(21 Jun 2015, 6:57 pm)nk55 wrote Sadly general public DONT understand the fact that delays happen and it takes time to get buses/drivers back where they should be.
Totally agree.
Imagine making those vehicles and drivers even later, by keeping them in service.
Sure the general public will find that even harder to understand
You know how quiet Chester, Birtley and Low Fell get on a Sunday afternoon.
Maybe a few regulars at the 'main stops', going to/from work or home from the pub in addition to a few others too. 4 buses in 10mins through Low Fell, carrying a few bodies, stopping at lights and seeing another approaching from behind, that over takes a mile or two down the road when the first one picks up a passenger. All of a sudden, the third late bus is bearing down carrying nowt...
Whilst in the opposite direction, people are waiting and waiting for a bus that hasn't even hit Gateshead yet.