(28 Dec 2014, 2:57 pm)upt50k wrote Also working on a 15xx on X1 and 1B on Sat bit disappointing that some of the names of the stops are well out of date and could have been made a little more relevant to modern users and for new drivers e.g. Shildon Hipperdrome which was demolished over 20 years ago. Because of the different directions taken after the B/A bus station the announcement after Hogans is for Toronto Lodge.also some stops that are close together have the announcement made without enough time before the stop is reached e.g Hospital to Railway Station.I wonder if this was arranged by Arriva or the Council?

Some of the announcements on the Sapphire 7 are the same, especially on the weekday peak time only Framwellgate Moor - Bus Station section, Aykley Heads while the 21 has University Hospital of Durham or something like that and then has County Hospital which has been closed awhile now and the 21 says Durham Railway Station. Thing is some people even those who may not have been born may know what places were many years ago, for example on the 5/5A route if you said Dandy Cart many local people will know where that is despite it being pulled down years ago but if you said Newton Aycliffe Arms which I think it said on the service 8 timetable when it used to run round that way most people would have no idea where the hell that is.

On the 7 some of the announcements take ages to come up after passing a stop, there is a few stops down Burnhill Way which are very close together and if no-one gets on/off by the time the next announcement comes up you've past the stop.