(20 Apr 2021, 4:03 pm)Storx wrote Personally I prefer the way that Arriva do it with regulating things at a certain point; Ashington - Ashington Bus Station, Blyth - Blyth Bus Station, Jesmond - Haymarket Bus Station, Durham - Durham Bus Station and when a service running late just running an extra bus out or sending out a bus which is sitting around for 10 minutes in a layover straight away and sending the bus 10 minutes late on the bus which was on a layover.But what about if you have 2x 308's chasing each other at Billy Mill towards Newcastle? If Arriva had radios, communication could be established to do the following:
It's much less of a piss on than buses terminating early ie at Gateshead and leaving customers dumped to get another bus or having to wait an extra 20 minutes at the terminus because the late one turned round short.
It's one of the worst things about GNE imo and why brands are crap as it forces you to do it that way unless you don't care about buses being on wrong routes (Arriva Blyth / Jesmond). Sometimes it's better to have someone on the ground regulating things rather than sitting in an office 10 mile away from where the buses are.
* Any punters wanting stops en route go on bus behind
* Any punters wanting St Mary's / Haymarket stay on but bus is non stoo.
That way it's a win win. Punters heading to town will be less late and outbound journey will leave on time.