(30 Nov 2016, 8:50 pm)mb134 wrote Just seen that, so I'm guessing the PVR will remain the same. Never sure how they become so late, it's not as if they go into anywhere that will me massively tailed back traffic wise, especially during the day.
The timetable is quite tight, I did a run on an E400 at about 7pm to see if Morpeth to Ashington is actually possible in 17 minutes....4 stops. 3 minutes late.
Every traffic light was green, roads were quiet, it was a 14 reg E400 with decent acceleration, reached top speed between Pegswood and Ashington, a handful of passengers, yet still running late?!
Traffic levels during the day and StreetLites 50mph limit cause the delays. Other buses running the service get delayed because the StreetLite in front (behind) is running late, so the bus behind (in front) gets all the passengers.