North East BSIP: £804 Million Pound Plan For North East Buses
North East BSIP: £804 Million Pound Plan For North East Buses
(19 Aug 2022, 7:35 pm)N1cholas I admire the governments latest funding but if the driver shortage does not improve and there is not the drivers to operate services without cancellations more service cuts will happen
(20 Aug 2022, 8:47 am)Drifter60 Time will tell I suppose but it certainly does appear at the moment, GNE bolted a bit early less than a year ago these service changes were implement the key benefits as follows (taken from GNE’s website): rev
- East Gateshead frequency revisions, meaning improved combined frequencies on common corridors with services running every 7/8 minutes between Newcastle and Deckham, Leam Lane and Heworth, and on Old Durham Road.
- New evening and Sunday service 8.
- Service 265 increased from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes providing much improved east-west movement across Durham, and new late evening and Sunday journeys.
- Service X1 extended to Dalton Park and Peterlee, providing new connections.
- Service 2A diverted via Leechmere to improve access to Asda.
- Reinstatement of cross Jarrow on 26, giving more frequent connections from Hebburn to South Tyneside Hospital.
- Introduction of new cross-Durham links by extending service 21 to Brandon, giving direct connections to key sites such as University Hospital, New College and Arnison Centre.
- Extension of service 47 to Consett gives a new Sunday service on V9 and introduces direct service to Metrocentre from Medomsley and Leadgate.
- Improved frequency of service to Gateshead Quays throughout the day and week with service 53/54, including more regular evening service.
- Simpler, easier to understand Washington local network.
A year on, many of those changes have been reversed or cut back - a couple remain in place (or have continued at the expense of other services) but it’s hardly a shining light. Yes the company has to make money but it’s a fine line as were already at the point when buses aren’t taking people were they need to be.
(19 Aug 2022, 7:35 pm)N1cholas I admire the governments latest funding but if the driver shortage does not improve and there is not the drivers to operate services without cancellations more service cuts will happen
(20 Aug 2022, 8:47 am)Drifter60 Time will tell I suppose but it certainly does appear at the moment, GNE bolted a bit early less than a year ago these service changes were implement the key benefits as follows (taken from GNE’s website): rev
- East Gateshead frequency revisions, meaning improved combined frequencies on common corridors with services running every 7/8 minutes between Newcastle and Deckham, Leam Lane and Heworth, and on Old Durham Road.
- New evening and Sunday service 8.
- Service 265 increased from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes providing much improved east-west movement across Durham, and new late evening and Sunday journeys.
- Service X1 extended to Dalton Park and Peterlee, providing new connections.
- Service 2A diverted via Leechmere to improve access to Asda.
- Reinstatement of cross Jarrow on 26, giving more frequent connections from Hebburn to South Tyneside Hospital.
- Introduction of new cross-Durham links by extending service 21 to Brandon, giving direct connections to key sites such as University Hospital, New College and Arnison Centre.
- Extension of service 47 to Consett gives a new Sunday service on V9 and introduces direct service to Metrocentre from Medomsley and Leadgate.
- Improved frequency of service to Gateshead Quays throughout the day and week with service 53/54, including more regular evening service.
- Simpler, easier to understand Washington local network.
A year on, many of those changes have been reversed or cut back - a couple remain in place (or have continued at the expense of other services) but it’s hardly a shining light. Yes the company has to make money but it’s a fine line as were already at the point when buses aren’t taking people were they need to be.
