(14 Sep 2015, 3:22 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Yep - we caught the X21 from Sunderland when we missed the 22 by minutes once. Caught it up at Peterlee. Only possible when we have a day ticket, though. If it's just me and big'un and we're only going to Sunderland, it's a fair bit cheaper to get him a return.
Of course I'm basing my assessment of the 22's reliability lately on the fact that it passes my front window and 9 times out of 10, it passes more or less when it's supposed to. Similarly, I meet various ones on the school run and it's usually at the same places at the same times.
Something must be up today, anyhow, because there's been 2 heading towards Durham 15 minutes late, now, with another just over 10 minutes late. I don't know whether there's roadworks or what. They've been coming from Durham pretty much on time, though and I've noticed that the spare bus is on the route, today.
At the moment half the roundabout at the A19 heading into Dalton Park is closed and the 22 in both directions has to head up the Slip Road and double back to get into Dalton Park...
if that is going to be on for a quite a while, it could make sense to send the 22 down the A19 from Peterlee, similar to the way the 23 used to while the road is being ripped up outside DP