(28 Jul 2015, 11:16 am)Jimmi wrote Yeah, sadly I feel the timetable doesn't meet the demand of the service, often leaves Bishop Auckland Bus Station on-time then by Shildon it often racks up a delay of around 5 minutes.
Said this many times before but I still think the 5/5A needs more running time on the Bishop - Aycliffe section of the route, but instead they took 3 minutes out of the Shildon - Aycliffe section and shoved them 3 minutes into the Aycliffe - Darlo section which didn't need the additional running time. Sorry but this is how I feel and I think this is the cause of the problems on this service.
Additionally the bus was 1511 and the announcements weren't working, just displayed Arriva, Go on, get on.
It's the section between the bus station and Cabin Gate that's the problem. 6 minutes to do that stretch when it can take you 10 to get to Asda.