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RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - nova347 - 21 Mar 2024
Theres a board missing off the 342
RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - OrangeArrow49 - 21 Mar 2024
(21 Mar 2024, 11:46 am)nova347 Theres a board missing off the 342
Just not tracking. It's YX21RUO.
RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - OrangeArrow49 - 21 Mar 2024
Does anyone know if SK24CTU is out today? CTO is on the 19, but CTU isn't tracking on anything.
RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - Storx - 21 Mar 2024
Wonder if there's more due as SK24CTE definitely exists and is owned by Mistral who are the ones where Gateshead Central Taxi are loaning these from. There's a few others aswell SK24CTF, SK24CTW, SK24CWO which they've just got listed aswell but aren't listed on the chassis list yet.
https://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/index.htm?https://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?ListName=401&Type=Chassis&Page=9&WW=0
https://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/searchresults.asp?searchown=Mistral (Stock)&Pageno=0
Gateshead Central Taxis - Dan - 21 Mar 2024
(21 Mar 2024, 6:45 pm)Storx Wonder if there's more due as SK24CTE definitely exists and is owned by Mistral who are the ones where Gateshead Central Taxi are loaning these from. There's a few others aswell SK24CTF, SK24CTW, SK24CWO which they've just got listed aswell but aren't listed on the chassis list yet.
https://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/index.htm?https://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?ListName=401&Type=Chassis&Page=9&WW=0
https://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/searchresults.asp?searchown=Mistral (Stock)&Pageno=0
They were due five or six in total (due to +5 PVR on 335/351/359 and +1 PVR on 653).
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RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - Storx - 21 Mar 2024
(21 Mar 2024, 7:31 pm)Dan They were due five or six in total (due to +5 PVR on 335/351/359 and +1 PVR on 653).
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Aye that's fair, wasn't sure how many they were getting as it's hard to tell whether they have enough buses or not lately. Feels like they had too many Enviro 200 MMC's for the work they had.
Guessing they're the 6 plates of them then, pretty much.
RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - RMF1254 - 21 Mar 2024
I’m hoping they’re bigger than Enviro 200MMCs that they already use in North Tyneside. Some journeys on the 351 are almost fully seated on the GNE Streetlites as they reach the Coast Road and on afternoon journeys from Newcastle. As we’re supposed to be increasing use of buses surely the last thing we want is to stand on a crowded midi bus.
RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - Storx - 21 Mar 2024
(21 Mar 2024, 8:13 pm)RMF1254 I’m hoping they’re bigger than Enviro 200MMCs that they already use in North Tyneside. Some journeys on the 351 are almost fully seated on the GNE Streetlites as they reach the Coast Road and on afternoon journeys from Newcastle. As we’re supposed to be increasing use of buses surely the last thing we want is to stand on a crowded midi bus.
They're not, it's only tendered for a minibus aswell unless it's been changed in recent times, even known the Enviro 200 MMC's with GCT have a ridiculous capacity for standees.
RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - DaveFromUpNorth - 21 Mar 2024
(21 Mar 2024, 8:13 pm)RMF1254 I’m hoping they’re bigger than Enviro 200MMCs that they already use in North Tyneside. Some journeys on the 351 are almost fully seated on the GNE Streetlites as they reach the Coast Road and on afternoon journeys from Newcastle. As we’re supposed to be increasing use of buses surely the last thing we want is to stand on a crowded midi bus.
Ask Nexus what the spec of the contract should be and if the bus is less than the permitted minimum service standards complain to nexus
Gateshead Central Taxis - Dan - 22 Mar 2024
(21 Mar 2024, 9:39 pm)DaveFromUpNorth Ask Nexus what the spec of the contract should be and if the bus is less than the permitted minimum service standards complain to nexus
The short wheelbase E200MMCs at Gateshead Central allow for a total capacity (including standees) of at least 60 passengers, which meets the maximum “single deck” contract capacity issued by Nexus (though most of these tenders are actually 36 or 55).
Despite the relatively low number of seats, there is an absurd number of standees on those buses.
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RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - Shrek - 22 Mar 2024
(22 Mar 2024, 4:48 am)Dan The short wheelbase E200MMCs at Gateshead Central allow for a total capacity (including standees) of at least 60 passengers, which meets the maximum “single deck” contract capacity issued by Nexus (though most of these tenders are actually 36 or 55).
