day resulting in some buses being turned at Sunderland or running light when they get to Boldon or Low Moorsley.

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