(08 Dec 2013, 9:03 pm)ApathyHack wrote I can understand why reliability is down on the X70/X71, what with the four way temporary signals on Bensham Bank combined with the ever increasing Christmas traffic, but they seem to be falling back on short-running as far as Gateshead and running entire trips light as NIS far too often. They knew about the potential for delays beforehand so you would have thought they could have come up with a more creative solution to these problems in advance.
Would it not be easier after Lobily Hill to divert them via the A1/A184/A184 Askew Road and up into Gateshead Interchange, Thus avoiding Tail Backs on Bensham Bank for however long