(16 Apr 2014, 1:39 pm)gtom wrote Out of interest who covers the numerous lost mileage/shorts? (especially around Christmas)
By shorts I mean CLS - Birtley - CLS and the few I've seen that come off the A1 and start at Eighton Lodge and flip round at Gateshead?
Are they just late runners being regulated?
Do you mean as in the drivers? If so, it tends to be miscellenous drivers, and when the special services come into action in the festive season otherwise it tends to be just sucked into the mid duties. The best person you can ask for that one would be an actual driver, but I think that's the way it works. I've seen a few drivers come in from Newcastle then when they come back down from the Black Horse their blind says Birtley so I get on and it ends at the end of Birtley before spinning around at the top and going back to Chester, so to someone who isn't aware it seems like more Chester 21's are running than Durham 21's. I'm not sure if they are late runners or are actual scheduled services, but I think the Diamond has a similar thing with Craghead.