(28 Oct 2023, 11:42 pm)mb134 wrote Most depots already do this where it is feasible, with the buses already available to them. Arriva Blyth are well known for it, and I believe Ashington do it on the X21/22 if an inbound X22 is running late. 

To do it how you suggest with two or three buses parked up waiting to go isn't going to happen, you'd be adding 2-3 to the PVR of the service which would nuke the profitability of it.

Not really, theyre always spares at the Depot even if its singles, its not for every service but big delays, parking two-three vehicles up at a time not going to be a massive cost really. They would just be parked at the bus station ready for service rahter than at the depot.

If GNE did this for the 56/21/X21 things would go a lot smoother, I would bring back the 28 min layover on the X21 at Newcaslte tbh