(09 Sep 2021, 12:48 pm)big mac wrote One other thing that concerns me about the 21 extension to Brandon is that it looks to have striking similarities to the West Auckland extension of the X21.
From what I've gathered when there's delays on the X21, GNE turn it round at Bishop Auckland and don't bother serving West Auckland in order to get the bus back to timetable. This isn't an uncommon thing to happen, and I can see the same thing happening on the Durham to Brandon bit when there's delays on the 21, which let's be honest is quite often.
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You'll never solve the reliability of the 21 - the pinch points at essentially Birtley all the way to Gateshead (so essentially the whole route!) will always cause issues plus the positive loadings,
The last time it was reliable it was the 221
