(21 Oct 2022, 10:47 am)Rob44 wrote I ve used the 20 from sunderland to shields and the last twice they have changed drivers and obviuosly turn the bus off to do this. When the drivers gone to start it it just wouldn't move. on the first occastion another driver cam over and said it had to do a complete shut down which worked bt seemed to take an age! Second time was the same but driver know what to do. the bus left late on bother occasions
When I was on the 20/20a and I was needing to get to the railway station, quite often it was quicker getting off and walking, than it was sitting on the bus when they faffed on.
Pretty sure they built in additional buffer time in the timetable, like Crosscountry do at Birmingham and Derby, to assist with late running.
Either way, it didn't help with cross-city traffic.