(29 Jan 2014, 6:24 pm)busman101 wrote After this statement last night and my journey this morning on the X11 to get to Blyth, my money might just be on the 309 being quicker ! The 8.15 X11 from Newcastle eventually arrived in Blyth at 9.38 (due at 9.09) with the driver in no rush to get to Blyth - am wondering if eco scores are the focus for not doing more than 35mph on the A1 rather than trying to get people from A to B on time. The App must have been created to monitor just how late your bus is as there wasn't much on time in the Haymarket this morning - most over 10 late & bus juggling (still) with 43, 45 & 55

There are absolutely bloody loads of drivers like that at Jesmond (not all by the way). I got the 43 one night from Seaton Burn to Newcastle and the driver was 10 minutes late, nodding his head and huffing and puffing away and driving ridiculously slow. Got on the one behind that caught up as I couldn't bear the thought of being on his bus for any longer!

Then last night as I was waiting for the 309 at Haymarket, the same driver was doing the 16:35 306 to Tynemouth and he didn't get out until 16:45. He was boarding the bus at a ridiculously slow pace with no regard to the 308 trying to get in. The CSM in an orange jacket from Arriva looked less than impressed when he turned up to see what was happening.