(05 Apr 2013, 8:56 pm)Daniel wrote(05 Apr 2013, 8:34 pm)tyresmoke wrote(05 Apr 2013, 5:32 pm)cbma06 wrote Did 4606-9 had any reliability issues when there used to be on the 27's?, Yesterday there was one broken down and in the past hour another one has broken down, maybe GNE should of used more upto date buses on the X7 service.
I'm informed by one of my colleagues there was one parked up in Peterlee yesterday afternoon with a noticeable dent in the sideSeem to be pretty reliable though in that I've not seen anything else in Middlesbrough yet. Managed to pinch passengers in Peterlee for Wingate and Station Town while on 21A today!
A wrong turn was taken in Middlesbrough, I hear from my mum who was on the service at the time. She was the only passenger and had to reverse, so my mum had to guide her.
I won't give direct quotes because they're offensive to a particular ethnic group, but the driver wasn't too keen on some people who were 'gorping', 'awaiting a crash'.
Surely GNE are starting to find it embarrassing the amount of problems this service has had in it's short life. It seems that every time I glance over their Facebook page there's been a breakdown.
The X25 is having similar issues. The Tridents seem to be clapping out (when they're not hitting bridges that is!) and just struggling in general. I used it for the first time in a while on Wednesday, and it kept packing out all the way from Gateshead to Wrekenton. The driver had to keep shutting it down and firing it back up. It continued past Wrekenton as a change-over couldn't be done, but clapped out completely at Eighton Banks. Ended up waiting 45 mins for a replacement though, as the one due after had broken down as well.