(9 hours ago)PH - BQA wrote 3 hour gap in X22s towards Newcastle this evening, 2 of which would have been runs which people would have used to get to the match.
Aware there is a vehicle shortage, but things absolutely would have ran in ahead of the 18:47. You'd also reallocate resource to ensure one of the 17:14/17:47 ran.
Disgraceful decision making from whoever has allowed that to happen.
Not excusing the allocating, but Ashington had a chronic day today in terms of breakdowns / buses being pulled.
SP_AN (unsure what E400 it was) and 3051 both broke down on the 57/57A alone, and it appears that's just the crux of it.
Seems like the reallocating ended up on the X15/X18/X20 though with whatever SP_AN ending up on an Alnwick run which is a pretty mental move if it's the same vehicle (which ironically had issues and got pulled at Morpeth).