(02 Dec 2021, 7:47 pm)Andreos1 wrote Any chance the mods could do some merging and do something about what seems like a million boxing day/Christmas threads please?

I've moved the recent posts to the one relevant to 2021 and closed off the previous one.

(02 Dec 2021, 7:47 pm)Andreos1 wrote Coupled in a stack of overcrowding on the services that are running and there will no doubt be such a big drop in confidence, operators won't be able to blame the tories any more.

When I've used boxing day buses, I've found its not so much overcrowding (apart from when there's home matches on), but more that people don't bother. Washington for example, there's only the 2, 4 and 56 running. Nothing to/from/anywhere near the likes of Barmston, Ayton or Rickleton. Its obviously better than fresh air, which is all Arriva provides on Boxing Day, but it's not exactly conducive to encouraging people to use buses instead of a private car... at least I don't know many private cars that refuse to work on Boxing Day.