(05 May 2014, 5:16 pm)robisdave15 wrote Thanks for that Josh, appreciate your bluntness and just thought I'd feedback a little of what I've heard through opening my mouth earlier. Sadly, or not so, I do remember the old days when buses ran to time, always turned up and had drivers that actually smiled ! Alas Arriva arrived!!
You're welcome (Rob or Dave haha!) on Darlington town services i do commend Arriva because they seem to be quite good on there, and most of the drivers are genuinely nice. But long distance routes, they just fail. Many a time I have traveled the X93 and X1 (Durham/Boro) and I've been very late.
I want to travel to Berwick and back with Arriva but god knows how late I would be arriving in Berwick and Newcastle and eventually getting home. I can imagine the drivers frustration to keeping to a tight schedule on a 4 hour journey each way hence their sometimes bad attitude.