(20 Sep 2014, 7:12 pm)citaro5284 wrote Not replaced....Are you sure about that? Would have thought the replacement vehicle would have been dropped in further on route to maintain the service.
Are you saying you had to wait 30 minutes for the bus behind to pick you up and would this have been quicker than a vehicle coming from CLS depot anyway?
It may have been dropped in further on route, but it means nowt to the person sat waiting for 30 minutes. On both occasions the driver had said we'll have to wait for the next bus, and also on both occasions, the bus broke down on Pit Lane in Durham. I reckon it would have taken half that to drive the bus from the depot to there, so it all depends on how quick the administrative part of the task is?
I learnt my lesson about travelling without loose change though. Otherwise I would have caught the 64, and I have absolutely no doubt that GNE would have refunded the cost. To their credit, they always have in the past.
(20 Sep 2014, 7:17 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote Passengers who were on 4853 on the 8 towards Stanley did Today as it Broke Down at Washington Galleries as I noted earlier, and I am guessing a Replacement would of been dropped in at CLS to as you say Maintain Service.
My question is what happens to those passengers wanting to travel to Stanley? A bus dropped in at CLS isn't going to help them. No bus to bus tickets available, so they'd be forced into purchasing either two singles or a day ticket, if they wanted to save some time by using the 50 as far as CLS...