(13 May 2017, 11:25 am)Jamie M Probably just DNS servers taking their time, if it's discriminative.

Maybe I really was banned from public transport by that silly Nexus man!

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(13 May 2017, 11:28 am)Jimmi Mobile users maybe? As that's the same as what I'm getting.

(15 May 2017, 7:18 pm)S813 FVK I would say 8319 - 8324 for the 36 with 8325 as its spare. 8306 repainted and branded for S1 replacing 8266 and 8307/8/9/26/7/8 also to Riverside in corporate livery for 67/69 (when not required on Quaylink).

(15 May 2017, 7:23 pm)Dan I am quite surprised it hasn't already made its way onto this forum given we've got several Riverside drivers on here and it has been posted elsewhere, but it was recently confirmed to them that services S1 and X66 will be merged into one service in the near future. The registration should be appearing very shortly, probably with a few more...

So you may have to come up with alternative plans for 8306...  

(15 May 2017, 7:23 pm)Dan Post from Order Predictions thread...


I am quite surprised it hasn't already made its way onto this forum given we've got several Riverside drivers on here and it has been posted elsewhere, but it was recently confirmed to them that services S1 and X66 will be merged into one service in the near future. The registration should be appearing very shortly, probably with a few more...

So you may have to come up with alternative plans for 8306... 

(15 May 2017, 7:47 pm)Michael Going by that information, wonder if an extra Streetlite is on order for the X66, as i would imagine the PVR will increase?

(15 May 2017, 7:53 pm)S813 FVK Probably, although I think they may just be able to get away with 4 but it wouldn't be ideal.

The current frequency is every 8 minutes (2 hours to get back to an on-the-hour departure) so I would imagine every other journey coming into the Metrocentre would do the S1 loop providing they are planning to keep the 15 minute frequency which is likely.

(16 May 2017, 8:30 am)Andreos1 But there is also the increase to the PVR at certain times, regardless of any delays to the service when it scoots around past Asda or Ikea.
A delay to the S1 has far fewer implications than a delay to the X66.

(16 May 2017, 8:58 am)Jamie M The S1 is rather unique in it's secret passageways around the Metrocentre, the only place to get traffic is around the back of Asda, and there's seldom any traffic away from peak time.

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(16 May 2017, 8:58 am)Jamie M The S1 is rather unique in it's secret passageways around the Metrocentre, the only place to get traffic is around the back of Asda, and there's seldom any traffic away from peak time.

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(16 May 2017, 9:09 am)ifm001 The S1 can be stuck in the green car park by Marks and Spencer during busy holiday periods esp Christmas for 40 mins at a time in the past

(17 May 2017, 9:17 pm)Malarkey Just going to go out on limb and say the evening service in Washington is an absolute joke, with a review of the network and timings altered to meet passenger demand and improve overall reliability.

So here is a example in it's finest form from my evening commute back home from work.

Today I was on my usual 11:30-19:30 shift to which I will catch the 20 at 19:50 from Doxford International to Houghton le Spring before getting on the 20:10 X1 to The Galleries, which usually gets into The Galleries at around 20:23, coincidentally at the same time the 50A departs to go Chester le Street, to which I have caught once in the past week, every other time pulling away as I got to the doors of stand c. Now if I lived in or around Pelton or Beamish for the sake of this argument, I could either wait 1 hour for the next 50A or catch the 82 to Birtley and then for a 21 to CLS to therefore make a connection onto either the 28/34 or 78 to get home, bit of a pain in the arse when a Driver could quite easily wait an extra 30 Seconds to see if anyone gets off and wants the bus before pulling away, but no they always pull away before you even get a chance to get off the other bus don't they.

Another example would be again catching the X1 but this time from Newcastle to Washington which arrives at 20:32, ohhh coincidentally the exact same time the 82 departs to go Birtley, the 4 departs towards Heworth ohhh and lets not forget the 4 in opposite direction towards Houghton, basically meaning anyone looking to make an onward connection onto the housing estates of Washington etc are faced with waiting upto 30 Minutes for the next bus, or worse case scenario if live in Chester le Street or beyond Penshaw heading into Sunderland you have an hour to wait for the next bus.

(18 May 2017, 4:42 pm)Andreos1 I've made similar comments about services in Chester on an evening. Far from ideal.

However, getting back to Washington... Services and connections late on in the afternoon have caused me no end of problems. What would be 1 bus trip ends up being two, a long wait and a long walk.

(17 May 2017, 9:17 pm)Malarkey Just going to go out on limb and say the evening service in Washington is an absolute joke, with a review of the network and timings altered to meet passenger demand and improve overall reliability.

So here is a example in it's finest form from my evening commute back home from work.

Today I was on my usual 11:30-19:30 shift to which I will catch the 20 at 19:50 from Doxford International to Houghton le Spring before getting on the 20:10 X1 to The Galleries, which usually gets into The Galleries at around 20:23, coincidentally at the same time the 50A departs to go Chester le Street, to which I have caught once in the past week, every other time pulling away as I got to the doors of stand c. Now if I lived in or around Pelton or Beamish for the sake of this argument, I could either wait 1 hour for the next 50A or catch the 82 to Birtley and then for a 21 to CLS to therefore make a connection onto either the 28/34 or 78 to get home, bit of a pain in the arse when a Driver could quite easily wait an extra 30 Seconds to see if anyone gets off and wants the bus before pulling away, but no they always pull away before you even get a chance to get off the other bus don't they.

Another example would be again catching the X1 but this time from Newcastle to Washington which arrives at 20:32, ohhh coincidentally the exact same time the 82 departs to go Birtley, the 4 departs towards Heworth ohhh and lets not forget the 4 in opposite direction towards Houghton, basically meaning anyone looking to make an onward connection onto the housing estates of Washington etc are faced with waiting upto 30 Minutes for the next bus, or worse case scenario if live in Chester le Street or beyond Penshaw heading into Sunderland you have an hour to wait for the next bus.

(19 Apr 2017, 10:56 am)Michael Got a email with all the changes:

http://newsroom.gonortheast.co.uk/news/service-changes-from-21-may-2017-236219

(23 May 2017, 8:30 pm)Crusader Not sure if anyone else has noticed...it's now been over 12 months since the last change in Sunderland north estates!! Must be a record ?