(06 May 2015, 5:34 pm)Robert wrote That could be it but i still think its not right that people are blaming the reliability issues on the services purely down to the 57 reg Enviros.
It's definitely not only down to them, I'll say that, there definitely are other factors.
However, something about them, be it reliability, drivers not wanting (or not being able) to push them, or a combination, makes them a pretty big one.
(When I say "not wanting to" I mean more incase anything goes wrong, not because they can't be bothered, although that could apply to some)
There will be other major factors as well, for example as most of my journeys occur prior to it reaching Ashington, it has hardly any slack in the timetable compared to the Newbiggin to Ashington section.