Arriva North East: Upcoming Service Changes
Arriva North East: Upcoming Service Changes
(30 Nov 2016, 10:02 pm)omnicity4659 The timetable is quite tight, I did a run on an E400 at about 7pm to see if Morpeth to Ashington is actually possible in 17 minutes....4 stops. 3 minutes late.I have noticed that the timetable, especially with Streetlites is quite demanding, so a few minutes is understandable. It's when I see one 11 minutes late at 11 in the morning that makes me question what's going on.
Every traffic light was green, roads were quiet, it was a 14 reg E400 with decent acceleration, reached top speed between Pegswood and Ashington, a handful of passengers, yet still running late?!
Traffic levels during the day and StreetLites 50mph limit cause the delays. Other buses running the service get delayed because the StreetLite in front (behind) is running late, so the bus behind (in front) gets all the passengers.
(30 Nov 2016, 10:02 pm)omnicity4659 The timetable is quite tight, I did a run on an E400 at about 7pm to see if Morpeth to Ashington is actually possible in 17 minutes....4 stops. 3 minutes late.I have noticed that the timetable, especially with Streetlites is quite demanding, so a few minutes is understandable. It's when I see one 11 minutes late at 11 in the morning that makes me question what's going on.
Every traffic light was green, roads were quiet, it was a 14 reg E400 with decent acceleration, reached top speed between Pegswood and Ashington, a handful of passengers, yet still running late?!
Traffic levels during the day and StreetLites 50mph limit cause the delays. Other buses running the service get delayed because the StreetLite in front (behind) is running late, so the bus behind (in front) gets all the passengers.