(07 Feb 2026, 11:21 pm)PH - BQA wrote There are literally BBC News articles about the state of the services at Ashington, and days where upwards of 10 services aren't running. Blyth missing a couple of boards is tiny in comparison - there looks to have been a big gap in the 7/8/10/11 cycle mid-afternoon but I'm more inclined to believe that was vehicles not tracking than actual missed services.
My understanding is that from tomorrow only one vehicle will be on loan from Blyth - who also still have the electric demo - so realistically they're level on paper.
One board is unacceptable though, if my bus doesn't turn up, I couldn't give two hoots what's happening next door.
The X21/X22/35 has had problems for weeks, yes it's bad but to bring the same problems to the X7/X8/X9/X10/X11/306/308 to save face is just crazy management (and all those routes were impacted today (again)).
People are rightfully pissed off at Ashington, but that's better than literally everyone pissed off on the Arriva Northumbria network.