(22 Aug 2022, 11:04 pm)L469 YVK wrote I thought GNE had the following policies pre-covid for standing?
- No standing allowed on X9/X10
- Any X21 journeys with standees non-stop via Birtley rather than A1M
Saying that......not much different to Arriva who allow standing on the X15/X18/X20 with fast sections of road.
Seemed to vary on driver as to if they actually enforced this or not.
The X9/X10 became difficult to enforce this on when Citaros were making semi-regular appearances and it became a case of let people stand or turn round and tell them they cannot get on and have to wait at least another half hour (or an hour).
I only encountered the issue with standees on the X21 once and the driver did make a fuss at making everyone sit down because of this apparent rule/guideline but there was still standees after Low Fell so it was all for nothing and he still ended up going down the A1(M) to CLS with standees on-board so the only achievement was me having a long wait in Durham as this delayed the X21 by 10-15 minutes resulting in a missed connection.