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16 Feb 2014, 12:03 pm #381
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Metro really irritated me yesterday. The 1604 metro didn't come, so I missed the 1624 17 from Wallsend, had to wait until 1656 Undecided
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16 Feb 2014, 12:03 pm #381

Metro really irritated me yesterday. The 1604 metro didn't come, so I missed the 1624 17 from Wallsend, had to wait until 1656 Undecided

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16 Feb 2014, 1:51 pm #382
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Handful of photos from today's Metro replacement service here. Not as many as I'd hoped for unfortunately, as low sunlight wasn't in my favour. Sad
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16 Feb 2014, 1:51 pm #382

Handful of photos from today's Metro replacement service here. Not as many as I'd hoped for unfortunately, as low sunlight wasn't in my favour. Sad

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17 Feb 2014, 10:01 am #383
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(16 Feb 2014, 10:30 am)Dan Added three more for GNE.

"Shannon Rail" (or something like that) are doing some of the maintenance it seems. Few vans and the like at SoL station.

Seen these at 12pm at Seaburn. Although heard nothing of works till around 7pm till 9ish maybe. I live on Alston Crescent.
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17 Feb 2014, 10:01 am #383

(16 Feb 2014, 10:30 am)Dan Added three more for GNE.

"Shannon Rail" (or something like that) are doing some of the maintenance it seems. Few vans and the like at SoL station.

Seen these at 12pm at Seaburn. Although heard nothing of works till around 7pm till 9ish maybe. I live on Alston Crescent.

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18 Feb 2014, 11:30 am #384
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Does anyone know if the rumours of a horse on the platform at Boldon Metro station are true?
There were delays apparently...
'Illegitimis non carborundum'
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18 Feb 2014, 11:30 am #384

Does anyone know if the rumours of a horse on the platform at Boldon Metro station are true?
There were delays apparently...

'Illegitimis non carborundum'

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18 Feb 2014, 3:28 pm #385
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(18 Feb 2014, 11:30 am)andreos1 Does anyone know if the rumours of a horse on the platform at Boldon Metro station are true?
There were delays apparently...

Did it not have a valid ticket?
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18 Feb 2014, 3:28 pm #385

(18 Feb 2014, 11:30 am)andreos1 Does anyone know if the rumours of a horse on the platform at Boldon Metro station are true?
There were delays apparently...

Did it not have a valid ticket?

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18 Feb 2014, 11:42 pm #386
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It escaped from a neighbouring field apparently.
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18 Feb 2014, 11:42 pm #386

It escaped from a neighbouring field apparently.

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20 Feb 2014, 11:25 am #387
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Anyone else having issues with their POP cards? Mine wouldn't scan this morning but was fine last week when I bought a Nexus CAT from a Metro station...
On #checkywatch now... Jumping off the Metro to get a 27 as soon as I can..!
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20 Feb 2014, 11:25 am #387

Anyone else having issues with their POP cards? Mine wouldn't scan this morning but was fine last week when I bought a Nexus CAT from a Metro station...
On #checkywatch now... Jumping off the Metro to get a 27 as soon as I can..!

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20 Feb 2014, 5:00 pm #388
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(20 Feb 2014, 11:25 am)Dan Anyone else having issues with their POP cards? Mine wouldn't scan this morning but was fine last week when I bought a Nexus CAT from a Metro station...
On #checkywatch now... Jumping off the Metro to get a 27 as soon as I can..!

mine worked at 8:35 when i was off to park lane
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20 Feb 2014, 5:00 pm #388

(20 Feb 2014, 11:25 am)Dan Anyone else having issues with their POP cards? Mine wouldn't scan this morning but was fine last week when I bought a Nexus CAT from a Metro station...
On #checkywatch now... Jumping off the Metro to get a 27 as soon as I can..!

mine worked at 8:35 when i was off to park lane

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20 Feb 2014, 5:17 pm #389
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Tweeted them mainly as a story to fall on just in case a checky did get on...
How useless!

