(18 Aug 2017, 9:19 pm)Malarkey It's 15 Minutes out of Sunderland City Centre and is in close proximity of the A19, Quorum again 15 Minutes of Newcastle City Centre, don't see any difference between two if I am honest other than Quorum being situated near to the Metro.

(17 Aug 2017, 5:20 pm)S813 FVK I still don't quite understand the argument made. Yes the direct bus is being taken away, but if the people affected can manage the change Monday - Saturday daytimes, i see no reason why they can't manage on a Sunday either.

(19 Sep 2017, 7:37 pm)Michael PB0003954/849 Registered (Short notice)
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Blackhall Mill, Mill Race to St Thomas More RC School
Service number: 891
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 18 Sep 2017

PB0003954/848 Registered (Short notice)
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Joseph Swan School to Bolam Street
Service number: 866
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 18 Sep 2017

PB0003954/847 Registered (Short notice)
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: St Thomas More RC School to Crookgate Bank Top
Service number: 841
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 18 Sep 2017


The above registrations are showing a start date of 18/9/17 and an end date of 22/9/17 and the routes were all originally contracted to Nightingale Coaches. 

(18 Sep 2017, 5:47 pm)Michael PB0003954/631 Registered (Short notice)
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Hexham Bus Station to Bellingham Heritage Centre
Service number: 680 (680S)
Service type: Hail & Ride, Normal Stopping
Effective date: 09 Oct 2017

(24 Sep 2017, 1:08 pm)Andreos1 Still keen to know the diversion.

(24 Sep 2017, 5:07 pm)BJ10VUS I'd seen one running through Springwell Village yesterday night, but whether that's the "official" route, I'm not sure?

I can imagine that after Sunderland College, the bus will turn left on to Stone Cellar Road and run via Peareth Hall Road, Springwell Road and Leam Lane to Lingey Lane.

However, I'm not sure what the one late journey via Follingsby Park is doing?

(29 Sep 2017, 8:49 pm)stagecoachbusdepot Anyone know if new timetables have been/are being printed folowing the service changes at the beginning of the month?  Apart from the X5, X9/X10 and X21 the rest seem to be the old ones - despite some not insignificant changes to journeys on some services.  Is it delay at printers or cost saving measure to only reprint for major changes?  GNE have traditioanlly been good at keeping printed timetables current (if not easily accessible in some areas!)

(30 Sep 2017, 5:38 am)Dan The traditional methods of providing printed timetables are being moved away from - not only by Go North East, but by Arriva and Stagecoach too. I have found that printed timetables are no longer produced on-bus for either operator any more (excluding Arriva's branded services). Whilst Arriva's timetable holder often remains empty, Stagecoach have replaced it with small 'area guides' with a lot of detail about where services go and what their frequencies are.

Until earlier this year; Go North East was the only operator to continue supplying printed timetables on-bus, and I believe the company wished to move away from this method of providing travel information to customers. Following passenger research undertaken on-bus which suggested that the majority of customers would use another method of finding out the timetable of the bus (either by going on the company's website, Googling it, using the app, or using the Journey Planner tool on Google Maps), I believe a number of timetables weren't produced in line with minor changes on services in July. Customer complaints were in single figures, I understand, suggesting that not many people really do care about having a printed timetable nowadays.

The company recently received some feedback on Social Media about this from a member of this forum recently - which you can see this confirmed by Go North East.

It's not intended as a cost-saving exercise, as the money saved will be used in alternative marketing to try and attract new customers as well as benefit existing customers (with offers such as free day tickets, etc). Door-drops relevant to the service they'd be travelling on, more promotional events, etc.

I personally don't think we're ready to be completely digital yet, but the passenger research and lack of complaints about printed timetables suggests otherwise.

(30 Sep 2017, 5:38 am)Dan The traditional methods of providing printed timetables are being moved away from - not only by Go North East, but by Arriva and Stagecoach too. I have found that printed timetables are no longer produced on-bus for either operator any more (excluding Arriva's branded services). Whilst Arriva's timetable holder often remains empty, Stagecoach have replaced it with small 'area guides' with a lot of detail about where services go and what their frequencies are.

Until earlier this year; Go North East was the only operator to continue supplying printed timetables on-bus, and I believe the company wished to move away from this method of providing travel information to customers. Following passenger research undertaken on-bus which suggested that the majority of customers would use another method of finding out the timetable of the bus (either by going on the company's website, Googling it, using the app, or using the Journey Planner tool on Google Maps), I believe a number of timetables weren't produced in line with minor changes on services in July. Customer complaints were in single figures, I understand, suggesting that not many people really do care about having a printed timetable nowadays.

The company recently received some feedback on Social Media about this from a member of this forum recently - which you can see this confirmed by Go North East.

It's not intended as a cost-saving exercise, as the money saved will be used in alternative marketing to try and attract new customers as well as benefit existing customers (with offers such as free day tickets, etc). Door-drops relevant to the service they'd be travelling on, more promotional events, etc.

I personally don't think we're ready to be completely digital yet, but the passenger research and lack of complaints about printed timetables suggests otherwise.

The services you mention were the only ones which Go North East provided with the most recent changes in September - X5 and X21 as the improved Sunday journeys were something they were promoting, and X9/X10 due to the new vehicles, completely new timetable, serving Dalton Park on X10, etc.