(06 Jun 2017, 10:19 pm)Malarkey wrote And one local resident of this route has just submitted a complaint to them regarding this, zero need to split a service in order to fix an issue with reliability around the Birtley area when in reality the issue will remain regardless of whether it's split or not, reverting back to the clockwise/anti-clockwise loop previously used would fix this issue in my personal opinion.
Also for arguments sake if I was wanting to travel from Lambton to Barmston instead of using 1 bus, with these changes it would take 2 buses and would take longer to complete what is a currently a 15 Minute journey, these changes do nothing but cause an inconvenience to the passengers who use this service.
No doubt Go North East will use this a Marketing Ploy also in order to con those who only pay single fares from point to point into purchasing a Day Ticket to line there pockets with a higher profit margin, despite knowing the local services of Washington are in decline, and have been years.
Well said, exactly what I was thinking. The way it is at the moment is as reliable as it has been since the W2 days, when it was spot on! Why change it?