(03 Jul 2021, 5:25 am)fexib45 wrote Yep even though they also have a lack of drivers available and are not running lots of their own commercial services, i think yesterday was the worse, 3 Quaycity buses parked up with nobody to drive them, causing massive gaps in service along with some 58/53/27's as well.
From Monday they are reducing frequency on a lot of routes and cancelling some other trips on the day but at least they will be letting people know about these ones which they havent been doing this past week.
This week has been the exception and not the norm, due to a spike in track and trace cases (a problem the entire industry is suffering from at the moment).
For every duty taken on for the Gateshead Central Taxis work, an equivalent duty on scholars duplicates has either been cancelled or sub-contracted out to other operators (Stanley Travel, A-line, and indeed from next week Coatham Coaches).
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