(17 Mar 2015, 6:28 pm)Jimmi wrote I don't think everything is down to the vehicles allocated to a service as there is a Sapphire driver at Belmont on the 7 who always drives really slowly and has been doing so for a while, he was on the 7 I got yesterday and arrived in Darlington around 4 minutes late then left Darlington about a minute late and was back on-time when we got to Harrowgate Hill, Ashleigh House but we ended up arriving at Aycliffe Village 3 minutes late by driving slowly although we also got stuck behind a horse too. We were about 4 minutes late leaving Aycliffe Town Centre.
On a previous occasion we arrived in Durham Bus Station 6 minutes late, despite this being a morning journey with extra running time but no traffic so if anything we should have arrived early not late which caused me to miss the X21 to Newcastle and I'd have missed the X2 as well but thankfully it was late. He has made me miss several connections in Durham and annoyed other passengers by driving so slow.
I think if we, passengers, are noticing certain drivers in particular that are always late, then surely depot management must also be aware? If this is the case, then they are clearly taking no action, which is quite inexcusable.