Christmas & New Year Bus Times 2021
Christmas & New Year Bus Times 2021
(26 Dec 2021, 11:59 am)Train8261 So much forAnd 2's have Streetlites on them.
Prince Bishops on the 35A
Deckers on the 20
Didn't think that Deckers would be on the X66
(26 Dec 2021, 11:59 am)Train8261 So much forAnd 2's have Streetlites on them.
Prince Bishops on the 35A
Deckers on the 20
Didn't think that Deckers would be on the X66
(23 Dec 2021, 11:40 am)Keeiajs They never use to. Most of the time (well atleast in the past) its been deptford, Chester-Le-Street & Riverside.For at least the last 5years, Washington has operated. Consett has operated every Boxing Day since it opened.
https://twitter.com/gonortheast/status/1...vKiYfOLz9w&s=19
Anyone spot the errors?
5, 21, X21 and X22 highlighted as running. But the 5, X21 (north of Durham) and X22 don't have their line displayed.
Stanley to Durham? Line marked out. No service number identified.
Did any X1s make it to Peterlee or Dalton Park today?
(26 Dec 2021, 7:57 pm)Andreos1 https://twitter.com/gonortheast/status/1...vKiYfOLz9w&s=19I saw the 5/X22. But I thoguht the X22 would run today. And X1's went to both peterlee and DP.
Anyone spot the errors?
5, 21, X21 and X22 highlighted as running. But the 5, X21 (north of Durham) and X22 don't have their line displayed.
Stanley to Durham? Line marked out. No service number identified.
Did any X1s make it to Peterlee or Dalton Park today?
(26 Dec 2021, 7:57 pm)Andreos1 https://twitter.com/gonortheast/status/1...vKiYfOLz9w&s=19I saw the 5/X22. But I thoguht the X22 would run today. And X1's went to both peterlee and DP.
Anyone spot the errors?
5, 21, X21 and X22 highlighted as running. But the 5, X21 (north of Durham) and X22 don't have their line displayed.
Stanley to Durham? Line marked out. No service number identified.
Did any X1s make it to Peterlee or Dalton Park today?
(26 Dec 2021, 7:57 pm)Andreos1 https://twitter.com/gonortheast/status/1...vKiYfOLz9w&s=1993 and 94 completely visible too.
Anyone spot the errors?
5, 21, X21 and X22 highlighted as running. But the 5, X21 and X22 don't have their line displayed.
Stanley to Durham? Line marked out. No service number identified.
Did any X1s make it to Peterlee or Dalton Park today?
(26 Dec 2021, 7:57 pm)Andreos1 https://twitter.com/gonortheast/status/1...vKiYfOLz9w&s=1993 and 94 completely visible too.
Anyone spot the errors?
5, 21, X21 and X22 highlighted as running. But the 5, X21 and X22 don't have their line displayed.
Stanley to Durham? Line marked out. No service number identified.
Did any X1s make it to Peterlee or Dalton Park today?
(26 Dec 2021, 8:06 pm)S813 FVK 93 and 94 completely visible too.
A good visual representation of today's network without having to click on a link to read a list, but as ever, there were certainly things that probably ought to have been caught before publishing.
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(26 Dec 2021, 8:04 pm)Keeiajs I saw the 5/X22. But I thoguht the X22 would run today. And X1's went to both peterlee and DP.
(26 Dec 2021, 8:06 pm)S813 FVK 93 and 94 completely visible too.
A good visual representation of today's network without having to click on a link to read a list, but as ever, there were certainly things that probably ought to have been caught before publishing.
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(26 Dec 2021, 8:04 pm)Keeiajs I saw the 5/X22. But I thoguht the X22 would run today. And X1's went to both peterlee and DP.
(26 Dec 2021, 8:17 pm)Andreos1 Agree.They do turn up to both more times than they don't. The Peterlee services are in desperate need of being Retimed more or less around 15-20 mins late all day. DP aren't that bad due to there 15 mins layover, but can come with 0 layover time. However every so often maybe a few times a week when i see when they just terminate at Easington lane for some reason when they are early. Or they could make it to DP ontime.
Not sure who signed it off, but back in the day, Ambassador would have been calling for their P45.
Having seen reports of huge gaps in the lead up to Christmas, I am surprised!
(26 Dec 2021, 8:17 pm)Andreos1 Agree.They do turn up to both more times than they don't. The Peterlee services are in desperate need of being Retimed more or less around 15-20 mins late all day. DP aren't that bad due to there 15 mins layover, but can come with 0 layover time. However every so often maybe a few times a week when i see when they just terminate at Easington lane for some reason when they are early. Or they could make it to DP ontime.