Despite the relatively low number of seats, there is an absurd number of standees on those buses.
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The way some of the GCT drivers drive from my experience with them, standing journeys could be quite an adventure! Hold on tight.
RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - tynesider - 23 Mar 2024
(22 Mar 2024, 8:03 am)Shrek The way some of the GCT drivers drive from my experience with them, standing journeys could be quite an adventure! Hold on tight.
I completely agree, however in my experience given the tendency for GCT to run early, I'd expect a sizeable number of passengers to miss the bus anyway. One way to reduce the number of standees if nothing else!
RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - Thomas12 - 24 Mar 2024
(23 Mar 2024, 11:23 am)tynesider I completely agree, however in my experience given the tendency for GCT to run early, I'd expect a sizeable number of passengers to miss the bus anyway. One way to reduce the number of standees if nothing else!
Lots of the 351 services seem to have run very early today, this in particular is totally unacceptable - https://bustimes.org/vehicles/ghct-sk24-ctu#journeys/557426200
RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - Aaron21 - 24 Mar 2024
(24 Mar 2024, 7:02 pm)Thomas12 Lots of the 351 services seem to have run very early today, this in particular is totally unacceptable - https://bustimes.org/vehicles/ghct-sk24-ctu#journeys/557426200Nexus won't care if
Gct don't accept tickets, shout at you, be rude, don't run, swear and be total di(k, go the wrong way, or run early
Nexus don't care how GCT run anymore. The amount of complaining I've seen from them over the past few years and past drivers telling me how they ran. Nexus clearly would have done something but didn't. Come on 2 years ago they were running 7 buses without tax or mot and it took someone to finally notice. Was it sorted who knows at this point
Imo gct run the North Tyneside/Gateshead stuff shocking but Durham completely fine. But I can't wait for this response I'll get off this
Popcorn is at the ready
RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - nova347 - 24 Mar 2024
Probably because DCC is harsher than Nexus would be my guess.
RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - DaveFromUpNorth - 24 Mar 2024
I am not surprised it runs early the speed it was driving (not 20mph past the civic) course it made time up if not extra
However what this does show is that the service can be tweaked and extra bit added to the route...
Those minutes could actually make the bus go to Northumberland Park "interchange" and still be on time back to the Haymarket ???
RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - BusLoverMum - 24 Mar 2024
Agree that they're pretty on the ball on Durham. If they are running late, everyone is running late, simply due to Durham being a network of pinch points. Only experienced one driver who has been less than lovely.
Gateshead Central Taxis - TEN 6083 - 24 Mar 2024
(24 Mar 2024, 7:02 pm)Thomas12 Lots of the 351 services seem to have run very early today, this in particular is totally unacceptable - https://bustimes.org/vehicles/ghct-sk24-ctu#journeys/557426200
I was waiting for SK24 CTO coming in from Whitley Bay to get a photo of it by Newcastle University library (the lighting is better there than St. Mary’s Place). The tracker when I checked it said it was due in around 6/7 minutes and it came flying past within a minute so I missed it as was seeing how far away it was, resulting in dashing to Haymarket to catch it coming back out https://flic.kr/p/2pFaTai.
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RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - N391OTY - 25 Mar 2024
(24 Mar 2024, 9:37 pm)DaveFromUpNorth I am not surprised it runs early the speed it was driving (not 20mph past the civic) course it made time up if not extraI don't think the buses today would have run so early if they had bothered to stop and pick up anyone !! SK24 CTU sailed past me and another intending passenger at the Corner House a good 6 mins early and no passengers on board, despite both of us sticking arms out. Caught a 306 a few minutes later and passed CTU parked up waiting time outside the TA. The return journey from Haymarket at 18.10 has already been mentioned above.
However what this does show is that the service can be tweaked and extra bit added to the route...
Those minutes could actually make the bus go to Northumberland Park "interchange" and still be on time back to the Haymarket ???
I look forward to observing timekeeping on the service 653 tomorrow from the comfort of my front window.
RE: Gateshead Central Taxis - DeltaMan - 25 Mar 2024
How hard can it be to stick to a speed limit and look at a running board?
They are truly pathetic.