(28 Apr 2017, 10:41 pm)BusLoverMum Cheers - we're going on only possible on Sunday and bank holiday GNE day tickets, so was wondering whether to use these or aim for a Q3.
30 minute frequency is poor, mind. I suppose I could up our step count for the day!
(28 Apr 2017, 10:41 pm)BusLoverMum Cheers - we're going on only possible on Sunday and bank holiday GNE day tickets, so was wondering whether to use these or aim for a Q3.
30 minute frequency is poor, mind. I suppose I could up our step count for the day!
(29 Apr 2017, 12:02 pm)Jimmi I do find it rather disappointing as it's chance to mean some or most buses are likely to only go out on one run all day, so I'm chance to miss some as I'm not arriving until around 11:45 and I just know that they will be one's I ain't been on (winners).
I feel it should have been every 15 or 20 minutes. Based on last year, I had a feeling that this is what the outcome would be.
(29 Apr 2017, 12:02 pm)Jimmi I do find it rather disappointing as it's chance to mean some or most buses are likely to only go out on one run all day, so I'm chance to miss some as I'm not arriving until around 11:45 and I just know that they will be one's I ain't been on (winners).
I feel it should have been every 15 or 20 minutes. Based on last year, I had a feeling that this is what the outcome would be.
(28 Apr 2017, 10:41 pm)BusLoverMum Well, bu....
Cheers - we're going on only possible on Sunday and bank holiday GNE day tickets, so was wondering whether to use these or aim for a Q3.
30 minute frequency is poor, mind. I suppose I could up our step count for the day!
(28 Apr 2017, 10:41 pm)BusLoverMum Well, bu....
Cheers - we're going on only possible on Sunday and bank holiday GNE day tickets, so was wondering whether to use these or aim for a Q3.
30 minute frequency is poor, mind. I suppose I could up our step count for the day!
(29 Apr 2017, 2:39 pm)Adrian I'd say you're best off heading to Haymarket for a Q3, and walking down past the Free Trade.
I do hope that isn't the be all and end all of the shuttle runs, because it would be a massive come down from the fantastic day down Teesside, last Sunday.
(29 Apr 2017, 2:39 pm)Adrian I'd say you're best off heading to Haymarket for a Q3, and walking down past the Free Trade.
I do hope that isn't the be all and end all of the shuttle runs, because it would be a massive come down from the fantastic day down Teesside, last Sunday.
(28 Apr 2017, 3:21 pm)Kuyoyo Well, scratch Arriva off - HQ have squashed the efforts of the lads and said no.......
(28 Apr 2017, 3:21 pm)Kuyoyo Well, scratch Arriva off - HQ have squashed the efforts of the lads and said no.......
Greatly looking forward to today's NEBPT North East Bus & Coach Show 2017 at Spillers Wharf, Newcastle Quayside, just down-river of where the Ouseburn enters the River Tyne !
This replaces the North East Bus Preservation Trust event which has been based at the Metro Centre coach park for the last 25 years.
The route will be well sign-posted, and there is a large FREE car park adjacent to the new display site - and there will be a FREE bus shuttle service to and from the Gateshead Metro Interchange (bay D).
(29 Apr 2017, 9:56 pm)BusLoverMum Aye - it would be a natural thing to do to hop off an angel at Gateshead and wait for a shuttle. Then again, we're catching the 59 from home because the 22 is just too unreliable on a Sunday ad Big'un won't use it, so won't even get to Gateshead until 11:15, if the Angel runs to time, and I'm blown if I'm forking out for Explorers. Going right into Newcastle means we have a chance to pop into Pret for some lunch. I suppose we could get off at Blackett street then catch the Q3 from market Street. We're only going to get an hour down there, at best, but that tends to be all we need.Your Q3 is every 30 minutes, not 15
I'm a sad git.
(29 Apr 2017, 9:56 pm)BusLoverMum Aye - it would be a natural thing to do to hop off an angel at Gateshead and wait for a shuttle. Then again, we're catching the 59 from home because the 22 is just too unreliable on a Sunday ad Big'un won't use it, so won't even get to Gateshead until 11:15, if the Angel runs to time, and I'm blown if I'm forking out for Explorers. Going right into Newcastle means we have a chance to pop into Pret for some lunch. I suppose we could get off at Blackett street then catch the Q3 from market Street. We're only going to get an hour down there, at best, but that tends to be all we need.Your Q3 is every 30 minutes, not 15
I'm a sad git.
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(30 Apr 2017, 9:28 am)Jamie M Your Q3 is every 30 minutes, not 15
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(30 Apr 2017, 9:28 am)Jamie M Your Q3 is every 30 minutes, not 15
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Overall, I quite enjoyed today. Thanks to everyone who brought a bus!
Dare say it was not as well organised as last week's rally, and I can't say I was a fan of the 30-minute frequency timetable. Seemed to be more Go North East buses doing runs than preserved ones? Things seemed to get a bit slacker in the afternoon, though by this point a large number of people had already left.
