(15 Feb 2014, 7:19 pm)speedwheels22 wrote What has the 5 done for me made me late for appoinments made me later for other things
I'm not sure where you're using the 5 but it's rarely that late, certainly around Fellgate it usually arrives before the X20 heading to South Shields which is due five minutes before.
In terms of whether or not the 5 needs Cadets or smaller buses then on an afternoon when Boldon Comprehensive finishes that run is always packed with people standing so certainly that one does.