(11 Feb 2024, 9:42 pm)Ambassador wrote It may be a rose tinted glass I’m looking through but I don’t recall as many issues when Chester ran the service. Similar with the Angel (aside the hybrids which was seemingly beyond control)
I can’t see how a policy of buying cheaper intra company stock from London that can barely hit 30mph and deploying them to intensive service work can possibly be helping either mind.
I remember issues when Chester had it.
Particularly on a Sunday when the 21a ran to Peterlee.
Grim wasn't a word good enough to describe it or the waits due to the inevitable gaps in service.
The worst experience was waiting around Houghton for a northbound 21a.
I saw the southbound, knew the northbound was due and waited. And waited.
Then eventually got on the vehicle I saw heading to Peterlee. After it had got to Peterlee, turned around and got back to Houghton on it's return journey to Newcastle.