The X1 looks to have been nothing short than an unmitigated disaster today. 

Info retrieved from bustimes.org:





n.b. I've marked several Newcastle-bound trips with a *, as the trip is often changed at John Dobson Street so doesn't reflect the real time it reached it's destination.

• The last Newcastle-bound trip from Easington Lane was also cancelled via Social Media, with no alternative provided or posted.
  
• The 21.00 from Newcastle was announced as cancelled from Washington Galleries (at 21.30) on Social Media due to a breakdown, but appears to have had a miraculous recovery and arrived in Easington Lane 38 late, before running light to Newcastle to do the 23.00 to Easington Lane...
  

I feel sorry for those who have been put on the front line trying to run these to a timetable today. 

If this is what 'BETTER than ever' looks like, then I can't see it convincing many people that the bus is the correct mode of transport for their journey. No matter what the Twitterati might tell us.