(15 May 2015, 6:21 pm)aureolin wrote X26/X27 still look like they're having issues. The 1818 from Catterick is showing as 26 minutes late at present.

X12 has been a lot better recently, but having said that, there's a lot less students kicking about in Durham. One still managed to pull out of Newcastle 29 minutes late. The 1555 iirc?

Haven't seen anything as bad as this for a while though:

The 23, 24 and X35 seem to be suffering from delays because of some temporary traffic lights in the Peterlee area, I got stuck in them yesterday afternoon and it was horrendous felt like it took forever to get through them on the X35 I got to Hartlepool yesterday afternoon arrived in Peterlee around 10 minutes late and by the time it got to Hartlepool it was around 20 minutes late.

Seemed like many of the Newton Aycliffe - Darlington services were late this afternoon around 4pm, I saw a service 7 showing on the live map as running 22 minutes late with another 7 following not far behind it. When it got to Darlington the 22 minutes late journey ended up picking up all the passengers with the next 7 leaving Darlington Town Centre with no passengers whilst the other 7 was still loading as the other 7 didn't require a driver change as it was a Belmont working.

Sadly the above isn't a rare occurance especially on a Friday and these services often go to pot around 1530 especially in term time, I remember when I used to get the 1638 7 from Framwellgate Moor on an evening it arrived at this stop late every night. I stand by my statement in saying services need more running time around 1530 to get through schools and work traffic.