(29 May 2014, 4:42 pm)Dan wrote Is it a Stanley-bound one or a Sunderland-bound one?
If it's the latter, I can't provide an excuse for GNE. If it's the former, then it takes them between 10 and 20 minutes to get down the bank on Chester Road from 16:00 to about 17:00 - every weekday, without fail. The roundabout should be controlled by traffic lights and there should be two lanes for the bank and perhaps it wouldn't cause such hideous traffic each day.
Sunderland bound.
If it takes between 10 and 20 minutes every weekday without fail, I'd expect the running times to be adjusted? The Traffic Commissioner's office states that timetables should be both realistic and achievable.