(02 May 2022, 1:13 pm)Rob44 wrote i can imagine it would be handy at say gateshead metro if you choose to bus it to Newcastle.  I'm sure most of us have jumped on the first bus with Newcastle on only to find the driver is.... changing over/ wanting to ring someone on his mobile, wanting a tab or a vap or just to stretch his legs and 3 buses fly passed as you wait there for 5 minutes!

That scenario is understandable. But it's a bit different when people stick their hand out for a bus with "Not in Service" on the front of it. A far more common occurance than you probably think! Or services with multiple destinations where a customer gets on and asks for a fare to somewhere the bus doesn't go. Customers don't care what it says on the front, they see a bus and expect it to take them to where they want. I drove in service yesterday with not just the wrong destination, but also the wrong number! I'd done about 80% of the route before anyone pointed it out.