(15 Aug 2013, 11:36 am)CatsFast101 wrote Looking at a bus stop app I have, the 71 to Houghton-Le-Spring Broadway is timetabled on Burn Park Road & Newbottle Street. Then at the Broadway stop (Church Side, 20 to Durham/ X1 to Easington Lane) as 71 to Chester-Le-Street Front Street and then timetabled on Dairy Lane as 71 to Chester-Le-Street Front Street. Exactly the same as the M1 as there's only 1 minute layover from Arrival to Departure at Houghton.
Very strange.
Just wondering if the route was adapted last year when the 20a and 35a were brought along that stretch of Dairy Lane?
As I say, over the last few weeks, it has gone both ways.
Whether I manage to capture it or not is another thing, but you may see my first ever photo of a bus!
On one particular occasion, I was waiting on Broadway, it came up Dairy Lane and stopped on the other side to let people get off.
It headed up Newbottle Street and didn't bother coming back - despite it clearly being timetabled and having a queue of people standing waiting for it.
The GNE excuse when I complained was great and demonstrated a clear lack of knowledge - according to the Customer Service Representative, 'it never has stopped on both sides and when returning to Chester, goes DOWN Burn Park Road from Houghton'.