North East Buses

Anyone else got the new Bus Times update, its awful!

(04 Aug 2023, 6:53 pm)Unber43 wrote [ -> ]Anyone else got the new Bus Times update, its awful!

Doesn’t everyone get it at the same time? 

I think it’s good, showing you the previous days tracking data for each bus. Showing the tracking data to the nearest second is interesting.

On my laptop on dark mode it doesn't even come up the map, its just blank

I dont like the new branding colours, the vehicle info bit, or that it shows the recent journey at the top, I do like the addition of previous journeys in the past days and how it gives u the stop in the nearest seconds thats good, but i wish it was just them not everything else that came with it

Noticed on BusTimes this morning that the Stagecoach North East vehicle tracking appears to include predicted journeys for later in the day!

Can anyone else not get map tracking up on google chrome

(21 Aug 2023, 8:17 pm)Unber43 wrote [ -> ]Can anyone else not get map tracking up on google chrome

It hasn’t worked on chrome for some time (something that chrome changed), I use safari on my mobile.

Wish bus times had a history page of all old routes/times/maps from previous changes would be very nice tbh.

As currently there is no GNE services on bus times to check the times, same on GNE website itself.

(12 Nov 2023, 9:52 pm)Unber43 wrote [ -> ]Wish bus times had a history page of all old routes/times/maps from previous changes would be very nice tbh.

As currently there is no GNE services on bus times to check the times, same on GNE website itself.

I think this would be quite confusing, particularly for non-enthusiast bus users who use the site to actually plan journeys and check times. Old timetables and previous versions of route maps would be quite misleading. 

It's an information site first and foremost, the vehicle information that is interesting to enthusiasts is just a by-product of that.

(12 Nov 2023, 9:56 pm)mb134 wrote [ -> ]I think this would be quite confusing, particularly for non-enthusiast bus users who use the site to actually plan journeys and check times. Old timetables and previous versions of route maps would be quite misleading. 

It's an information site first and foremost, the vehicle information that is interesting to enthusiasts is just a by-product of that.

I think if this would happen it would be on another site, or something in the corner saying History.

As well in my experience most people use either the SCNE or GNE app (not sure about ANE)

(12 Nov 2023, 10:00 pm)Unber43 wrote [ -> ]I think if this would happen it would be on another site, or something in the corner saying History.

As well in my experience most people use either the SCNE or GNE app (not sure about ANE)

I've been surprised to hear how many people are using Bustimes website over the apps. That said, I find the apps, especially GNE can be highly unreliable, so maybe explains it.

(12 Nov 2023, 10:58 pm)Shrek wrote [ -> ]I've been surprised to hear how many people are using Bustimes website over the apps. That said, I find the apps, especially GNE can be highly unreliable, so maybe explains it.

I think it's usually either the top or second from top search result when people search for bus timetables on Google, which probably helps to explain it. It also displays timetable information straight away, unlike the Stagecoach/Arriva/GNE websites which are generally pretty clunky in comparison. 

"22 bus timetable Newcastle", and bustimes.org is the second result for me (same with most Stagecoach services I've tried). 
"308 bus timetable Newcastle", and bustimes.org is the top result (same with most Arriva services I've tried).