(03 Apr 2015, 5:22 pm)tyresmoke wrote Time that bank holiday timetables and service levels were looked at I think - heard stories from some drivers today that suggest it has been almost as busy as a weekday. Running a Sunday service no longer meets the demand unfortunately.
(03 Apr 2015, 7:41 pm)Multi21 wrote Try driving a bus to a Sunday timetable with FRIDAY YES FRIDAY NOT SUNDAY loadings! When you have and kept it on time then you have grounds to complain about bank holiday services being late till then can I suggest you stop slating arriva! If we had a list of how many Go North East or Stagecoach buses that were late today we would be here all day!
Thankfully I got a lift to and from mine today, so haven't had to bother with any buses in Durham. The one X12 I seen was fairly packed, and it was only passing through Coxhoe at the time.
The point about weekday loadings is a very good point, and it's not limited to Good Friday. I can understand not running a Mon-Fri timetable (because of work services etc), but it should be a Saturday timetable at a minimum. I was briefly at the Galleries bus station earlier today, and there were floods of people waiting for various buses. Nothing like your regular Sunday. The Galleries itself was packed too, and I noticed a few friends on Facebook commenting that they couldn't even get parked.
Tomorrow is going to tell a tale I feel. Easter Sunday, and neither Arriva or Go North East are putting extra services on for the derby. Yet look at all the extra services that were put on for the stadium concerts.