(14 Apr 2014, 7:49 pm)Marcus wrote I've noticed that before as well, one time two were parked in their stand at Gateshead heading to Sunderland and as soon as they left with about ten seconds of each other a third one came in and was gone within thirty seconds. They probably all joined up again at Wrekenton Bus Link. Does the timetable need altering?, with the 21 they couldn't care less if two were waiting in the same stand at Chester because there's so many and so much frequency they almost don't have to worry about timetables (well, they obviously do because they have to do surveys and the timetables need to run to time, but you know what I mean)
One problem I've witnessed with the 21 is at times in Eldon Square I've seen a Chester-Le-Street bound 21 arrive in the bus station and is closely followed by a Durham 21 which can't pull onto the stand so it either has to wait in one of the bays or leave the bus station then come back in again. On one occasion this happened the Durham bound journey left the bus station and didn't come back, so everyone ended up getting the Arriva X2 to Durham.
Also every time I've been on the X22 to Durham it has to leave from the wrong stand because a Chester-Le-Street 21 is sat on the stand.
I think the 21 should run on a 10 minute frequency across the whole route again.