(06 Oct 2020, 4:03 pm)mb134 wrote For yet another day, Darlington depot are dropping a number of runs this evening. As of 16:55, the ANE Twitter feed reports the following as not running:

7: 17:28 to Darlington
8: 17:52 to Darlington
8A: 17:05 to Ferryhill
8A: 17:28 to Spennymoor
12: 16:52 to Teesside Airport
12: 17:49 to Hurworth
X21: 17:35 to Peterlee
X21: 19:08 to Darlington
X26: 16:51 to Darlington
X26: 17:55 to Marne Barracks
X27: 16:31 to Darlington
X27: 17:35 to Hipswell
X66: 19:25 to Middlesbrough
X66: 20:25 to Darlington
X66: 21:25 to Middlesbrough
X66: 22:25 to Darlington

As well as "gaps in services 2, 4, 9, 10, 13A and 13B". 

I've not noticed anything similar from any other bus depot in the NE (across ANE, GNE and SNE). 

How the depot management at Darlington still have jobs is beyond me, given their blatant disregard for driver safety. (https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1...arlington/).

Surely, if drivers are ill - how is that the local management fault? They can't stop it, irrespective of how many precautions they take. We're still seeing transmission of the virus in every school and workplace irrespective of the measures in place.

Appreciate that dropping mileage is not good for the passenger, but from what I understand - Arriva are refusing to move drivers from any other depot into Darlington whilst there are cases of COVID there to help. This is a responsible thing, but it does mean service delivery is affected.