(09 Aug 2021, 9:47 pm)GNE6312 wrote Seen it on the X21 at about 16:30 heading to Newbiggin tracking as itself so it obviously has been on the X18, Bustimes.org sugges it got taken off the X18 at 15:23 at Morpeth and got put on the 16:30 X21 off town then finished after that. 1800 & 2812 been on X21/X22/35 today. Ashington clearly need investment and ASAP, and by Investment I mean new buses not second hand crap like the 58 reg E400s at  Jesmond which pretty much all sound knackered.

Thought it was a tracking error, horrid allocation that but it says something when 15 year old Darts which shouldn't be in service are doing routes that should be ran by deckers and they're relying on 8 minibuses to get through service when they need 4. Very bad day for Ashington today can't disagree with needing investment - be interesting to see what would have happened if the X21/X22 was back to normal service which is rumoured as they would've had nothing to run it today.

Blyth had some rather dubious allocations today aswell a Pulsar on the half hourly 308 at 17:15 being the worst, imagine that being rather cosy.