(19 Mar 2022, 6:14 pm)Adrian Just spotted this on twitter



Your next options are a four-hour wait until 21.20 as far as Maften or a six-hour wait 23.20 beyond there. No alternative options provided, so that is some wait for those who aren't travelling direct to Hexham.

(19 Mar 2022, 6:14 pm)Adrian Just spotted this on twitter



Your next options are a four-hour wait until 21.20 as far as Maften or a six-hour wait 23.20 beyond there. No alternative options provided, so that is some wait for those who aren't travelling direct to Hexham.

(19 Mar 2022, 7:01 pm)Ambassador They really ought to remove that thanks to our recruitment efforts there’ll be much less disruption line that leads into a list of what must be 3 figures of cancellations.

Unavoidable but it’s not ideal for a  business that is desperately trying to attract leisure passengers and those priced out of using their car at the moment. Just further knocks confidence as when your bus does turn up it’s likely to be rammed.

(19 Mar 2022, 6:14 pm)Adrian Just spotted this on twitter



Your next options are a four-hour wait until 21.20 as far as Maften or a six-hour wait 23.20 beyond there. No alternative options provided, so that is some wait for those who aren't travelling direct to Hexham.

(19 Mar 2022, 7:41 pm)Charles41 So let's say you work in Newcastle and live in Matfen. How are you supposed to get home? Absolutely disgusting. Is it any suprise that private hire companies are taking so much business.

Charles

(20 Mar 2022, 12:25 am)omnicity4659 "operational reasons" is not an excuse, either. it adds nothing more to the update than "it's cancelled because it's cancelled"

it's a phrase that needs to be banished from public transport...Metro use it frequently too.

(20 Mar 2022, 10:59 am)Wybus I was in the area yesterday and it was clear there was a lot of lost mileage by the amount of buses parked on layover

Firstly in Sunderland around lunchtime, parked up in the Interchange were 3 Cherries, 2 56s, 2 Prince Bishops and 2 GNE buses displaying 9 Jarrow. So that’s at least 9 boards not running

Then a bit later in Washington it was a similar situation, the layover area had 2 X Lines, 2 Connections 4s, a normal livery bus probably from a 50 and a Little Pinks

And then late afternoon in Chester le Street there were buses strewn all over town. A Versa parked up on Front Street, another Versa and an Angel parked up by Tesco, and another Angel and an X21 parked on a side street where I’ve never seen buses parked before. The 21 I caught in the direction of Brandon, had to be taken by a/the leading driver as there was no normal drive relief.

(18 Mar 2022, 9:45 pm)Unber43 The X1 to every 12 mins shouldn't go ahead, from Washington Depot they might aswell just publish which service on the 4/50/26/X1 will run instead of what won't. There wasn't a 26 for over 2 1/2 hours the other night from South Sheilds

(20 Mar 2022, 11:24 am)Stanleyone As a now ex-employee of GNE, its no surprise there's buses missing. Yes there has been a massive influx of new drivers, 10 of which started in the week prior to my departure. Some of these drivers found themselves on the big bus work within a week of starting, in my opinion they need to bed in on minibus or low cost work before transitioning on to the busy services. More pressure and stress makes the job harder, couple with that these drivers are still on bottom rate for at least 2 years. Staff sickness / Turnover at Consett where I worked was unbelievable, but when those who have every weekend off and wont pitch in to help its not surprising that moral is at rock bottom.

(20 Mar 2022, 11:24 am)Stanleyone As a now ex-employee of GNE, its no surprise there's buses missing. Yes there has been a massive influx of new drivers, 10 of which started in the week prior to my departure. Some of these drivers found themselves on the big bus work within a week of starting, in my opinion they need to bed in on minibus or low cost work before transitioning on to the busy services. More pressure and stress makes the job harder, couple with that these drivers are still on bottom rate for at least 2 years. Staff sickness / Turnover at Consett where I worked was unbelievable, but when those who have every weekend off and wont pitch in to help its not surprising that moral is at rock bottom.

(20 Mar 2022, 10:59 am)Wybus I was in the area yesterday and it was clear there was a lot of lost mileage by the amount of buses parked on layover

Firstly in Sunderland around lunchtime, parked up in the Interchange were 3 Cherries, 2 56s, 2 Prince Bishops and 2 GNE buses displaying 9 Jarrow. So that’s at least 9 boards not running

Then a bit later in Washington it was a similar situation, the layover area had 2 X Lines, 2 Connections 4s, a normal livery bus probably from a 50 and a Little Pinks

And then late afternoon in Chester le Street there were buses strewn all over town. A Versa parked up on Front Street, another Versa and an Angel parked up by Tesco, and another Angel and an X21 parked on a side street where I’ve never seen buses parked before. The 21 I caught in the direction of Brandon, had to be taken by a/the leading driver as there was no normal drive relief.

(20 Mar 2022, 6:44 pm)Jimmi Arriva Darlington is in an absolute state atm with many cancellations including on hourly services like the 8/8A, I'm at my wits end with them as I've struggled to cope with the service being provided as cancellations make it difficult to get anywhere and if by some miracle a bus does turn up its usually rammed due to said cancellations on previous trips and usually a Solo will turn up. Supposedly this is from issues with vehicle availability rather than drivers, not helped windows are being put out most nights atm forcing buses off the road for days, last Saturday supposedly the first service to Barnard Castle from Darlington wasn't until after 10:30 (excluding the 10:01 84 ran by Scarlet Band).

(20 Mar 2022, 10:59 am)Wybus I was in the area yesterday and it was clear there was a lot of lost mileage by the amount of buses parked on layover

Firstly in Sunderland around lunchtime, parked up in the Interchange were 3 Cherries, 2 56s, 2 Prince Bishops and 2 GNE buses displaying 9 Jarrow. So that’s at least 9 boards not running

Then a bit later in Washington it was a similar situation, the layover area had 2 X Lines, 2 Connections 4s, a normal livery bus probably from a 50 and a Little Pinks

And then late afternoon in Chester le Street there were buses strewn all over town. A Versa parked up on Front Street, another Versa and an Angel parked up by Tesco, and another Angel and an X21 parked on a side street where I’ve never seen buses parked before. The 21 I caught in the direction of Brandon, had to be taken by a/the leading driver as there was no normal drive relief.