(16 Aug 2022, 4:39 pm)Adrian wrote Currently on board an apparently disposable X20 service. Despite leaving a couple mins after a 20 with a decent load, we're almost into Houghton with just about every seat in a Citaro taken up.

And I know its a peak journey out of Durham, but its on the same corridor that is getting 2 of the 6 buses per hour cut.

Whilst I'd obviously take a disruption free timetable over one full of disruption and gaps, I wonder whether these Streetlites on the 20 will have the same ability at managing loads, versus say the reduction on the combined 10 services with deckers.

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I done an X20 from Langley Park through to Durham on Saturday just gone and the bus was pretty much full by the time it reached Sacristion, I will take into account the nice weather over the weekend for service potentially being busier along with it picking up an equal number to what departed in Durham heading towards Sunderland with SAFC being at Home also being another factor.

I have used the X20 on a few other occasions across various points of the route and passenger numbers have been reasonably strong in my opinion so I was quite surprised to see this being temporarily suspended however I don't see it returning sadly much like the X22, I do also put it into similar category as the X7 when it was cancelled from operating Sunderland to Middlesbrough a few years ago, again another service that had decent numbers but was cut because the majority of those were concessionary pass holders like those between Langley Park and Durham, looking at these changes anyone travelling the full route on the revised 20 will have there journey time increase by 20 Minutes, I do hope much like the Go North East have said with the 57 that they then place Double Deckers on the 20 to facilitate the increase of passengers on the 20/20A that would normally use the X20.