What's annoying you today? V4
What's annoying you today? V4
(17 Apr 2016, 5:37 pm)Dan I'm not sure if I could justify spending an additional £44 a month for the greater flexibility this ticket allows.
(17 Apr 2016, 5:37 pm)Dan I'm not sure if I could justify spending an additional £44 a month for the greater flexibility this ticket allows.
Thanks all, I'd have to agree with Dan on the additional cost. It's pretty unjustifiable
It's £528 over the year. That's plenty of pints, gadgets and more cost into that. I could buy an Explorer on the odd day I want to venture out. I used the Metro a lot in our old Jesmond office and it absolutely made me hate people!
Sure relying on the X12 limits my options but I'm always in the office mega early so anyway and the later ops on the X12 make it easier to stay late, add in the convenience of the Quorum Express from Haymarket. I guess I've answered my own question! Plus there's always the X24 on for the Metrocentre!
(17 Apr 2016, 5:22 pm)Ambassador Our travel team at work can't offer corporate Network One anymore (apparently it's stopped?) so now I'm looking at £92 a month for an all zone Network One....
Or I could risk £48 on the Arriva Tyne and Wear ticket which covers the X12 from Birtley and will take me to Quorum, it's a huge jump in price down from Network One, which I do t real,y use outside of work.
Choices!
(17 Apr 2016, 5:22 pm)Ambassador Our travel team at work can't offer corporate Network One anymore (apparently it's stopped?) so now I'm looking at £92 a month for an all zone Network One....
Or I could risk £48 on the Arriva Tyne and Wear ticket which covers the X12 from Birtley and will take me to Quorum, it's a huge jump in price down from Network One, which I do t real,y use outside of work.
Choices!
(17 Apr 2016, 3:54 pm)LeeCalder 82A's are all over, some are going evading Barley Mow and going the way the 82B does, and others are going through Barley Mow.
The one I was on evaded Barley Mow.
I rang customer services and they said it has happened a couple of times today and they will be sending the relevant screenshots to the depot and having the drivers spoken too about the route.
(17 Apr 2016, 3:54 pm)LeeCalder 82A's are all over, some are going evading Barley Mow and going the way the 82B does, and others are going through Barley Mow.
The one I was on evaded Barley Mow.
I rang customer services and they said it has happened a couple of times today and they will be sending the relevant screenshots to the depot and having the drivers spoken too about the route.
(17 Apr 2016, 6:09 pm)Ambassador Thanks all, I'd have to agree with Dan on the additional cost. It's pretty unjustifiable
It's £528 over the year. That's plenty of pints, gadgets and more cost into that. I could buy an Explorer on the odd day I want to venture out. I used the Metro a lot in our old Jesmond office and it absolutely made me hate people!
Sure relying on the X12 limits my options but I'm always in the office mega early so anyway and the later ops on the X12 make it easier to stay late, add in the convenience of the Quorum Express from Haymarket. I guess I've answered my own question! Plus there's always the X24 on for the Metrocentre!
(17 Apr 2016, 6:09 pm)Ambassador Thanks all, I'd have to agree with Dan on the additional cost. It's pretty unjustifiable
It's £528 over the year. That's plenty of pints, gadgets and more cost into that. I could buy an Explorer on the odd day I want to venture out. I used the Metro a lot in our old Jesmond office and it absolutely made me hate people!
Sure relying on the X12 limits my options but I'm always in the office mega early so anyway and the later ops on the X12 make it easier to stay late, add in the convenience of the Quorum Express from Haymarket. I guess I've answered my own question! Plus there's always the X24 on for the Metrocentre!
The traffic in Durham.
The worst I've seen it since the Christmas festival. Gilesgate queues are backed up half way down sherburn road. Glad my connection isn't until 10am, but I need the loo!
The 18.00 X12....currently at +61!!!!
(18 Apr 2016, 5:06 pm)Dan Good luck with that Arriva monthly ticket!
(18 Apr 2016, 5:06 pm)Dan Good luck with that Arriva monthly ticket!
(18 Apr 2016, 5:04 pm)Ambassador The 18.00 X12....currently at +61!!!!
(18 Apr 2016, 5:06 pm)Dan Good luck with that Arriva monthly ticket!
(18 Apr 2016, 5:09 pm)Ambassador Haha. I'm planning on the 18.30 but would have caught the X12 since my Quorum Express was running very early , the previous bus was showing - 7, when it left. Think the app is having a moment!
(18 Apr 2016, 5:04 pm)Ambassador The 18.00 X12....currently at +61!!!!
(18 Apr 2016, 5:06 pm)Dan Good luck with that Arriva monthly ticket!
(18 Apr 2016, 5:09 pm)Ambassador Haha. I'm planning on the 18.30 but would have caught the X12 since my Quorum Express was running very early , the previous bus was showing - 7, when it left. Think the app is having a moment!
And as if by magic....the service operated on time!
(18 Apr 2016, 5:27 pm)Ambassador And as if by magic....the service operated on time!
(18 Apr 2016, 5:27 pm)Ambassador And as if by magic....the service operated on time!
(18 Apr 2016, 5:12 pm)Kuyoyo It looks like Gilesgate Roundabout is having a bigger effect on Durham's services than Milburngate Bridge had on them last Summer. How long before extra resources are reinstated into the X12 I wonder?
(18 Apr 2016, 5:12 pm)Kuyoyo It looks like Gilesgate Roundabout is having a bigger effect on Durham's services than Milburngate Bridge had on them last Summer. How long before extra resources are reinstated into the X12 I wonder?
(18 Apr 2016, 5:20 pm)LeeCalder I would just like to point out that there have been massive delays in Durham thanks to a National Express coach (I believe Go North East) breaking down on the roundabout outside of Durham Bus Station, as well as the Gilesgate Roundabout roadworks...
(18 Apr 2016, 5:20 pm)LeeCalder I would just like to point out that there have been massive delays in Durham thanks to a National Express coach (I believe Go North East) breaking down on the roundabout outside of Durham Bus Station, as well as the Gilesgate Roundabout roadworks...
(18 Apr 2016, 8:33 pm)BusLoverMum It's the Leazes Bowl roundabout that the X12 has to get past. There's re-surfacing around the Gilesgate roundabout, this week, as the roadworks there are finished off. That appeared to be causing most of the problems, this morning. The two roundabouts together delayed us by about 15 minutes.
If the roadworks in Low Fell are still active, that probably caused most of the delays on the X12.
(18 Apr 2016, 8:33 pm)BusLoverMum It's the Leazes Bowl roundabout that the X12 has to get past. There's re-surfacing around the Gilesgate roundabout, this week, as the roadworks there are finished off. That appeared to be causing most of the problems, this morning. The two roundabouts together delayed us by about 15 minutes.
If the roadworks in Low Fell are still active, that probably caused most of the delays on the X12.
I've moved a load of posts related to Durham Bus Station to the appropriate thread:
http://northeastbuses.co.uk/forum/showth...hp?tid=893&page=15
My X21/21 home from Sunderland is currently running 20 minutes late according to the live map.
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