(29 Jun 2022, 9:50 am)Aaron21 wrote I'm gonna admit this now. The X66 needs a change of buses. In fact the Volvo B7RLE don't seem to be performing well.

5501 seems to be performing well

5502 is doing dreadful. Saw it parked on death row at Riverside a few days ago. 5502 struggling a lot as it can barely put a week in service

5503 is doing I'd say a bit better than 5502 but not the level of 5501.

5504 tracking ability on bustimes.org is broken but was in service on the 27th June. It was also out on the 22nd June but must have leaked something at Metrocentre as NK56 KHT 5247 replaced it and sand was on the ground at the stand with cones round it

Also the X66 seems to Getting full a lot. Since it's the only direct bus to Gateshead (shocked at that) with the 49/49A/96/97 taking long routes to get there

Because the X66 gets so busy, I always go for the 49/49A because its only an extra ten minutes.