(05 Jan 2020, 1:41 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Point is, they are now when GNE force people off to change at Gateshead towards Newcastle, and start buses at Gateshead requiring a bus from Newcastle to Gateshead. Make it planned rather than unexpected poor service. No extra cost, minor inconvenience. We could have SOME buses to Newcastle, others not. Make changes optional, improve reliability, reduce traffic congestion. Can't please everyone of course, but a compromise is achievable.
I understand passengers been told to get off at Gateshead because the bus was late, otherwise you have half of the allocated fleet of that particular service stuck in Newcastle, but the bus company can’t predict when and where there will be a hold up in traffic, some companies have already changed a lot of there services to try and combat problems at peak time by changing the timetables of there routes, bus services need more running time but companies don’t want to give a lot of running times as it will cost more money for the bus company, even if you have planned bus services to terminate as Planned at Gateshead then what happens if the Newcastle services are running late anyway then the company have less services going to Newcastle.
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