(17 Nov 2024, 8:47 pm)nova347 wrote Honestly after my Saturday in Newcastle, the whole central city was gridlocked for 30-40 mins, and buses ran nearly an hour late. Every bus every metro rammed and standing, it has been all week. I stopped getting the bus to work and get dropped off an hour early in Sunderland now because on a morning the 60s are too unreliable and are just rammed and standing which makes the journey very uncomfortable.

Saw a northbound X10 stuck in traffic on the A19, as it was trying to get to Dalton Park over the weekend. 
It was late, was getting even later and had a a standing load.

The Solo on the X6 behind it was similar (assuming people let the X10 go at Peterlee or had been turned away).

The 4 car set I was using up the Durham Coast line a few back was crammed too.