(01 May 2022, 7:48 am)L469 YVK wrote The 18:25 309 ex Newcastle was very late last night due to what I think was a delayed driver change at New York. The 18:35 310 departed before the 309 and the 18:45 311 ended up overtaking us on the Coast Road. Ended up 20 minutes late by the time I got off due to the tidal effect of passengers. Bustimes only showed 15 seats available by the time we left Sandyford.People sitting on the stairs on multiple journies on the X10 yesterday.
Possibly a combination of a now hourly service, both Newcastle & Middlesbrough playing at home and the trains being off along the coast.
However there were ticket machine issues (one of 6099 or 6100 - they were both on, but my reliable source is unsure which had the issue).
These ticket machine issues meant that there were free journies galore and inaccurate loading data.