(18 Dec 2021, 6:51 pm)Train8261 wrote Go North East the past few days have been cancelled so so so many servicesWhat people just don't get, is that since the considerable frequency reductions a missing service has a massive effect. E bus routes went to half hourly which means drop one and then every route suffers one bus an hour alternately all day. And because of this large numbers end up waiting and overcrowd single deckers. Which makes the already miserable journey even worse. The upshot is and judging by the massive increase in car journeys, not just because it is running up to Xmas, then this shorting is turning a lot more away from public transport. Prime examples this week, one E1 missing, then means the next hour E2 has only one and the next an E6 only one. A 39 is cancelled from Doxford Park, meaning the next one is standing room only on a Solo. At 4pm today there was a 2 and 2A heading to Silksworth but absolutely nothing coming the other way, in fact at that time the last westbound 2 was half way up Chester Road. Yesterday Stagecoach dropped a decker off a 16 at 10:30 meaning Fawcett Street was queued past Wilkinsons for a gas on the 1131 16 which was late and made worse by the chaos caused by St. Mary's having a lane out. Not one positive word have I heard in a week for any of the bus operators. This mountain is getting higher..
RE: Short notice journey cancellations