North East Buses

Cheers.

(05 Oct 2017, 1:18 pm)omnicity4659 wrote [ -> ]Arriva services 1 and 5 stop on Dale Road, which is the closest stop to NRM Shildon. 


A query of my own... where does PCL Travel's service 15 stop at Cragside heading towards Alnwick? I don't really want to be stood in the wrong place just for the bus to drive past as I need to catch a train from Alnmouth...

Would shanks pony to Rothbury be a safer bet?

(05 Oct 2017, 2:22 pm)Andreos1 wrote [ -> ]Would shanks pony to Rothbury be a safer bet?

I would but not at 7 in the morning 

(05 Oct 2017, 4:51 pm)omnicity4659 wrote [ -> ]I would but not at 7 in the morning 

Often a lovely time to walk.
Might share a (bus related) tale about a 2hr walk just as the sun came up, one day

Hi All,
Are North East Explorer Tickets now valid before 0900 on all weekdays ?
I must admit it is probably 5-10 years since I last checked validity and there definitely used to be a time restriction but there is nothing mentioned on the Nexus website or in the downloadable pdf.
I remember it used to be valid before 0900 in Jul & Aug plus between Christmas & New Year only.

Don't think their is a limit on explorers,I'm sure my wife has bought a few last year before 9am

(15 Jan 2018, 9:37 pm)XUP254F wrote [ -> ]Hi All,
Are North East Explorer Tickets now valid before 0900 on all weekdays ?
I must admit it is probably 5-10 years since I last checked validity and there definitely used to be a time restriction but there is nothing mentioned on the Nexus website or in the downloadable pdf.
I remember it used to be valid before 0900 in Jul & Aug plus between Christmas & New Year only.

http://networkonetickets.co.uk/wp-conten...et-Web.pdf

Can't see anything on there about time restrictions.

Yes, they're valid before 0900 every day. I often get them at 0515

Thanks for all the replies with regard to the Explorer validity. I have not had the need to use one early on a weekday for several years and remembered that there used to be a time restriction.
On checking and seeing no mention of restrictions I had wondered if it had been inadvertantly omitted as it's quite rare for restrictions to be relaxed !
So it's glad to have reassurance that it's OK.

Hey guys,i wanna go to Sunderland this coming Sunday (25th Feb) and was just wanting to querie how much a day ticket on Stagecoach buses is to get over there

Tyne and Wear Dayrider - £4. Sunderland only - £3.65.

After 6pm Sunderland only us £2

I've posted this elsewhere, but thought it worth posting in the correct thread too.

I like gricing, like nice food, like nice beers and like nice country pubs.
The Esk Valley offers all of those things, but just not in the most convenient joined up fashion.

So...

If anyone can work out how to do the pubs along the Esk Valley line from Lealholme or further inland if it helps, out towards the coast (finishing in Whitby) and tie it in with train and/or bus and maybe a little of shanks pony, feel free to drop me a line.

My head is battered.

Getting to the start point and back from Whitby isn't an issue.
The is issue is getting to Whitby via a pub or several and using train and/or bus through the Esk Valley.

Hoping for some Lothian advice if anyone can help.

Taking the in-laws for a few days in Edinburgh in the year and I'm planning on a mini bus bash whilst I sneak off to park the car. I'm thinking of parking somewhere south east of the city and bussing it in. Is there a specific East Coast route the Eclipse 3s are allocated to?

(19 Dec 2018, 10:35 pm)James101 wrote [ -> ]Hoping for some Lothian advice if anyone can help.

Taking the in-laws for a few days in Edinburgh in the year and I'm planning on a mini bus bash whilst I sneak off to park the car. I'm thinking of parking somewhere south east of the city and bussing it in. Is there a specific East Coast route the Eclipse 3s are allocated to?

I tend to park at Wallyford Park & Ride - really big site, doesn't tend to get too busy, and not far away from Edinburgh on the bus.

X5 and X7 good shouts for the Volvo B8RLEs - they were on the 124 too but these have recently received the B5TL deckers and the B8RLEs cascaded to the 106.

(20 Dec 2018, 6:27 am)Dan wrote [ -> ]I tend to park at Wallyford Park & Ride - really big site, doesn't tend to get too busy, and not far away from Edinburgh on the bus.

