(24 Jul 2020, 7:20 pm)Dan Leaflet aside, it's a rubbish frequency for passengers to understand. This type of timetable has been done in the past and it leaves passengers confused as to when the bus is actually going to turn up.Indeed an awful frequency - OK once ran the Witton Park service on a 40 minute frequency, easiest way to remember it was "on the even hour and twenty to and twenty past the odd hour".
(24 Jul 2020, 7:20 pm)Dan Leaflet aside, it's a rubbish frequency for passengers to understand. This type of timetable has been done in the past and it leaves passengers confused as to when the bus is actually going to turn up.Indeed an awful frequency - OK once ran the Witton Park service on a 40 minute frequency, easiest way to remember it was "on the even hour and twenty to and twenty past the odd hour".
(24 Jul 2020, 9:21 pm)busmanT Indeed an awful frequency - OK once ran the Witton Park service on a 40 minute frequency, easiest way to remember it was "on the even hour and twenty to and twenty past the odd hour".
Mind you, one operator elsewhere is currently running a service every 37 / 38 minutes - i.e. a 1 hr 15 min round trip run by 2 buses.
(24 Jul 2020, 9:49 pm)JP6004 Walked into it.....I was the one bashing
(24 Jul 2020, 9:21 pm)busmanT Indeed an awful frequency - OK once ran the Witton Park service on a 40 minute frequency, easiest way to remember it was "on the even hour and twenty to and twenty past the odd hour".
Mind you, one operator elsewhere is currently running a service every 37 / 38 minutes - i.e. a 1 hr 15 min round trip run by 2 buses.
(24 Jul 2020, 9:49 pm)JP6004 Walked into it.....I was the one bashing
(24 Jul 2020, 9:59 pm)streetdeckfan Would a drop from 30 minutes to 40 minutes really make that much difference financially?
(24 Jul 2020, 9:59 pm)streetdeckfan Would a drop from 30 minutes to 40 minutes really make that much difference financially?
(24 Jul 2020, 10:23 pm)Jimmi In terms of passenger numbers I imagine it would, realistically you want public transport to be simple and having buses leaving at different minutes past each hour is a pain in the neck, I stayed on holiday in Blackpool one year and the bus that ran from where I was staying ran on a 45 minute frequency and if you had no timetable to hand like I did most of the time, it was rather irritating to work out when the bus would leave by mid afternoon counting down from around 0930 I think it was. I arguably prefer an hourly frequency just as it's easier to work out especially when you're on holiday somewhere.
(24 Jul 2020, 10:23 pm)Jimmi In terms of passenger numbers I imagine it would, realistically you want public transport to be simple and having buses leaving at different minutes past each hour is a pain in the neck, I stayed on holiday in Blackpool one year and the bus that ran from where I was staying ran on a 45 minute frequency and if you had no timetable to hand like I did most of the time, it was rather irritating to work out when the bus would leave by mid afternoon counting down from around 0930 I think it was. I arguably prefer an hourly frequency just as it's easier to work out especially when you're on holiday somewhere.
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Go North East X-lines 6332 / NK67 GOA by kieron mathews, on FlickrGo North East X-lines 6332 / NK67 GOA by kieron mathews, on Flickr
Back in service today after it’s repaint
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(25 Jul 2020, 12:41 pm)JP6004 More interior shots of 6332 on Dan's Flickr showing the vinyls applied to staircase and coves. Looks epicThose graphics on the stairs panel are brilliant. A superb job by whoever's designed them.
(25 Jul 2020, 12:41 pm)JP6004 More interior shots of 6332 on Dan's Flickr showing the vinyls applied to staircase and coves. Looks epicThose graphics on the stairs panel are brilliant. A superb job by whoever's designed them.
(25 Jul 2020, 2:12 pm)Olympian3521 Those graphics on the stairs panel are brilliant. A superb job by whoever's designed them.Believe so, only emerged from paint shop yesterday
Is that the first pic of 6331 and 6332 side by side as well?
Good to see a reasonable load on the toon link B9 on X46 as well. Still not where it should be but numbers look healthier than previous weeks
(25 Jul 2020, 2:12 pm)Olympian3521 Those graphics on the stairs panel are brilliant. A superb job by whoever's designed them.Believe so, only emerged from paint shop yesterday
Is that the first pic of 6331 and 6332 side by side as well?
Good to see a reasonable load on the toon link B9 on X46 as well. Still not where it should be but numbers look healthier than previous weeks
(25 Jul 2020, 12:41 pm)JP6004 More interior shots of 6332 on Dan's Flickr showing the vinyls applied to staircase and coves. Looks epic
(25 Jul 2020, 12:41 pm)JP6004 More interior shots of 6332 on Dan's Flickr showing the vinyls applied to staircase and coves. Looks epic
(25 Jul 2020, 4:01 pm)cbma06 Ashame that the x1 hasn’t got a theme, maybe something to do with the mining history as it serves Hetton, houghton and Washington and goes right past the old houghton mine pitFrom the design that was shown, it will have penshaw monument as part of the skyline. Not too sure about a pit graphic
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(25 Jul 2020, 4:01 pm)cbma06 Ashame that the x1 hasn’t got a theme, maybe something to do with the mining history as it serves Hetton, houghton and Washington and goes right past the old houghton mine pitFrom the design that was shown, it will have penshaw monument as part of the skyline. Not too sure about a pit graphic
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(25 Jul 2020, 4:35 pm)JP6004 From the design that was shown, it will have penshaw monument as part of the skyline. Not too sure about a pit graphic
(24 Jul 2020, 9:21 pm)busmanT Indeed an awful frequency - OK once ran the Witton Park service on a 40 minute frequency, easiest way to remember it was "on the even hour and twenty to and twenty past the odd hour".No idea if they're still the same, but the weekend loops used to change every hour. The 52 in Durham has a pretty incomprehensible timetable, as did that short lived service (216?) between the Trimdons and Easington Lane.
Mind you, one operator elsewhere is currently running a service every 37 / 38 minutes - i.e. a 1 hr 15 min round trip run by 2 buses.
(24 Jul 2020, 9:21 pm)busmanT Indeed an awful frequency - OK once ran the Witton Park service on a 40 minute frequency, easiest way to remember it was "on the even hour and twenty to and twenty past the odd hour".No idea if they're still the same, but the weekend loops used to change every hour. The 52 in Durham has a pretty incomprehensible timetable, as did that short lived service (216?) between the Trimdons and Easington Lane.
Mind you, one operator elsewhere is currently running a service every 37 / 38 minutes - i.e. a 1 hr 15 min round trip run by 2 buses.
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