Simply Buses
Simply Buses
Customer Consultation forms were available at Durham Bus Station today for proposed new services:
80/81 Durham, Elvet, Bowburn, Coxhoe, Kelloe, Quarrington Hill, Cassop, Shadforth, Sherburn, Dragonville, Claypath, Durham.
X20 Cockfield, Evenwood, West Auckland, Tindale Cresent, Bishop Auckland, Spennymoor, Durham, non stop to Metrocentre.
www.simplybuses.com
(14 Jan 2015, 4:44 pm)GuyParkRoyal Customer Consultation forms were available at Durham Bus Station today for proposed new services:Would this therefore replace the current X24 Durham to MetroCentre via Chester le Street, Personally think this would be a cracking Service that would open up quite a lot of Job Opportunities for those living between Bishop Auckland and Cockfield.
80/81 Durham, Elvet, Bowburn, Coxhoe, Kelloe, Quarrington Hill, Cassop, Shadforth, Sherburn, Dragonville, Claypath, Durham.
X20 Cockfield, Evenwood, West Auckland, Tindale Cresent, Bishop Auckland, Spennymoor, Durham, non stop to Metrocentre.
www.simplybuses.com
(14 Jan 2015, 4:44 pm)GuyParkRoyal Customer Consultation forms were available at Durham Bus Station today for proposed new services:Would this therefore replace the current X24 Durham to MetroCentre via Chester le Street, Personally think this would be a cracking Service that would open up quite a lot of Job Opportunities for those living between Bishop Auckland and Cockfield.
80/81 Durham, Elvet, Bowburn, Coxhoe, Kelloe, Quarrington Hill, Cassop, Shadforth, Sherburn, Dragonville, Claypath, Durham.
X20 Cockfield, Evenwood, West Auckland, Tindale Cresent, Bishop Auckland, Spennymoor, Durham, non stop to Metrocentre.
www.simplybuses.com
(14 Jan 2015, 4:55 pm)Andreos1 Who are Simply Buses?
The website doesn't give much away and cant find out much elsewhere.
(14 Jan 2015, 4:55 pm)Andreos1 Who are Simply Buses?
The website doesn't give much away and cant find out much elsewhere.
I just did the online survey for the X20 and it said they will contact me within 5 days. Not sure how as there is no where to put contact details on the survey.
I also put that I'd like the service to stop at Croxdale Rogerson Terrace.
(14 Jan 2015, 5:06 pm)MurdnunoC I wonder if someone's been partially inspired by the publicity Spirit Buses has received and decided to do something similar?
(14 Jan 2015, 5:06 pm)MurdnunoC I wonder if someone's been partially inspired by the publicity Spirit Buses has received and decided to do something similar?
(14 Jan 2015, 9:34 pm)aureolin People round this area are sick of Arriva, and their complete disregard for passengers who use their local services. Their services are full to bursting at peak times, because of the deal Arriva have with Durham Uni, yet they're unwilling to sensibly look at the issues.
(14 Jan 2015, 9:34 pm)aureolin People round this area are sick of Arriva, and their complete disregard for passengers who use their local services. Their services are full to bursting at peak times, because of the deal Arriva have with Durham Uni, yet they're unwilling to sensibly look at the issues.
To me simply buses looks like the website has been made up to quickly etc..., the wordings on their site is wrong, someone took abit of time to phrase the words wrongly, no history on the person, got a link up for bus times etc... which would not of been on the site yet, the proposed bus services are duplicating Arriva services, don't believe it until I see it in newspapers etc..
(18 Jan 2015, 8:18 pm)cbma06 To me simply buses looks like the website has been made up to quickly etc..., the wordings on their site is wrong, someone took abit of time to phrase the words wrongly, no history on the person, got a link up for bus times etc... which would not of been on the site yet, the proposed bus services are duplicating Arriva services, don't believe it until I see it in newspapers etc..
(18 Jan 2015, 8:18 pm)cbma06 To me simply buses looks like the website has been made up to quickly etc..., the wordings on their site is wrong, someone took abit of time to phrase the words wrongly, no history on the person, got a link up for bus times etc... which would not of been on the site yet, the proposed bus services are duplicating Arriva services, don't believe it until I see it in newspapers etc..
Has anyone heard anything more about this?
I agree mostly with what gtom has said. At a glance, it does look like a pie-in-the-sky service suggestion made to look more realistic through the creation of a website and questionnaire, however, I was quick to dismiss Spirit Buses as something similar.
Services 80/81 may attract ridership from people wishing to travel between various villages in the East Durham area. But I can't see the proposed X20 service doing any better than the established Durham to Metrocentre services at present. Granted, there may be some who'd like a direct service from Cockfield, Bishop Auckland or Spennymoor to the Metrocentre, but I see frequency as one of the main barriers to this particular service.
service 80/81 doesn't it look like half of route service 58 scarlet band ( isn't route 58 secured by DCC) and then half of Arriva route 24 back to Durham. At least Spirit Buses was in the press and the person who owns it had background in the bus industry. No press for the so called Simply buses. At least spirit buses are providing a bus service where it has been cut off totally.
Haven't heard anything else, but willing to give the person/people (concious not to mention names, although it isn't difficult to find out) behind it a chance.
There has obviously been some sort of cost involved in the printing/distribution of leaflets and some planning carried out into routes, timings etc.
Maybe the person/people behind the project is looking to develop their own experiences and knowledge?
Whether anything comes of it, who knows.
Hopefully it does.
Simply Buses currently have questionnaires on the website for a couple of services that they might start. I'd like to wish the best of luck to them.
X20: Cockfield - Metrocentre
80/81: Durham - Kelloe
www.simplybuses.com
They are expecting to start services in late-2015.
Just having a bit of a think - whatever happened to simply buses - was there problems getting it started?
http://www.simplybuses.com/bustimes.html
