(22 Apr 2021, 6:01 pm)Micheal Aaron Parker Wonder if the T1 T2 and T3 being withdrawn will be the same reason Go North East Withdrawn the A1 A2 and A3 from Asda Byker

(22 Apr 2021, 5:19 pm)OrangeArrow49 Anyone happen to know the fares on the M71 service?

(14 May 2021, 5:13 pm)Micheal Aaron Is this allowed. Why put this on public service

https://flic.kr/p/2kYveHV (Credit to Thomas Booth on Flickr)

(14 May 2021, 5:13 pm)Micheal Aaron Is this allowed. Why put this on public service

https://flic.kr/p/2kYveHV (Credit to Thomas Booth on Flickr)

(14 May 2021, 6:29 pm)Dan No, it doesn't conform to the contract requirements (though isn't illegal, as vehicles with 16 seats or less do not have to conform to PSVAR requirements).

The 17:07 37 from Doxford Park did not operate yesterday (two passengers were waiting for it), and the 17:15 592 service was operated by a similar vehicle yesterday (NX12AEA). The latter did not stop at Doxford Park, did not have a destination display, and presumably had no ticket machine. The T1/T2 services were also operated by this same vehicle earlier in the week. I'm sure Thomas will be able to confirm, but I assume this vehicle on the 37 didn't have a working ticket machine either, and it will presumably end up on the 39 service in Sunderland this evening (suppose that beats GNE's new £1 evening fare deal - free rides!)

Glad to see Gateshead Central Taxis have been awarded these contracts to operate (or not) for a further year, from Monday.

They must be having some fleet availability issues, as the 99 service (normally a Sprinter) was operated by the 68-plate ADL Enviro 200MMC earlier this week, and the 18-plate Euro 5 ADL Enviro 200 was allocated to the H1 service, which is a Euro 6 contract.

The 92 service on a morning that they run has consistently ran 8 minutes early through Team Valley for weeks, also omitting Victoria Road and Bolam Street Flats (running direct to the Metrocentre via the A1 after Team Valley) - let's hope there aren't any intending passengers!

(14 May 2021, 6:47 pm)streetdeckfan Don't GCT get paid whether passengers board or not? So there is absolutely no incentive for them to actually run their services properly. Do they get to keep the fares they collect from paying passengers, assuming they are able to board?

Nexus clearly have no intention of handing contracts to anybody bus GCT, so even the incentive of being able to keep the contract isn't there.

(14 May 2021, 6:49 pm)Dan It depends on the contract - some supported journeys that other operators run, they keep the revenue, but this does not apply to most (if any) of Gateshead Central Taxis' contracts. The revenue goes back to Nexus, so helps to fund these services (as well as tax payers' money).

(14 May 2021, 6:57 pm)Micheal Aaron I just wish ethier

1: Nexus open there eyes and sort them out ethier get rid of certain contracts or something else

2: (the option probably nobody wants) vosa shuts them down

(14 May 2021, 7:05 pm)streetdeckfan I must admit, it would be amusing for GCT to get shut down and all the other operators saying GFY to Nexus when they come grovelling for help running services.

I mean, it's not as if passengers would notice anyway!