(14 Sep 2023, 10:23 pm)Storx wrote Yeah it seems stuff is dropping out for them and then not returning into service no doubt be the end of the shift for them.

Yeah that's true mind I suppose as the X7 is a hell of a bus route at rush hour. Mind that said, that probably doesn't help either as the traffic is much worse in an evening and they're regularly upto 20 minutes late which could knock driver hours off so they couldn't do another return trip without going over especially by the time they're 30 - 40 minutes late which isn't uncommon.

Could explain why buses aren't returning to Newcastle on the 306 aswell.

It's a shame that the X7/8/9 seem to be impacted the most (the X10/11 seem to be relatively fine, as are the 43/44/45) with cancelled trips, but I guess at the moment with the amount of new drivers being trained as soon as one is late then realistically they're not the sort of routes inexperienced drivers can make loads of time up on which will lead to more disruption.