Go North East & Stanley Travel to assist Arriva Northumberland due to Covid Issues
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(19 Feb 2021, 7:16 pm)CookieMonster Wrote: GNE are now operating some Arriva service 51 services. What a load of nonsense. Go North East and Stanley Travel are temporarily operating Services 46 and 51 on behalf of Arriva, not instead of. This is due to Arriva suffering driver shortages as a result of drivers either testing positive for COVID-19 or self isolating because they may have been near someone who has. It is silly rumors and conjecture like this, that actually worries drivers in the locations suggested that their jobs could be at risk. Pathetic. (19 Feb 2021, 11:17 pm)RobinHood Wrote: What a load of nonsense. Well to be fair, no matter who runs the route they’ll still need the driver to drive it, so whilst this is all speculation and conjecture, any changes permanently would be very unlikely to result in job losses. (20 Feb 2021, 12:47 am)Drifter60 Wrote: Well to be fair, no matter who runs the route they’ll still need the driver to drive it, so whilst this is all speculation and conjecture, any changes permanently would be very unlikely to result in job losses. Not sure mind, you missed the locations bit. If everything merged then something would go with the 306/308/309/310. The Q3 and 46 would likely merge. Killingworth services with Stagecoach ie X63 will be merged with the 52 and 54 etc. Gosforth services with Stagecoach and Arriva would be streamlined. The 22 and 1 between Wallsend and Newcastle will be merged and so on. The 18 and Q3 would likely become merged. I definitely agree with him tbh, I'd be worried if everything was merged around here. Percy Main would pretty much become redundant. (20 Feb 2021, 1:13 am)Storx Wrote: Not sure mind, you missed the locations bit. If everything merged then something would go with the 306/308/309/310. The Q3 and 46 would likely merge. Killingworth services with Stagecoach ie X63 will be merged with the 52 and 54 etc. Gosforth services with Stagecoach and Arriva would be streamlined. The 22 and 1 between Wallsend and Newcastle will be merged and so on. The 18 and Q3 would likely become merged. Well I see your point, obviously it’s very speculative so probably not getting worth too into it. I suppose I was just pointing out that for the vast majority even IF Arriva and Go North East merged, widespread job losses are somewhat unlikely. Although yes, depot locations etc could change and might certainly cause problems for individuals. This is clearly conjecture in any case, no suggestion of this been anything more than one operator filling a gap. (20 Feb 2021, 1:20 am)Drifter60 Wrote: Well I see your point, obviously it’s very speculative so probably not getting worth too into it. I suppose I was just pointing out that for the vast majority even IF Arriva and Go North East merged, widespread job losses are somewhat unlikely. Although yes, depot locations etc could change and might certainly cause problems for individuals. This is clearly conjecture in any case, no suggestion of this been anything more than one operator filling a gap.Unless Nexus took full control like the original quality contracts idea, I doubt that GNE would get the full Northumbria division. Stagecoach would likely land Blyth (X10/X11 & 306/308 suit their high frequency route profile perfectly). GNE would most likely land Ashington & Jesmond with the latter being closed and split between Percy Main (or new depot) and Riverside. (20 Feb 2021, 1:20 am)Drifter60 Wrote: Well I see your point, obviously it’s very speculative so probably not getting worth too into it. I suppose I was just pointing out that for the vast majority even IF Arriva and Go North East merged, widespread job losses are somewhat unlikely. Although yes, depot locations etc could change and might certainly cause problems for individuals. This is clearly conjecture in any case, no suggestion of this been anything more than one operator filling a gap. Yeah definitely agreed, wouldn't even call it speculative tbh as there's nothing of substance it's just made up nonsense imo.
Moderation note: Additional thread regarding this topic merged into the first thread, and moved into Arriva North East section given Stanley Travel's involvement.
(20 Feb 2021, 5:49 pm)Dan Wrote: 5273 on service 51A:
From Monday 12 April, Arriva will take the operation of services 46 and 51/51A back in-house, with Go North East and Stanley Travel no longer being required to operate these services.
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