(12 Oct 2013, 3:55 pm)CatsFast101 wrote Well I know it's not a view shared by everyone but I think interworking shouldn't be a problem as long as drivers change their blinds before entering interchange/ bus station/termination point. If drivers don't it can get quite confusing. The 202/265 interwork at Seaham, and most drivers pull into the interchange stand showing their next duty (ie when the 202 from Peterlee is pulling in its already changed to '265 Durham') however when drivers don't do this it becomes a problem as one Peterlee driver did at Seaham an old lady had seen the bus pull in as 265 Seaham and as she was waiting for the 202 she didn't board the bus he changed once in stand, but by this time you can't really see the blind and I had to tell the lady this was the 202 as the driver didnt attempt to assist.
Again I've seen 61/2C's on Sundays pull into stand C showing '2C Sunderland' and then people are don't think it's their bus. But there's no reason why interworking should be confusing. I mean I do think interworking that results in mis-branding of branded services is far from ideal but the way the Venture network and East Durham buses do this is fine.
I have noticed that a couple of times with 61/2C, more recently though the driver changes the blind just before they get to Park Lane in both directions, what people also find confusing is being dropped off on the wrong stand, coming from Murton some drivers go right round and set down on the middle stands and some also drop 2C punters on Stand C...But other drivers may drop off on Stand C from 61 and go right the round empty and vice versa with 2C