Bus Related Outings and Reviews
Bus Related Outings and Reviews
(09 Nov 2014, 11:01 am)Dan In no way defending the driver but given the allocation of a double decker, I'd put money on the driver being late.
Especially with the traffic near Riverside Depot lately, it's so hard to keep to time on the X66. It's not often you see X66s regulated (unless it's the driver's very last run), so they just have to grin and bear it. Clearly some drivers have more difficulty than others with the former point - especially if it's down to a ticket machine issue! You can make up a bit of time by going on the Centrelink towards Gateshead but obviously if a Vyking decided to go down that route, it'd be converted to an open top.
Still think bus drivers aren't paid enough for the stress they have to go through...
Forum Moderator | Let us know if you have any issues
Service Manager, Coatham Connect
(09 Nov 2014, 11:01 am)Dan In no way defending the driver but given the allocation of a double decker, I'd put money on the driver being late.
Especially with the traffic near Riverside Depot lately, it's so hard to keep to time on the X66. It's not often you see X66s regulated (unless it's the driver's very last run), so they just have to grin and bear it. Clearly some drivers have more difficulty than others with the former point - especially if it's down to a ticket machine issue! You can make up a bit of time by going on the Centrelink towards Gateshead but obviously if a Vyking decided to go down that route, it'd be converted to an open top.
Still think bus drivers aren't paid enough for the stress they have to go through...
Forum Moderator | Let us know if you have any issues
Service Manager, Coatham Connect
Was out all day Yesterday and I took some photos in Gateshead/MetroCentre and Newcastle, before heading over to my Dad's Friends 50th and 60th Birthday Party, which was quite good laugh, and it meant I got to spend some time with my Dad's mates Daughter who is really fit for a Dental Nurse/Dancer, basically spent the night chatting to her as I didn't know anyone else, There was this Blond Lass who was off her face and tried chatting me up, she got quickly turfed and then tried it on with a few other Lads at the Party, but had zero luck, turned out her Boyfriend was in the Kitchen pretending he didn't know her as he was embarrassed by her Behavior, Overall she was Very Drunk, Very Loud and Highly Patronising to everyone she spoke to, using such words a Seriously and OMG Really at the end of every Sentence, felt like dropping with an RKO outta nowhere, I left at 23:10 so I could get the 23:16 27 from Sunderland Road to Heworth, and then the last 82 back Home from there, I found when got to stop I needed at Heworth, that I wasn't allowed in the Shelter unless I played "Simon Says", in which I Politely told the Lass to Piss Off as I was quite Drunk at the time, Overall not a bad day/night out.
Planning another work trip via rail and bus before the year is out - need to get to deepest, darkest Oxfordshire.
After the 7 hr drive home last time out, I am even prepared to forgo smells of pleasantness and sit on a CrossStinky (possibly even experiencing the hell that is New Street for a change of trains), just to avoid sitting behind the wheel for 7hrs.
The other option, is to go via Kings Cross, Paddington and Reading into Oxford. After speaking to my brother (who commutes daily between Reading and Paddington) and hearing the never ending moans, I may give that one a miss.
The final leg, will involve a Stagecoach Gold.
Well, I've managed to acquire some train tickets for York tomorrow! It's going to be cold, dark and foggy all day - isn't going to be great but I couldn't turn down free tickets which would have otherwise gone to waste.
I'm there for about 6 hours, which is quite a fair bit of time given that I don't want to make my photos too repetitive (or to have so many to upload I get bored and end up avoiding uploading them!)
Anyone got any good spots to walk to in York? Or know of anything in general which would be good to get photos of?
(14 Nov 2014, 5:07 pm)Dan Well, I've managed to acquire some train tickets for York tomorrow! It's going to be cold, dark and foggy all day - isn't going to be great but I couldn't turn down free tickets which would have otherwise gone to waste.
I'm there for about 6 hours, which is quite a fair bit of time given that I don't want to make my photos too repetitive (or to have so many to upload I get bored and end up avoiding uploading them!)
Anyone got any good spots to walk to in York? Or know of anything in general which would be good to get photos of?
(14 Nov 2014, 5:07 pm)Dan Well, I've managed to acquire some train tickets for York tomorrow! It's going to be cold, dark and foggy all day - isn't going to be great but I couldn't turn down free tickets which would have otherwise gone to waste.
I'm there for about 6 hours, which is quite a fair bit of time given that I don't want to make my photos too repetitive (or to have so many to upload I get bored and end up avoiding uploading them!)
Anyone got any good spots to walk to in York? Or know of anything in general which would be good to get photos of?
The walls are good spots as is Lendal Bridge - but there may be crowds in the way.
You have the P&R sites too, which won't be as crowded.
There could be scope heading down Micklegate towards Cliffords Tower.
Everything is pretty centralised for buses in York.
Dan, I'd go to the Park & Ride Outlets at some point - Askham Bar is a pretty nice one, one of my favourite shots was taken there!
Blossom Street is also very nice, but more so the Racecourse - just all the green with the trees and a busy road make it really worthwhile.
I'm around South Shields/Boro/Sunderland/Peterlee for most of the day tomorrow with a mate so you may glimpse me!
(14 Nov 2014, 11:21 pm)aureolin Tyne and Wear forecast for tomorrow is a rain free day. Anyone planning a look out at some point? I think it'll be one of my final days out before boxing day.
(14 Nov 2014, 11:21 pm)aureolin Tyne and Wear forecast for tomorrow is a rain free day. Anyone planning a look out at some point? I think it'll be one of my final days out before boxing day.
Quote:Tyne and Wear forecast for tomorrow is a rain free day. Anyone planning a look out at some point? I think it'll be one of my final days out before boxing day.I'm possibly heading to Gateshead and Newcastle and maybe some other places for some photos tomorrow, depending on what time I get up tomorrow morning.
Quote:Tyne and Wear forecast for tomorrow is a rain free day. Anyone planning a look out at some point? I think it'll be one of my final days out before boxing day.I'm possibly heading to Gateshead and Newcastle and maybe some other places for some photos tomorrow, depending on what time I get up tomorrow morning.
Quote:I'm living in hope that an Olympian is out on the X34 again, so that's the main thing on my list.Same, do you know where the X34 stops in Newcastle?
Quote:I'm living in hope that an Olympian is out on the X34 again, so that's the main thing on my list.Same, do you know where the X34 stops in Newcastle?
Quote:Pilgrim Street. Uses the same stop as the Stagecoach 100Okay thanks. Just hope the Olympian is out on the X34 at some point tomorrow.
Quote:Pilgrim Street. Uses the same stop as the Stagecoach 100Okay thanks. Just hope the Olympian is out on the X34 at some point tomorrow.
I've started my outing today in the dead of night; the mist was quite spooky this morning on Newcastle Road under the street lamps, and the Metro line is pitch black with nothing to see other than blobs of light in the distance.
0638 Metro - Stadium of Light to Newcastle Central Station (T&WM 4015)
0722 East Coast - Newcastle Central Station to York (EC HST 43312)
1435 East Coast - York to Newcastle Central Station (EC HST 43328)
1554 Metro - Newcastle Central Station to Stadium of Light (T&WM 4037)
![[Image: 0a85ed5b4e97324e338555472f222830.png]](https://public.railmiles.me/signatures/0a85ed5b4e97324e338555472f222830.png)
