(08 Aug 2022, 12:39 pm)DeltaMan wrote Intresting responses when compared to the meltdown last week with the X1 and X11.Took the folks almost 3 hours to get to Newcastle the other day. It would typically be an hour.
That's because there were huge gaps not filled by another service.
There are alternatives for all (if not, the majority) of passengers on the route of the 5a.
Not saying cancelling is right. Far from it. But there are alternatives that aren't available for X1 passengers.
For all the paranoia that exists regarding anti-GNE sentiment or anti-ANE sentiment (depending which way the wind blows), I'm not sure there's any here.
(08 Aug 2022, 11:26 am)Kuyoyo wrote The 5A is also one of the poorer recovering services at Stockton depot - hence why it is one of the first to be pulled if staffing issues develop.Is there a reason it is proving to be slow at recovering?
Saturday gone was effectively the weekend when all services in the Stockton area needed to run - the first Riverside Festival since 2019. Of course, ended up with a reduced service on the 7 but the staff on the ground tweaked things so that the 3 buses ran a 20 minute frequency rather than 15/15/30.
Stockton of course have additional resources to cover as of today - working all but 2 weekday am and 1 Saturday PM Durham-Middlesbrough-Durham trip on the X12 (Durham retain the first journey from Coxhoe to Durham on a weekday as well as the first bus from Middlesbrough to Durham - on Saturdays the 1750 from Durham and 1910 from Middlesbrough also remain operated by Durham for now).