(23 Nov 2014, 4:33 pm)Jimmi wrote Sadly yes! The 5/5A was always late and sometimes never turned up, it became so bad at one point I started getting the Scarlet Band 16 instead.
Thankfully the 5/5A is much better now, but still does run late sometimes.
The 1 does seem better too since the timetable changes and no longer using Enviro 400s.
The X1 has been okay when I've used it but I have seen it arrive in Bishop Auckland Bus Station and Darlington a few minutes a few times and I think the Streetlite's will cause problems on this service.
Stockton are trialling a Streetlite that has had it's gearbox re-mapped (by Voith) at present to see what effect it has on performance, reliability, and punctuality. Hopefully if successful it will be used across the fleet. I've been on holiday for the last 2 weeks so haven't had chance to drive it yet but hopefully this week I will... It's 1550 anyway being used as the trial vehicle.