(13 Sep 2023, 9:09 pm)mb134 wrote Given the posts, I thought I'd have a very unscientific look to see how Arriva Blyth and GNE Percy Main got on today service delivery wise since they seem to be the depots currently struggling the most. Pinch of salt, as it's taken from Bustimes, but I believe Arriva Blyth had the following cancelled today (as of 22:00ish when I checked):
X7:
To Newcastle - 10:42, 11:42, 13:42
None cancelled NB.
X8:
To Newcastle - 18:44
From Newcastle - 11:50, 12:50, 14:50
X9:
To Newcastle - 07:54, 13:29, 13:59, 16:34
From Newcastle - 09:13, 14:43 (started from Cramlington), 17:53
X10:
To Newcastle - 13:01, 15:31, 16:36
To Blyth - 13:15, 15:15
X11:
To Newcastle - 12:14, 14:14
To Blyth - 14:00, 17:40
306:
To Newcastle - 10:46, 16:01, 17:26
To Whitley Bay/Tynemouth - 09:30, 14:50, 16:15, 17:00
308:
To Newcastle - 08:06, 13:36, 14:56
To Blyth - 12:00, 15:20, 17:10, 18:35
43:
To Newcastle - 15:09, 16:42, 18:14, 19:28, 21:28
To Cramlington - 17:20, 18:45, 20:05, 22:05
44:
To Newcastle - 18:11
To Dinnington - 15:53, 17:28
45:
To Newcastle - 16:40
To Dinnington - 18:55
While Percy Main look to have missed the following (with the usual Bustimes caveats, as there's simply no way what PM have added to the website short notice cancellations list is accurate!):
307:
To Newcastle - 09:55, 11:55, 14:55, 17:05, 17:30, 18:38, 19:38
To North Shields - 10:55, 15:55, 16:20, 18:30, 21:00
309:
To Newcastle - 06:31, 07:11, 09:06, 09:26, 11:06, 11:46, 12:06, 14:06, 14:46, 16:51, 19:50, 20:50, 21:50
To Blyth - 07:55, 09:45, 10:25, 10:45, 13:05, 13:25, 15:25, 18:20, 19:30, 20:30
352:
To Newcastle - 15:30
To Cramlington - 07:55, 09:00, 12:00, 14:00, 18:10
353:
To North Shields - 09:00, 10:00, 15:00
To Cramlington - 14:17
354:
To Newcastle - 06:42, 09:47, 15:47
To North Shields - 17:40
355:
To Forest Hall - 06:50, 07:55, 11:02, 13:02, 16:35, 17:05
To Newcastle - 06:12, 07:12, 08:17, 11:24, 12:24, 13:24, 17:00, 17:30
41:
To Wallsend - 09:56, 11:26
To Hadrian Park - 10:19, 11:49
41A:
To Wallsend - 10:38, 17:54, 18:43, 19:38
To Hadrian Park - 09:34, 11:04, 18:24, 19:19
1:
To MetroCentre - 11:44, 13:24, 20:12
To Whitley Bay - 13:59, 16:45, 18:08
Obviously aware of the usual issues with Bustimes, however in lots of instances here buses which later appeared on these boards had been tracking on other things previously, or in the case of the 309 evidently got put on/taken off at New York (and there aren't that many dodgy ticket machines in the NE!). Some of these will undoubtedly be as a result of vehicle failure too, and some that are not on here will only have operated part trips (I couldn't be bothered checking where they all started, if I saw it listed then I excluded it).
Jesus. Looks like Percy Main is now much worse than Blyth, which is definitely something that only changed recently. You would think the 307/309 would be priority being higher profile and far busier routes. There definitely needs to be a rethink into whether they can actually cope with all the new services, because at the moment they clearly can’t.
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