(13 Oct 2020, 8:44 pm)mb134 wrote I'd assume if it was any earlier in the day then they'd still do that, but I imagine finding a spare driver at that time of the night would be virtually impossible.

However I'm somewhat surprised that, as it appeared to break in Newcastle, Riverside didn't send a bus to cover the run - surely the driver also needed to get back to Consett?

Surely you could just get a fitter to bring another bus along, the driver of the original bus drives back to Consett on the bus the fitter brought then the fitter fixes the broken bus or awaits recovery and travels back via which ever method works. Either way someone has to move to bus and it won't be the driver.

I know that's what Arriva Ashington do on the 57 occasionally usually on Sundays since it's so far from the depot so you can't drop another bus in and the driver is stuck.