(25 Oct 2013, 3:28 pm)Andreos1 wrote A bus I was on the other day was late, supposed to be regulated and switched to NIS towards the last couple of miles of the journey according to the radio - the driver apparently refused, because 'there was no sign of the following bus'.

There are the examples given above by BJ10VUS, someone (possibly Fozz) mentioned about the x1 running short to Hetton, the 78 has been stopped more than once or misses out Chester South Burns.
The old 21a on a Sunday when it ran to Peterlee was always missing in action.

FAB56 is another example, Everytime I in Gateshead there is one or 2 terminating in the Interchange, proves the reliability of the service is poor, as for the 21 there is a Short Working Every 15 Mins to Chester le Street