(06 Sep 2023, 6:22 am)busmanT wrote Aren't the running times the same as Arriva's were?

I travelled on the 355 twice yesterday and it's very slack - the 354 I travelled on was delayed by a few minutes, but that was due to passengers asking the driver questions about tickets, fares, times as they boarded.

The Arriva services had the same problems at peak times, they just weren't as noticeable as they were regulated at Haymarket with other services, similar to what happens at Blyth.

(06 Sep 2023, 6:48 am)Shrek wrote That's what's wrong with public transport up here. When there's criticism where something goes wrong, certain companies simply point out another company is worse. Any issues should be a concern to be looked at. I'd not last five minutes in my job if I simply pointed out there's worse out there.

Totally agreed, sure people who need to use the 354 for whatever reason are fine because the 37 is worse. No they'd be using the car instead.

The complete ironic thing is the 37 was perfectly on time since it has 12 minutes to get from the Freeman to Four Lane Ends (realistic) rather than the unrealistic 6 minutes on the 352 - https://bustimes.org/services/37-denton-.../473454380

Well done Stagecoach for having appropiate timetables...

(06 Sep 2023, 8:00 am)EastCoastMXZ1751 wrote All These are peak journeys so surely its to be expected that peak time journeys will be late

Not really, timetables should take account of peak times. Someone working all day won't be thinking, oh it's alright they're peak services why my bus is 10 minutes is late every day. In fact every other service is completely irrelevant to them. If the bus is running 10 minutes late at peak time, that should be the timetable. Buses need more buses in their fleet at peak times but since that costs £££ they're not interested. It's not the only service that's the same either.