(22 Jun 2015, 9:20 pm)mb134 wrote I wasn't complaining about the late running, I just added it to the post to add more detail. 

One things, concerning late running, that did annoy the life out of me this morning was my X21 to Newcastle this morning. I boarded a 7 minutes late 7502 at Bedlington (should have been the 8.25 from Bedlington Station), I didn't have a problem with this, what did annoy me was that, when on the National Speed Limit roads, the bus didn't seem like it had anywhere near the power to get there, and when coming back into a 30 it barely slowed down. How is a driver meant to keep a peak time journey anywhere near to time with this pathetic excuse for a bus?! Get 7525 OFF THE X14 and put it on the route it was bought for, and have a good look at 7502. It took three quarters of the length of the A1 stretch to get up to any decent speed...