Due to a national driver shortage, reflecting labour shortages now being seen in many sectors across the country, and a short-term increase in sickness absence, we are making some temporary changes to a small number of our high-frequency services from Saturday 25 September.
https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/temporary-...-september
(20 Sep 2021, 1:01 pm)Train8261 We now know the reason the X11 TT and B1 are being cancelled. Ah well nowt can be done.
Hopefully things pick up in a few months
(20 Sep 2021, 1:01 pm)Train8261 We now know the reason the X11 TT and B1 are being cancelled. Ah well nowt can be done.
Hopefully things pick up in a few months
Could they have spaced the buses out a bit more heading towards Lambton & Ayton from The Galleries. It was also a problem before the changes as well. Depending on time of day and/or delays you could have the 82, 84 & 50 all leave directly one after another.
(20 Sep 2021, 12:46 pm)Michael Due to a national driver shortage, reflecting labour shortages now being seen in many sectors across the country, and a short-term increase in sickness absence, we are making some temporary changes to a small number of our high-frequency services from Saturday 25 September.
https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/temporary-...-september
(20 Sep 2021, 1:49 pm)ASX_Terranova Could they have spaced the buses out a bit more heading towards Lambton & Ayton from The Galleries. It was also a problem before the changes as well. Depending on time of day and/or delays you could have the 82, 84 & 50 all leave directly one after another.
(20 Sep 2021, 12:46 pm)Michael Due to a national driver shortage, reflecting labour shortages now being seen in many sectors across the country, and a short-term increase in sickness absence, we are making some temporary changes to a small number of our high-frequency services from Saturday 25 September.
https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/temporary-...-september
(20 Sep 2021, 1:49 pm)ASX_Terranova Could they have spaced the buses out a bit more heading towards Lambton & Ayton from The Galleries. It was also a problem before the changes as well. Depending on time of day and/or delays you could have the 82, 84 & 50 all leave directly one after another.
Nowt to do with sickness absence. The race to the bottom in wages has finally come back to bite them on the arse and existing staff are leaving for pastures new, just like at Arriva who are having to pay agency drivers £16 an hour to try and plug the gaps......
(21 Sep 2021, 1:11 am)Driver9*** Nowt to do with sickness absence. The race to the bottom in wages has finally come back to bite them on the arse and existing staff are leaving for pastures new, just like at Arriva who are having to pay agency drivers £16 an hour to try and plug the gaps......
(21 Sep 2021, 1:11 am)Driver9*** Nowt to do with sickness absence. The race to the bottom in wages has finally come back to bite them on the arse and existing staff are leaving for pastures new, just like at Arriva who are having to pay agency drivers £16 an hour to try and plug the gaps......
(21 Sep 2021, 6:27 am)DeltaMan The off-peak running time has remained the same between Chester and Newcastle but the frequency reduced. I hope that doesn't affect reliability with more people boarding fewer buses per hour
(21 Sep 2021, 6:27 am)DeltaMan The off-peak running time has remained the same between Chester and Newcastle but the frequency reduced. I hope that doesn't affect reliability with more people boarding fewer buses per hour
(21 Sep 2021, 5:21 am)Dan It’s entirely to do with sickness absence - Go North East aren’t actually that short of drivers on paper, but high sickness levels are resulting in the current disruption.Well that's certainly no the case at my depot, although I work for Arriva. About 120 drivers in total of which about 10 are currently classed as "sick", which is maybe 2 or 3 above average.
The reasons for that sickness is what you could argue may be driven by some staff needlessly being off sick, but that’s by no means everyone.
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(21 Sep 2021, 5:21 am)Dan It’s entirely to do with sickness absence - Go North East aren’t actually that short of drivers on paper, but high sickness levels are resulting in the current disruption.Well that's certainly no the case at my depot, although I work for Arriva. About 120 drivers in total of which about 10 are currently classed as "sick", which is maybe 2 or 3 above average.
The reasons for that sickness is what you could argue may be driven by some staff needlessly being off sick, but that’s by no means everyone.
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Am just wondering what the reason is for so many buses between Newcastle and Chester Le Street. The 21 every 7 minutes then the X21 every 30 then add in the 25 and 28/28A and with Arriva X12 they must be a bus ever 4/5 minutes at the very least. If they struggling for drivers would it not make sense to put 21 permanently to every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Chester Le Street and every 30 to Durham and then time the X21 to so it still provides a service every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Durham. Could still perhaps do 10 minutes at busier times such as mornings and rush hour but I really don’t see the point for the majority of the day because they would help with shortages surely.
(22 Sep 2021, 7:11 am)col87 Am just wondering what the reason is for so many buses between Newcastle and Chester Le Street. The 21 every 7 minutes then the X21 every 30 then add in the 25 and 28/28A and with Arriva X12 they must be a bus ever 4/5 minutes at the very least. If they struggling for drivers would it not make sense to put 21 permanently to every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Chester Le Street and every 30 to Durham and then time the X21 to so it still provides a service every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Durham. Could still perhaps do 10 minutes at busier times such as mornings and rush hour but I really don’t see the point for the majority of the day because they would help with shortages surely.Not overly familiar with that area but presumably passenger numbers probably warrant such a high frequency.