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20 Feb 2014, 5:17 pm #389

Tweeted them mainly as a story to fall on just in case a checky did get on...
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23 Feb 2014, 3:32 pm #390
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3801, 6016 and 6099/100 all on Metro Replacements from GNE today.
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23 Feb 2014, 3:32 pm #390

3801, 6016 and 6099/100 all on Metro Replacements from GNE today.

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24 Feb 2014, 2:04 am #391
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(23 Feb 2014, 3:32 pm)Dan 3801, 6016 and 6099/100 all on Metro Replacements from GNE today.

3858, 3864, 3880, 3972, 6013 on 901 this evening.
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24 Feb 2014, 2:04 am #391

(23 Feb 2014, 3:32 pm)Dan 3801, 6016 and 6099/100 all on Metro Replacements from GNE today.

3858, 3864, 3880, 3972, 6013 on 901 this evening.

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24 Feb 2014, 9:00 pm #392
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http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...ic-6736904
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24 Feb 2014, 9:00 pm #392

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...ic-6736904

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24 Feb 2014, 9:15 pm #393
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(24 Feb 2014, 9:00 pm)citaro5284 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...ic-6736904

Disgrace. It's coming to something when the first thought is a FPN rather than a 999 call. Yet another example of a couple of bad apples in the transport industry bringing their employer into disrepute.
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24 Feb 2014, 9:15 pm #393

(24 Feb 2014, 9:00 pm)citaro5284 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...ic-6736904

Disgrace. It's coming to something when the first thought is a FPN rather than a 999 call. Yet another example of a couple of bad apples in the transport industry bringing their employer into disrepute.

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24 Feb 2014, 9:33 pm #394
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(24 Feb 2014, 9:15 pm)aureolin Disgrace. It's coming to something when the first thought is a FPN rather than a 999 call. Yet another example of a couple of bad apples in the transport industry bringing their employer into disrepute.

It's common of the majority of Metro Inspectors though, that's the thing. They're so eager to fine people, it's as if they're on commission for it or something. For me it's no longer just 'a couple of bad apples', it's the majority of them. Indeed a couple of my friends in school have compared Metro Inspectors to packs of wild dogs... wolves... hunting down prey. They bark when they walk onto the Metro, "Tickets and passes!" and rip them out of your hands if they look suspicious for one reason or another. I don't think I've ever seen them smile.

The Tyne & Wear Metro system is a joke. An embarrassment to the region.

Photographs below are courtesy of the "Checky Watch" Facebook page. In no way am I encouraging "Metro hopping"...

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One of the wild beasts that they call 'inspectors'...

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Captioned, Must of been the "best catch" this week ya horrible fuckers, and its near Christmas as-well...
No rest for the wicked eh?"

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Just a kid...

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Didn't know they could rugby tackle folk?

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24 Feb 2014, 9:33 pm #394

(24 Feb 2014, 9:15 pm)aureolin Disgrace. It's coming to something when the first thought is a FPN rather than a 999 call. Yet another example of a couple of bad apples in the transport industry bringing their employer into disrepute.

It's common of the majority of Metro Inspectors though, that's the thing. They're so eager to fine people, it's as if they're on commission for it or something. For me it's no longer just 'a couple of bad apples', it's the majority of them. Indeed a couple of my friends in school have compared Metro Inspectors to packs of wild dogs... wolves... hunting down prey. They bark when they walk onto the Metro, "Tickets and passes!" and rip them out of your hands if they look suspicious for one reason or another. I don't think I've ever seen them smile.

The Tyne & Wear Metro system is a joke. An embarrassment to the region.

Photographs below are courtesy of the "Checky Watch" Facebook page. In no way am I encouraging "Metro hopping"...

[Image: 62352_469930323066386_744369597_n.jpg]
One of the wild beasts that they call 'inspectors'...

[Image: 182333_449094688483283_2094912826_n.png]
Captioned, Must of been the "best catch" this week ya horrible fuckers, and its near Christmas as-well...
No rest for the wicked eh?"

[Image: 59656_434785676580851_1441206387_n.png]
Just a kid...

[Image: 409_428685727190846_184232839_n.jpg]
Didn't know they could rugby tackle folk?

