(19 Apr 2021, 12:03 pm)streetdeckfan wrote I don't understand why a driver would even cut part of the route out, sure they save half an hour, but then they get back suspiciously early, it's not as if they can just park up around the corner from the depot for half an hour as everything is tracked these days and would no doubt automatically be flagged even without nosy enthusiasts tracking their every move.
To an extent I'd understand (but not agree with) missing out Billingham if he's picked nobody up southbound and if he's thinking it's purely a special service. But it's timetable is widely available, folk may be alighting at a different place to where they boarded, and it doesn't excuse the ridiculous early running later on.
Equally, after it happened on Saturday, it's alarming it was allowed to happen for a second day running. The sort of stuff you'd expect from GCT.