(22 Sep 2021, 7:11 am)col87 Am just wondering what the reason is for so many buses between Newcastle and Chester Le Street. The 21 every 7 minutes then the X21 every 30 then add in the 25 and 28/28A and with Arriva X12 they must be a bus ever 4/5 minutes at the very least. If they struggling for drivers would it not make sense to put 21 permanently to every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Chester Le Street and every 30 to Durham and then time the X21 to so it still provides a service every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Durham. Could still perhaps do 10 minutes at busier times such as mornings and rush hour but I really don’t see the point for the majority of the day because they would help with shortages surely.Not overly familiar with that area but presumably passenger numbers probably warrant such a high frequency.
(22 Sep 2021, 7:11 am)col87 Am just wondering what the reason is for so many buses between Newcastle and Chester Le Street. The 21 every 7 minutes then the X21 every 30 then add in the 25 and 28/28A and with Arriva X12 they must be a bus ever 4/5 minutes at the very least. If they struggling for drivers would it not make sense to put 21 permanently to every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Chester Le Street and every 30 to Durham and then time the X21 to so it still provides a service every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Durham. Could still perhaps do 10 minutes at busier times such as mornings and rush hour but I really don’t see the point for the majority of the day because they would help with shortages surely.With the loadings the 21 gets it wouldn't cope with a frequency of every 15 minutes. It would almost certainly get overcrowded at times.
(22 Sep 2021, 7:11 am)col87 Am just wondering what the reason is for so many buses between Newcastle and Chester Le Street. The 21 every 7 minutes then the X21 every 30 then add in the 25 and 28/28A and with Arriva X12 they must be a bus ever 4/5 minutes at the very least. If they struggling for drivers would it not make sense to put 21 permanently to every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Chester Le Street and every 30 to Durham and then time the X21 to so it still provides a service every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Durham. Could still perhaps do 10 minutes at busier times such as mornings and rush hour but I really don’t see the point for the majority of the day because they would help with shortages surely.With the loadings the 21 gets it wouldn't cope with a frequency of every 15 minutes. It would almost certainly get overcrowded at times.
(22 Sep 2021, 7:11 am)col87 Am just wondering what the reason is for so many buses between Newcastle and Chester Le Street. The 21 every 7 minutes then the X21 every 30 then add in the 25 and 28/28A and with Arriva X12 they must be a bus ever 4/5 minutes at the very least. If they struggling for drivers would it not make sense to put 21 permanently to every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Chester Le Street and every 30 to Durham and then time the X21 to so it still provides a service every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Durham. Could still perhaps do 10 minutes at busier times such as mornings and rush hour but I really don’t see the point for the majority of the day because they would help with shortages surely.
(22 Sep 2021, 7:11 am)col87 Am just wondering what the reason is for so many buses between Newcastle and Chester Le Street. The 21 every 7 minutes then the X21 every 30 then add in the 25 and 28/28A and with Arriva X12 they must be a bus ever 4/5 minutes at the very least. If they struggling for drivers would it not make sense to put 21 permanently to every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Chester Le Street and every 30 to Durham and then time the X21 to so it still provides a service every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Durham. Could still perhaps do 10 minutes at busier times such as mornings and rush hour but I really don’t see the point for the majority of the day because they would help with shortages surely.
i think you'll find that they are very short of drivers on paper. There are empty lines on virtually every rota. In one single month 38 drivers left with only 8 of them being replaced as its takes a while to get new recruits through there test and lot of them don't make it through. On day cancellations are a regular thing and many that are cancelled don't even make it onto the list that is being posted. If people this is all due to a "national driver shortage" because high sickness levels and covid then your very wrong.
(24 Sep 2021, 6:59 pm)CookieMonster i think you'll find that they are very short of drivers on paper. There are empty lines on virtually every rota. In one single month 38 drivers left with only 8 of them being replaced as its takes a while to get new recruits through there test and lot of them don't make it through. On day cancellations are a regular thing and many that are cancelled don't even make it onto the list that is being posted. If people this is all due to a "national driver shortage" because high sickness levels and covid then your very wrong.The Brexit chicken has come home to roost !
(24 Sep 2021, 6:59 pm)CookieMonster i think you'll find that they are very short of drivers on paper. There are empty lines on virtually every rota. In one single month 38 drivers left with only 8 of them being replaced as its takes a while to get new recruits through there test and lot of them don't make it through. On day cancellations are a regular thing and many that are cancelled don't even make it onto the list that is being posted. If people this is all due to a "national driver shortage" because high sickness levels and covid then your very wrong.The Brexit chicken has come home to roost !
This is not great in today's short notice cancellations
X-lines X30 | X31:
From Newcastle: 07:45, 10:15, 10:35, 10:55, 14:35, 16:00, 16:40.
From Stanley: 07:10, 08:34, 10:39, 10:59, 11:20, 15:22, 16:47, 17:30, 19:15, 19:55.
Three consecutive departures meaning no service from 9:55 to 11:15
(04 Oct 2021, 9:00 am)Wybus This is not great in today's short notice cancellations
X-lines X30 | X31:
From Newcastle: 07:45, 10:15, 10:35, 10:55, 14:35, 16:00, 16:40.
From Stanley: 07:10, 08:34, 10:39, 10:59, 11:20, 15:22, 16:47, 17:30, 19:15, 19:55.
Three consecutive departures meaning no service from 9:55 to 11:15
(04 Oct 2021, 9:00 am)Wybus This is not great in today's short notice cancellations
X-lines X30 | X31:
From Newcastle: 07:45, 10:15, 10:35, 10:55, 14:35, 16:00, 16:40.
From Stanley: 07:10, 08:34, 10:39, 10:59, 11:20, 15:22, 16:47, 17:30, 19:15, 19:55.
Three consecutive departures meaning no service from 9:55 to 11:15