24 Nov 2016, 5:46 pm
#566
(24 Nov 2016, 12:05 pm)Jimmi It's an Enviro400 City.
Honestly don't know what is causing it to run late, think it's on the same board as yesterday. I got the 12:00 departure from Middlesbrough yesterday and it arrived nearly 20 minutes late and departed 10-15 minutes late, not helped that the X7 was on the stand at Middlesbrough upon arrival then the driver decided to take the route to Billingham Town Centre that has the level crossing and sure enough, we just hit it and got stuck there for 5-10 minutes.
Having driven this service in the past, I can honestly say that the cause of the delay is more than likely congestion on the A19. It is a nightmare road, with severe delays commonplace. Volume of traffic is bad enough, but add an RTA or even a broken down vehicle, and things come to a standstill. Its very difficult to keep on time when there is only a 10 minute turn around at each end. Also, remember today there have been severe problems on the Metro, so more people could have been using their cars onnthe A19.
