(24 May 2024, 6:32 am)Jimmi wrote It's worth noting that there's been faults with tracking with Ticketer equipment again recently, often resulting in buses which appear to be missing but are actually running.

I am aware and full accept bus times isn't 100% reliable, but it doesn't fully cancel out the fact sometimes it is reliable, which is why I have contacted the operator to confirm. 99% of the time, both the operator and Nexus have confirmed the tracking was correct (nothing specifically mentioned, I mean in general). I'm mostly referring to BusTimes showing buses being indisputably late and going the wrong way. For example the 18A service the other morning when it didn't operate until 8.50.

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I've also been told by a few Walkergate drivers that GNE are on their last warning with the 317s. By default it will go back to Stagecoach unless another operator puts a bid in for it. GCT aren't allowed to operate it (as in March 2023, GCT put the lowest bid in, but Nexus gave it back to Stagecoach in fears GCT wouldn't run it properly), and Arriva will probably not even want to run it. It would be nice to see smaller yet more reliable operators to run it, like JH for example.