57 and 57A total joke today. 11:46 57 from Whitley Bay, dosen't arrive into Whitley until 12:16 from Ashington so it is cancelled and then the 57A 12:16 does not leave until 12:35.
Given 7635 arrived at 12:16, could they not then have put that on the 57A so that left on time? Then the late 1497 could have been the one gone out of service to catch up at other end of route.
This type of thing is typical, and so I do hope these May changes improve it, but not so sure. But if it happens that the arrival journey is so late that it ends up being the time of the next departure, and the next departure is also late, I would rather they use the late bus to form the on time next departure, as could have happened today. 7635 would have been an on time 57A, so at least that journey would be on time. I guess the cancellation of the 11:46 57 was unavoidable, but they could have ran the next one on time!
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