(14 Nov 2021, 1:27 pm)N1cholas wrote The 35 and X20 are both half hourly services so how is the 20 left with the section on its own for 40 mins? the 20 runs every 15 mins so even if the X20 is retimed 5 mins later there is still a chance the 20 and X20 will run behind each other from park lane to the board inn and vice versa, the 35 serves sunderland royal hospital so offers different connections to the 20 so passengers will wait for the 35 if that is where they need to be, then you have all the stagecoach services running up ad down durham road too, there is plenty of choice for users to use up durham road so retiming a couple will make no difference at all to this busy corridor

In fact when the 35 leaves it meets up with X20 at Toby Carvary. And the 20 is left for arounf 40 mins, as X20/35/55 all leave within 10 mins of each other. And the 20 normally leaves with the X20 or 55.