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RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - deanmachine - 22 Aug 2018 (22 Aug 2018, 12:51 pm)Andreos1 Even with the convoluted nature of the 2 services within Washington and the two bus stations within Washington being quite a distance apart? I don't know, if I seen a bus with "Washington" on the front, I'd assume it would take me to the town centre, even if I didn't know the name of it, not everyone knows the name of the Galleries. Whereas "Washington" is a bit of a useless display once you're in Washington itself. I don't see the problem. RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - Andreos1 - 22 Aug 2018 (22 Aug 2018, 7:43 pm)deanmachine I don't know, if I seen a bus with "Washington" on the front, I'd assume it would take me to the town centre, even if I didn't know the name of it, not everyone knows the name of the Galleries. Whereas "Washington" is a bit of a useless display once you're in Washington itself. I don't see the problem. I'm trying not to sound flippant here and I apologise if it comes across that way. If you and others assume that Washington on the blind denotes a bus that takes you to the town centre/galleries, why does the display need to change once it is on its approach to said destination? RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - Jamie M - 23 Aug 2018 (22 Aug 2018, 11:35 pm)Andreos1 I'm trying not to sound flippant here and I apologise if it comes across that way.The galleries should say the galleries for the legth, in other cases not so, like market street (until closer). Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - JM03 - 23 Aug 2018 Didn’t know where to put this but Eldon square bus station has been closed down and all buses are starting from market street, been kicked off the x1 there RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - Jamie M - 23 Aug 2018 (23 Aug 2018, 2:24 pm)JM03 Didn’t know where to put this but Eldon square bus station has been closed down and all buses are starting from market street, been kicked off the x1 thereNot anymore, normal routes now apparently...! Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - Rob44 - 23 Aug 2018 protest by taxi drive about lack of taxi rank spaces https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-taxi-protest-live-traffic-15064630 RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - G-CPTN - 23 Aug 2018 (23 Aug 2018, 2:24 pm)JM03 Didn’t know where to put this but Eldon square bus station has been closed down and all buses are starting from market street, been kicked off the x1 there I guess that explains the 'shortage' of buses at Hexham? First off the (Hexham) depot provided a spare for the X85 towards Newbrough whilst the TEN (due out @15:32) failed to materialise with no arriving vehicle (and no spare apparently). RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - G-CPTN - 23 Aug 2018 Drivers caught up in the city centre congestion, and who 'run out of hours' - what do they do? Truckers park up and take to the sleeper, but what do bus drivers do? They might not be able to reach a depot . . . There were half a dozen drivers at Hexham with no buses . . . RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - Jamie M - 23 Aug 2018 (23 Aug 2018, 4:21 pm)G-CPTN Drivers caught up in the city centre congestion, and who 'run out of hours' - what do they do?Emergency hours most of the time. Domestic rules vary differently to EU. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/emergency-exemption-and-temporary-relaxation-of-drivers-hours-and-working-time-rrules Title "Unforseen events" section 7 sums it up well enough. Basically so long as there isn't planned breakage of driver hours, it's allowed. If it gets really bad, drivers get sent light, but more often than not, the board just gets thrown out the window. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - TyneWearTeesGNE - 23 Aug 2018 (23 Aug 2018, 2:24 pm)JM03 Didn’t know where to put this but Eldon square bus station has been closed down and all buses are starting from market street, been kicked off the x1 there What has happened? RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - Jamie M - 23 Aug 2018 (23 Aug 2018, 4:32 pm)TyneWearTeesGNE What has happened?Taxi drivers plaguing the city more than usual in the form of a protest about taxi ranks. Can we just ban taxis? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - Charles41 - 23 Aug 2018 (23 Aug 2018, 4:33 pm)Jamie M Taxi drivers plaguing the city more than usual in the form of a protest about taxi ranks. Can we just ban taxis? To put matters into perspective Newcastle City Council has licensed over 2500 private hire vehicles alone. This figure does not include Hackney carriages ie black cabs. There are far too many taxis licenced in the city imo. Charles RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - GNE6312 - 23 Aug 2018 (23 Aug 2018, 4:33 pm)Jamie M Taxi drivers plaguing the city more than usual in the form of a protest about taxi ranks. Can we just ban taxis? Wish we could ban taxis Loved it that time when a 47 stoped in a taki rank and when a 309 done the same to the blyth taki ranks We need bigger bus stations And dont need taxis driving like over all c**ts on the roads driving too fast using phones whilst driving etc MORE BUSES LESS TAXIS RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - JM03 - 23 Aug 2018 (23 Aug 2018, 8:31 pm)GNE6312 Wish we could ban taxisWell said haha RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - Jimmi - 23 Aug 2018 (23 Aug 2018, 8:31 pm)GNE6312 Wish we could ban taxisAgreed. Lost count of the times they've tried to beat the buses round where The Gate is, in some cases they have mounted the kerb and shouted angry abuse at the bus driver for about 5 minutes when the bus had priority and was already making its way round. RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - Ianthegoon - 23 Aug 2018 (23 Aug 2018, 9:27 pm)Jimmi Agreed. Lost count of the times they've tried to beat the buses round where The Gate is, in some cases they have mounted the kerb and shouted angry abuse at the bus driver for about 5 minutes when the bus had priority and was already making its way round. Surely all the buses are fitted with CCTV these days, so a taxi driver trying that kind of idiocy would have his license withdrawn pretty much immediately? RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - Jamie M - 23 Aug 2018 (23 Aug 2018, 9:30 pm)Ianthegoon Surely all the buses are fitted with CCTV these days, so a taxi driver trying that kind of idiocy would have his license withdrawn pretty much immediately?You think anybody is actually going to enforce taxi restrictions? Maybe if an assault was made it would be followed up but I doubt there's any funding, desire or staff to do so. It's a joke but it's a victim of its own success. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - Tom - 23 Aug 2018 Banning taxis would be a ridiculous idea, though limiting the number of them would be better. RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - BusLoverMum - 24 Aug 2018 (23 Aug 2018, 4:33 pm)Jamie M Taxi drivers plaguing the city more than usual in the form of a protest about taxi ranks. Can we just ban taxis? Well they're useful but I take issue with the ones driving across the pavement next to water stones just expecting pedestrians to scatter. Bloody dangerous. RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - Michael - 24 Aug 2018 724 is now in the paint shop - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/29304336527/in/photostream/ Photo by Bazza |