Disruptions and driver shortages
Disruptions and driver shortages
Tbf, I am absolutely sick of GNE's cancellations yes the list does help however if you want to go out you need to look on the cancellations, cross them over with what services you are planning, then at 9am (sometimes you are out before the list gets re-updated) more early services are cancelled, and I do think its disgraceful that people have had to put up with services which range from every 12 mins to every hour, where two, three buses in a row is cancelled, two, three buses in a row cancelled isn't a rare occurrence. I mean I have given lists numerous times whether that was the 48 minute wait for X1 this afternoon in peak rush hour, or a 60 mins wait for a single 39/39A/39B, probably causing some people to walk for ages as they just want to get home. These cancellations are awful, but then you have routes like the 34, 8, where you have to wait 4 hours for a service, during later evenings, where it is really not nice to be alone, but aswell look at the 71, it is largely an elderly population that uses it, when there were 3 out of the 8 running that day I wonder how many elderly people had to wait in the heat waiting/hoping for a 71 so they could get out as they are very "tech-savy" so they might know of the cancellations, or that there isn't an 8 till 23:30, at 19:30 on an evening as no lists are put up. Several days there has been a 2 hour wait for the X20. Surely some 20 services could be given up for that to run.
We all understand the current circumstances and I haven't seen anyone take it out on the drivers, as it is not their fault, I don't think people mind if a every 10-20 mins service or say the 21 to Durham, where you can get the X21 is canceled as it is easily changed, buts its when 3-4 are cancelled in a row.
I wonder if its time for GNE to bring in Temp Timetables again, well I mean the Women's Euro Finals are on, so why not just cancel all service 1 hour before and after the game.
With plenty of Deckers spare while schools aren't on, I wonder if GNE might consider possibly reducing the 20 to every 30 mins, X20 and put deckers on them. And Have the X1 at every 15 mins.
Tbf, I don't know why the X1 & 56 don't share a stand at eldon square each can have 5-7 mins on the stand.
