(22 Apr 2014, 5:18 pm)robisdave wrote Don't know much about the x1 excepting for the fact it must surely be undermined? I was on it Good Friday and the young man from Stockton depot was having to toe it all the way just to keep somewhere near time! A classic example of the Arriva way of managing running times? How he was supposed to manage that route in just an hour, let alone deal with a packed Pulsar was altogether credible.

It was only 2 years ago that the X1 did cycle in 1 hour 55 minutes? They now cycle in over two hours, so I think its fair to say Arriva have tried to address it once before.

But typically people are still prepared to slate them for doing nothing...

I've seen the new X93 timetable and it looks much better for this summer, but still maybe concerning if the B7's are not up to it.

Look at the likes of the X3/X4 and their timetables from February compared to pre Feb? There is more time in both between Middlesbrough and Saltburn.

Same goes for the peak time Service 7 in Stockton (buses cycle in 1 hour 7 minutes instead of 55 minutes. Also, the peak time X17 (Compared with the X6) gets much more time between Yarm and Middlesbrough. Even the 17 group gets more time between Acklam and Middlesbrough in both the morning and afternoons since February!

I think its is fair to say that Arriva are reacting to the timing issues that exist, but I doubt that they have hoards of people doing the jobs required to get it all done and ultimately it takes time to get round to everything!