(01 Aug 2025, 7:31 am)Storx wrote Aye it was the bridge which was the problem, I'm sure they had the majority of the staff stopping people on the bridge and no-one managing the queue line which didn't really exist (just had half the bridge merging into a half a stairwell, with obvious results). Not sure what happened as last time we used it, they used to have a long cattlepen queue line and it worked well to be fair.

Small world, assuming both were at Oasis on Wednesday mind, seems like half the North East was there.


Aye don't agree at all about the fleet issues, you're right - it's why badly they need better investment really as like you said the Whitby move just caused issues - and the Pulsar's were inappropiate vehicles anyway since it's deckers Ashington needs not more singles. I've noticed that the cancellations are creeping in on the X22 again in recent weeks aswell.

Mind only thing I can say is, if you didn't want to have buses out with problems, would there be anything left? If there's a 50/50 chance they'll die there's always some who aren't dying. Can't remember the fleet number, but one of the Pulsar's I got the other day sounded absolutely terrible and it wasn't one of those on the list as it was one of the 1537-43 which probably shouldn't be running and it was packed as it was doing 2 buses since the one in front wasn't running, no doubt a breakdown aswell.

Not sure what the answer is as all 3 operators in the area seem to having similar issues at Riverside, Slatyford and Ashington - in particular. The Slatyford ones are just going more unnoticed as they appear to have a ridiculous number of spares in recent weeks which I'm not sure is the answer either.