RE: Disruptions and driver shortages
If the past few days are anything to go by, the published cancellations are just a fraction of the overall missing or curtailed services, though. You shrug it off, if 10 or 20% of a frequent service is missing, even if it is annoying. If it's 50% and you're finding yourself with periods when only 20% are turning up, even the best social media and website communication doesn't make it feel OK. If you lived in Spenny, would you fancy taking the bus to Newcastle for lunch, tomorrow, knowing that if you missed the 2-ish X21, you would have a 2 hour wait for the next? (OK, today)