26 Jan 2016, 7:40 pm
#581
(26 Jan 2016, 4:59 pm)Ambassador Do any of the GNE insiders know if there's any plans to assist running the 21.
They seem to he running in 3's. Every morning they seem to be regulating them at Newcastle (or Gateshead) and tonight I've waited 30 minutes then 3 turned up.
I'm guessing various Durham roadworks, congestion through Birtley and Low Fell are to blame but it's becoming a bit frustrating.
Hopefully the new bus lane through low fell will assist
To complete my moan (its been a long day at work) the hybrids are starting to look very shabby inside. Much prefer the ride on the Fab 56 examples, especially since arriva have upped their game with x12 stock
The Durham roadworks shouldn't affect them. They're on the other side of the city centre. Even if they were on the route, it would only affect half of the 21s, since half of them only do the NCL-CLS run.
It's largely simple physics and logistics, when it comes to very frequent services on busy roads. The bus in front will pick up more passengers and the bus behind will catch up.
It only takes the first bus to be 15 minutes late to observe what you're seeing. That can happen very easily to an hour long journey if traffic is heavy. If the same happened to the half hourly X12, all you would get is a bus that is 15 minutes late, with none of the clustering.