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[Image: 548475_433415076717911_901107879_n.png]
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24 Feb 2014, 9:45 pm #395
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(24 Feb 2014, 9:33 pm)Dan It's common of the majority of Metro Inspectors though, that's the thing. They're so eager to fine people, it's as if they're on commission for it or something. For me it's no longer just 'a couple of bad apples', it's the majority of them. Indeed a couple of my friends in school have compared Metro Inspectors to packs of wild dogs... wolves... hunting down prey. They bark when they walk onto the Metro, "Tickets and passes!" and rip them out of your hands if they look suspicious for one reason or another. I don't think I've ever seen them smile.

The Tyne & Wear Metro system is a joke. An embarrassment to the region.

Photographs below are courtesy of the "Checky Watch" Facebook page. In no way am I encouraging "Metro hopping"...

Photos are interesting. I don't condone the last one in the slightest as it's clearly beyond reasonable force. The other two though, I can't see anything wrong with? Assume they're being pulled for not having valid tickets? I think this whole thing with "Checky Watch" has done nothing but create a witch hunt.

I can't imagine some of the shite that these folks have to put up with for doing their job. I've seen them spat at and had abuse hurled at them, and I rarely use the system! Nobody deserves to have to put up with that in their workplace.
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24 Feb 2014, 9:45 pm #395

(24 Feb 2014, 9:33 pm)Dan It's common of the majority of Metro Inspectors though, that's the thing. They're so eager to fine people, it's as if they're on commission for it or something. For me it's no longer just 'a couple of bad apples', it's the majority of them. Indeed a couple of my friends in school have compared Metro Inspectors to packs of wild dogs... wolves... hunting down prey. They bark when they walk onto the Metro, "Tickets and passes!" and rip them out of your hands if they look suspicious for one reason or another. I don't think I've ever seen them smile.

The Tyne & Wear Metro system is a joke. An embarrassment to the region.

Photographs below are courtesy of the "Checky Watch" Facebook page. In no way am I encouraging "Metro hopping"...

Photos are interesting. I don't condone the last one in the slightest as it's clearly beyond reasonable force. The other two though, I can't see anything wrong with? Assume they're being pulled for not having valid tickets? I think this whole thing with "Checky Watch" has done nothing but create a witch hunt.

I can't imagine some of the shite that these folks have to put up with for doing their job. I've seen them spat at and had abuse hurled at them, and I rarely use the system! Nobody deserves to have to put up with that in their workplace.

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24 Feb 2014, 9:56 pm #396
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(24 Feb 2014, 9:45 pm)aureolin Photos are interesting. I don't condone the last one in the slightest as it's clearly beyond reasonable force. The other two though, I can't see anything wrong with? Assume they're being pulled for not having valid tickets? I think this whole thing with "Checky Watch" has done nothing but create a witch hunt.

I can't imagine some of the shite that these folks have to put up with for doing their job. I've seen them spat at and had abuse hurled at them, and I rarely use the system! Nobody deserves to have to put up with that in their workplace.

You'd assume the person in the wheelchair would have a Gold Card? If he had lost the Gold Card coming home from a hospital appointment or something, then they're going to pounce.
As for the second one - nothing wrong with it as such, but it's the fact that the girl is just a kid... Granted if you let her off once, she'd probably do it again... I just think they take pleasure in doing it though.

Nexus has complained about "Checky Watch" in the past (see here), but nothing has been done about it. The claims from the founder of the group are quite moral, actually: "But the site’s creator, Ben Heywood Potts, 21, from Jarrow, has taken to video-sharing site YouTube to stress that the purpose of the page is to slash the price of tickets, and not to travel for free."
From that perspective, I don't disagree with the group activity. It also provides me with a few cheap laughs when they get some mug shots of the inspectors (of whom are rather familiar with the group founder and have willingly taken one or two "selfies" with him in the past). Quite often I find posts being made by the group administrators defending inspectors, rightly saying that they are 'only doing their job'.

