20 Aug 2016, 5:06 am
#387
(19 Aug 2016, 1:48 pm)South Tyne Lad For the 5170 case, It arrived into Eldon Square around 8:07 on a X32.
Its suffered from reliability problems for many months now. My bus home from school was regularly up to 15 Mins late and also often got curtailed meaning I'd have to catch the next one.
Bringing the 89 back won't solve any reliability problems, for one the main delay spots are also on the former 89 route ( West Harton to Green Lane , Jarrow Town Centre and the Lindisfarne and A1300 junctions, Aswell as the section of A194 Inbetween.
And secondly the 89 terminated at Horsley Hill square, Passengers want to be in South Shields for shopping etc.
Thirdly it would mean GNE only have2 buses an hour from Brockely Whins into town against the 6 from Stagecoach on Service 18, It would make the service pointless.
I guess an issue at the moment too is the roadworks at Lindisfarne causing more delays than normal, but they'll be on until July next year!
