(11 Oct 2021, 9:32 pm)BusLoverMum wrote The reduction in services was quite visible when we popped into Newcastle, this morning. Eldon square bus station was quite empty.
It was very quiet when I was there last week as well. It felt quite deserted seeing a good 3/4 of the stands empty. I'm used to seeing buses literally queuing to get in!
I had a right carry on getting from Eldon Square to Metrocentre. I had to wait quite a while for a bus because an X45 or X46 was cancelled (might have been both, wouldn't surprise me), the 10/A/B/C/D I was planning on getting never turned up, the one after turned up late and just dawdled on the way there.
Speaking of buses dawdling, the same friend ended up being late for work a week or so back because the 10A managed turn up late at High Spen despite it leaving Blackhall Mill on time.
I can't remember the exact timings but when I looked at Bus Times at the time it took them nearly 10 minutes to get up Mill Road, which would normally take 3-4 minutes, then spent 10 minutes doing the loop around the river streets, which would once again should only take 5 minutes. By the time it got to High Spen it was running 10 minutes late, and she ended up getting to Metrocentre about 25 minutes late. She said there was very little traffic on the route, it was just the driver going slow.