Not sure who signed it off, but back in the day, Ambassador would have been calling for their P45.
Having seen reports of huge gaps in the lead up to Christmas, I am surprised!
Subcontracting. There's two ways to look at it really.
Firstly you could argue that it doesn't need to be specified on the website, as long as the service and journeys are running and a prominent notice is displayed on the bus itself that the service is being ran on behalf of GNE.
On the flipside though, perhaps it does bring into question once again the effectiveness of branding. A lot of effort was put into the promotional material to advertise different buses on different routes today, but you brand something so a customer recognises it. Are we then sure that the customer will know that its not their usual Prince Bishops bus, nor the red and blue double decker promised for the day instead, but actually a battleship grey single decker with Aline Coaches on the side? The mind boggles.
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(26 Dec 2021, 11:11 pm)Adrian Subcontracting. There's two ways to look at it really.In all fairness, I have been on routes where they have had a ALine coaches covering them and people where (that route only serves at stop) and they didn't put their hand out as it was in the Aline livery.
Firstly you could argue that it doesn't need to be specified on the website, as long as the service and journeys are running and a prominent notice is displayed on the bus itself that the service is being ran on behalf of GNE.
On the flipside though, perhaps it does bring into question once again the effectiveness of branding. A lot of effort was put into the promotional material to advertise different buses on different routes today, but you brand something so a customer recognises it. Are we then sure that the customer will know that its not their usual Prince Bishops bus, nor the red and blue double decker promised for the day instead, but actually a battleship grey single decker with Aline Coaches on the side? The mind boggles.
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(26 Dec 2021, 11:11 pm)Adrian Subcontracting. There's two ways to look at it really.In all fairness, I have been on routes where they have had a ALine coaches covering them and people where (that route only serves at stop) and they didn't put their hand out as it was in the Aline livery.
Firstly you could argue that it doesn't need to be specified on the website, as long as the service and journeys are running and a prominent notice is displayed on the bus itself that the service is being ran on behalf of GNE.
On the flipside though, perhaps it does bring into question once again the effectiveness of branding. A lot of effort was put into the promotional material to advertise different buses on different routes today, but you brand something so a customer recognises it. Are we then sure that the customer will know that its not their usual Prince Bishops bus, nor the red and blue double decker promised for the day instead, but actually a battleship grey single decker with Aline Coaches on the side? The mind boggles.
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(26 Dec 2021, 11:11 pm)Adrian Subcontracting. There's two ways to look at it really.
Firstly you could argue that it doesn't need to be specified on the website, as long as the service and journeys are running and a prominent notice is displayed on the bus itself that the service is being ran on behalf of GNE.
On the flipside though, perhaps it does bring into question once again the effectiveness of branding. A lot of effort was put into the promotional material to advertise different buses on different routes today, but you brand something so a customer recognises it. Are we then sure that the customer will know that its not their usual Prince Bishops bus, nor the red and blue double decker promised for the day instead, but actually a battleship grey single decker with Aline Coaches on the side? The mind boggles.
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(26 Dec 2021, 11:11 pm)Adrian Subcontracting. There's two ways to look at it really.
Firstly you could argue that it doesn't need to be specified on the website, as long as the service and journeys are running and a prominent notice is displayed on the bus itself that the service is being ran on behalf of GNE.
On the flipside though, perhaps it does bring into question once again the effectiveness of branding. A lot of effort was put into the promotional material to advertise different buses on different routes today, but you brand something so a customer recognises it. Are we then sure that the customer will know that its not their usual Prince Bishops bus, nor the red and blue double decker promised for the day instead, but actually a battleship grey single decker with Aline Coaches on the side? The mind boggles.
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43 looked dead when I drove up the Great North Road, few people on the inbound Ashington-Newcastle X21 immediately behind it...
Roads are as busy as usual today, especially the Spine Road. Advertising of Boxing Day services in Northumberland was absymal, so I'm not surprised that people are still flocking to their cars.
(27 Dec 2021, 12:21 am)Acky81 Totally agree. I think it’s wrong go north east are operating a route like the 2 with Aline. They can’t say they haven’t got enough buses or drivers - poor excuse when they are using all there buses covering that lazy arriva lot
(27 Dec 2021, 12:21 am)Acky81 Totally agree. I think it’s wrong go north east are operating a route like the 2 with Aline. They can’t say they haven’t got enough buses or drivers - poor excuse when they are using all there buses covering that lazy arriva lot
(27 Dec 2021, 10:46 am)Train8261 Stagecoach working the 18
Go North East working the 18A
(27 Dec 2021, 10:46 am)Train8261 Stagecoach working the 18
Go North East working the 18A