X5 and X7 good shouts for the Volvo B8RLEs - they were on the 124 too but these have recently received the B5TL deckers and the B8RLEs cascaded to the 106.

Thanks for your help. Don't suppose you've used Wallyford for overnight parking? Edinburgh Council's website lists the site but refers to East Lothian for overnight permissions. East Lothian seem to have copied the text from Edinburgh's page, thus telling me to refer to itself to find out if I can park overnight.

Right.

Using the bus over two consecutive days soon. 

One day will be entirely in the red zone. 

One day I will need to use a combination of GNE and ANE (the ANE route isn't within T&W).

It is looking like I will need to buy a red zone ticket one day (despite it being a 30min ride on one bus there and a 30min ride on one bus back) and an Explorer ticket the other.
It isn't viable to buy a 24 hour GNE ticket, due to the GNE/ANE combination. 

I flew to Morocco for £30, but I'm not going to get much change out of £20 for the sake of travelling on two consecutive days with two operators.

Am I missing something obvious here or is it going to be an expensive two days?

(29 Apr 2021, 8:14 pm)Andreos1 wrote [ -> ]Right.

Using the bus over two consecutive days soon. 

One day will be entirely in the red zone. 

One day I will need to use a combination of GNE and ANE (the ANE route isn't within T&W).

It is looking like I will need to buy a red zone ticket one day (despite it being a 30min ride on one bus there and a 30min ride on one bus back) and an Explorer ticket the other.
It isn't viable to buy a 24 hour GNE ticket, due to the GNE/ANE combination. 

I flew to Morocco for £30, but I'm not going to get much change out of £20 for the sake of travelling on two consecutive days with two operators.

Am I missing something obvious here or is it going to be an expensive two days?

I presume you won't have the use of a car? Because personally I'd just drive (depending on distance, £10 would get me a 100 miles round trip) on the second day, as I can't really see any alternative to using an Explorer.

(30 Apr 2021, 5:04 pm)omnicity4659 wrote [ -> ]I presume you won't have the use of a car? Because personally I'd just drive (depending on distance, £10 would get me a 100 miles round trip) on the second day, as I can't really see any alternative to using an Explorer.

Beer gardens innit?
Got the car and that Costco Premium Diesel pays for itself.
But I've spent the best part of a year sitting in the house and want to socialise a bit now the pubs are open.

Quick question regarding the metro.

Daily cap vs day ticket? £2.75 vs £3.30.

Now what I don't understand is how a daily cap costs less than a day ticket?

(12 May 2021, 2:28 pm)idiot wrote [ -> ]Quick question regarding the metro.

Daily cap vs day ticket? £2.75 vs £3.30.

Now what I don't understand is how a daily cap costs less than a day ticket?

Is it not an incentive to use the Pop card over a paper ticket?

Ah maybe. I don't have a pop card only be using it for two days to get bulk of my stuff. Will cycle in rest of the week.

Can I purchase an X9/X10 ticket on any GNE bus?

(03 Aug 2021, 6:35 am)omnicity4659 wrote [ -> ]Can I purchase an X9/X10 ticket on any GNE bus?

Yes - although some drivers may be slightly taken aback given how few they’ll sell.


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(03 Aug 2021, 6:40 am)Dan wrote [ -> ]Yes - although some drivers may be slightly taken aback given how few they’ll sell.


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Thank you.

https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/new-simpli...3-february
It's that simplified, there doesn't seem to be any information on single ticket prices.

I found something from last summer (https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/summer-saving-fares), but have no idea if it still applies or not. 
Any ideas?

(26 Apr 2022, 9:17 pm)Andreos1 wrote [ -> ]https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/new-simpli...3-february
It's that simplified, there doesn't seem to be any information on single ticket prices.

I found something from last summer (https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/summer-saving-fares), but have no idea if it still applies or not. 
Any ideas?

While looking at this I wondered say you were to get the County Durham ticket are you able to get the now 65 from Durham to Seaham or will you have to pay extra between low moorsley and Hetton

Can't find any information related to this, but does anyone know if Arriva's X services still stop at the Town Moor during the Hoppings?

(15 Jun 2022, 12:38 pm)omnicity4659 wrote [ -> ]Can't find any information related to this, but does anyone know if Arriva's X services still stop at the Town Moor during the Hoppings?

Yes they are until 25th