(10 Nov 2013, 5:17 pm)8222 wrote I was on a 60 this afternoon. Driver contacted Deptford to let them know he was running 20 minutes late, thus impacting the 42.
Delays were unavoidable what with the diversions and all - not a great day to launch the buses in all honesty. I was at Ryhope today and I know 6 people were sat there from about 10:55am to 11:30am, but obviously the road had been closed so buses were diverting (not that they knew that, despite all the police and traffic people being right in front of them!)
Read on Facebook that there were some 'technical issues' too. I noticed that some of the blinds kept on going on and off, though I didn't spend any time at Park Lane to know if engineers came to try and fix them.
Paired with match day traffic at various parts of Sunderland, delays of up to 45 minutes were pretty common I must say.
This was common of the 2A/2C, 39, 42, 60 and 61 today. Prime reason why I hate the interworking of services on Sundays (excluding branding reasons)... The 2A/2C had no reason to be affected, but were because of the 61.
Even noticed the Arriva 24 running dead past Ryhope at about 11 - on an hourly service!