(15 Sep 2020, 10:45 am)deanmachine wrote The 55 is a problem between Houghton and Easington Lane, despite it going the exact same way as the X1 a lot of people don't seem to care and let it go past. You see it quite often, a 55 sitting at Houghton Church heading towards Peterlee, with some people waiting at the stop, the 55 pulls away, and an X1 pulls and the people get on that. Personally seems mad to me, even with the new Streetdecks being introduced, but I see that on multiple routes across the North East, people only ever seem to get on the frequent service, even when a less frequent service goes the same way.
I bet a few people boarding that X1, got off a 20 from Sunderland too.
From experience, it was similar when the 35 was frequent and went all the way along Hetton Road.
People would get off a 20, wait and then board a 35 for the final few miles of their journey towards Hetton.