Obtaining photographs was a bit naff until 12:00 - buses parked far too closely together (despite there being absolutely tonnes of space!) I struggled to photograph anything on the eastern section of the site as the buses were parked close together and they were parked too close to the stalls.
It seemed awfully quiet by 14:00, but it was still booming at this point at the Metrocentre. Hopefully a few lessons learnt from today for improvements next year?
(30 Apr 2017, 4:32 pm)Dan Overall, I quite enjoyed today. Thanks to everyone who brought a bus!I agree. Although I stated that I wanted to leave to avoid odd questions, this is partly because there was no space and everything and everybody looked as if they were jammed together in the razor-sharp fenced-off compound. I understand that circumstances have changed with using Metrocentre, but I don't think the space was used effectively here in the site. I hope a better site is located for next year, or somebody can sit down with pen and paper and ensure that there are no more jail semantics to add to the decent list I already have!
Dare say it was not as well organised as last week's rally, and I can't say I was a fan of the 30-minute frequency timetable. Seemed to be more Go North East buses doing runs than preserved ones? Things seemed to get a bit slacker in the afternoon, though by this point a large number of people had already left.
Obtaining photographs was a bit naff until 12:00 - buses parked far too closely together (despite there being absolutely tonnes of space!) I struggled to photograph anything on the eastern section of the site as the buses were parked close together and they were parked too close to the stalls.
It seemed awfully quiet by 14:00, but it was still booming at this point at the Metrocentre. Hopefully a few lessons learnt from today for improvements next year?
(30 Apr 2017, 4:32 pm)Dan Overall, I quite enjoyed today. Thanks to everyone who brought a bus!I agree. Although I stated that I wanted to leave to avoid odd questions, this is partly because there was no space and everything and everybody looked as if they were jammed together in the razor-sharp fenced-off compound. I understand that circumstances have changed with using Metrocentre, but I don't think the space was used effectively here in the site. I hope a better site is located for next year, or somebody can sit down with pen and paper and ensure that there are no more jail semantics to add to the decent list I already have!
Dare say it was not as well organised as last week's rally, and I can't say I was a fan of the 30-minute frequency timetable. Seemed to be more Go North East buses doing runs than preserved ones? Things seemed to get a bit slacker in the afternoon, though by this point a large number of people had already left.
Obtaining photographs was a bit naff until 12:00 - buses parked far too closely together (despite there being absolutely tonnes of space!) I struggled to photograph anything on the eastern section of the site as the buses were parked close together and they were parked too close to the stalls.
It seemed awfully quiet by 14:00, but it was still booming at this point at the Metrocentre. Hopefully a few lessons learnt from today for improvements next year?
Sadly I missed the event today.. would of been good to go down to Spillars.
Mind you the Metrocentre location for the event was far easier and convenient, why was the location changed - is the event likely to return to the Metrocentre in the future?
(30 Apr 2017, 5:14 pm)thetravelman Sadly I missed the event today.. would of been good to go down to Spillars.
Mind you the Metrocentre location for the event was far easier and convenient, why was the location changed - is the event likely to return to the Metrocentre in the future?
The site was large enough and it's good that the ground was solid, but I agree about the layout being odd. We kept finding ourselves behind buses when we wanted to be in front of them all.
A wee bit exposed, too. Some poor chap had his display blow off his table and a load of mugs crash to the ground. Mind, you, I saw him try to set it all up again, instead of abandoning the big wooden display stand that caught the wind in the first place!
(30 Apr 2017, 5:14 pm)thetravelman Sadly I missed the event today.. would of been good to go down to Spillars.
Mind you the Metrocentre location for the event was far easier and convenient, why was the location changed - is the event likely to return to the Metrocentre in the future?
(30 Apr 2017, 5:33 pm)BusLoverMum The site was large enough and it's good that the ground was solid, but I agree about the layout being odd. We kept finding ourselves behind buses when we wanted to be in front of them all.
A wee bit exposed, too. Some poor chap had his display blow off his table and a load of mugs crash to the ground. Mind, you, I saw him try to set it all up again, instead of abandoning the big wooden display stand that caught the wind in the first place!
(30 Apr 2017, 5:33 pm)BusLoverMum The site was large enough and it's good that the ground was solid, but I agree about the layout being odd. We kept finding ourselves behind buses when we wanted to be in front of them all.
A wee bit exposed, too. Some poor chap had his display blow off his table and a load of mugs crash to the ground. Mind, you, I saw him try to set it all up again, instead of abandoning the big wooden display stand that caught the wind in the first place!
(30 Apr 2017, 1:52 pm)Jamie M
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Unforseen circumstances, meant any outside chance of getting there went out of the window.
However, as is seemingly the norm after these events, I ended up passing a number of vehicles returning to their stables.
This time it was the Teesside examples.
With the Stagecarriage VR leading the 500 Group VR.
No idea whether the punter on the Open Topper had sat there all down the A19, but they were looking cold!
Was the Stagecarriage Olympian there? Saw that earlier displaying '#UTB'.
