(08 Oct 2022, 10:50 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote I really struggle to see how anyone could expect buses to be running anything like to time with the absolute mess of traffic chaos seemingly everywhere today. Seems the combination of a Newcastle home match, Junior GNR, Network Rail Strike and the usual misery of endless roadworks all being allowed to happen at the same time buggered the roads up a bit. All the planning in the world at Bensham, the Wheatsheaf or wherever can't do much about horrific traffic queues and stupidly timed traffic signals. One of the many queues I was stuck in today was on CME/Tyne Bridge and saw 3 X1s heading into Toon within 5 mins of each other. I did wonder why one or more hadn't been regulated at Gateshead, but then of course people would only moan that the queue at Eldon Square was too long for the one that turned up. Sometimes they just cannot win.Yeah, I would get it if its a one off, but its not its every day for the X1's, it everyday for a lot of services without the Rail Strikes and Football Matches
Same with the X45/X30/X31 its daily that journeys are cancelled cos of delays, same with the 21.
And turning buses at Gateshead is absolutely useless when there are people queing from X1 Stand to Stand A. and people queing from Stand B to the Door and the buses turning at Metro and just leaving NIS.
Buses leaving NIS is great to try and get them back on time however they just end up being late again.
And GNE CS can say Sorry, however now Sorry isn't good enough. Its a failing timetable, its not a one off its been like this for months.