(14 Jul 2019, 9:10 pm)BusLoverMum wrote
At least some of the difference in internal condition between GNE's and ANE's streetlites can be attributed to the communities they serve. Look around a bus in Rowlands Gill or Shildon and there's a whole different profile of passenger. There's a lot of antisocial behaviour on buses in the darlo area and some parts of Co Durham by a lot of people who don't give a fig how their behaviour affects others. And if we're going to compare similar routes, the X21 gets every bit as sticky and litter strewn as the 6, if not worse.
I lived up there most of my life before moving down to Durham and witnessed some pretty bad things on the buses. Granted, most of it was on the scholars services, but the one thing that always stands out is one time someone ripped down the bulb from one of the lights upstairs and just walked off the bus with it. It was one of the old florescent tubes so if that'd smashed it wouldn't have been a pretty sight. There was regularly people smoking (and not just cigarettes). I've actually seen a lot less anti social behaviour on buses since I moved down here.
As for the X21 vs the 6, from my experience the 6 is usually a lot cleaner than the X21, probably because the fare on the X21 is cheaper for under 18s.
Speaking of Under 18 tickets, are drivers just scared to challenge people who are clearly over 18 and ask for a child ticket, or do they just not care? Because I've seen people I know older than me get an Under 18 ticket without any trouble