Sampled the 19:24 X24 from Sunderland to Newcastle, another Gas Bus (No Suprise) those omnilinks are never in service to be honest. At first it was just me and a lady who alighted just after The Broadway. Then a man boards and we hit the A19, another example of Low passenger usage on this service. As such there is now the 15:22 and 19:24 from Sunderland which pretty much carry fresh air, this is pretty worrying for the continuation of this service as it only ever gets high passenger numbers on a Saturday by the looks of it.

Has anyone else been observing the X24 as most passengers on Chester Road only use it for several stops or to the town, it seems to just come as extra transport alongside the 8 and 16.

I can not see this service surviving Monday to Friday on it's current timetable as the times are ridiculous and the loading of the service are ridiculous.