Don't get me wrong, I agree completely that they shouldn't have to put up with the things they do get put through - but I also think it could be avoided in many cases, if their stance wasn't quite so aggressive. My friends from school don't use public transport much but they have such a bad impression of the Metro primarily because of the inspectors that they regularly see. I can see exactly where they're coming from too, and it's so rare you hear stories like this concerning bus drivers - I don't think that the inspectors you see on buses are seen as so much of a threat either.
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24 Feb 2014, 9:56 pm #396

(24 Feb 2014, 9:45 pm)aureolin Photos are interesting. I don't condone the last one in the slightest as it's clearly beyond reasonable force. The other two though, I can't see anything wrong with? Assume they're being pulled for not having valid tickets? I think this whole thing with "Checky Watch" has done nothing but create a witch hunt.

I can't imagine some of the shite that these folks have to put up with for doing their job. I've seen them spat at and had abuse hurled at them, and I rarely use the system! Nobody deserves to have to put up with that in their workplace.

You'd assume the person in the wheelchair would have a Gold Card? If he had lost the Gold Card coming home from a hospital appointment or something, then they're going to pounce.
As for the second one - nothing wrong with it as such, but it's the fact that the girl is just a kid... Granted if you let her off once, she'd probably do it again... I just think they take pleasure in doing it though.

Nexus has complained about "Checky Watch" in the past (see here), but nothing has been done about it. The claims from the founder of the group are quite moral, actually: "But the site’s creator, Ben Heywood Potts, 21, from Jarrow, has taken to video-sharing site YouTube to stress that the purpose of the page is to slash the price of tickets, and not to travel for free."
From that perspective, I don't disagree with the group activity. It also provides me with a few cheap laughs when they get some mug shots of the inspectors (of whom are rather familiar with the group founder and have willingly taken one or two "selfies" with him in the past). Quite often I find posts being made by the group administrators defending inspectors, rightly saying that they are 'only doing their job'.

Don't get me wrong, I agree completely that they shouldn't have to put up with the things they do get put through - but I also think it could be avoided in many cases, if their stance wasn't quite so aggressive. My friends from school don't use public transport much but they have such a bad impression of the Metro primarily because of the inspectors that they regularly see. I can see exactly where they're coming from too, and it's so rare you hear stories like this concerning bus drivers - I don't think that the inspectors you see on buses are seen as so much of a threat either.

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Anyone seen the cost of the Metro Gold Card is set to be halved? Unlimited off peak & weekend travel for the equivalent of £1 a month?

Very laudable. And here's me thinking it was on the table to be withdrawn as unaffordable if Nexus didn't get their own way elsewhere...
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25 Feb 2014, 12:52 pm #397

Anyone seen the cost of the Metro Gold Card is set to be halved? Unlimited off peak & weekend travel for the equivalent of £1 a month?

Very laudable. And here's me thinking it was on the table to be withdrawn as unaffordable if Nexus didn't get their own way elsewhere...

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25 Feb 2014, 2:38 pm #398
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(25 Feb 2014, 12:52 pm)Chris Anyone seen the cost of the Metro Gold Card is set to be halved? Unlimited off peak & weekend travel for the equivalent of £1 a month?

Very laudable. And here's me thinking it was on the table to be withdrawn as unaffordable if Nexus didn't get their own way elsewhere...

Honestly?!
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25 Feb 2014, 2:38 pm #398

(25 Feb 2014, 12:52 pm)Chris Anyone seen the cost of the Metro Gold Card is set to be halved? Unlimited off peak & weekend travel for the equivalent of £1 a month?

Very laudable. And here's me thinking it was on the table to be withdrawn as unaffordable if Nexus didn't get their own way elsewhere...

Honestly?!

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25 Feb 2014, 3:16 pm #399
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Seriously!

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/.../nexus-set-halve-cost-metro-6742028

Beggars belief!
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25 Feb 2014, 3:16 pm #399

Seriously!

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/.../nexus-set-halve-cost-metro-6742028

Beggars belief!

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(25 Feb 2014, 3:16 pm)Chris Seriously!

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/.../nexus-set-halve-cost-metro-6742028

Beggars belief!

Link 404 errors for me. Disgrace if true. How can a 50% reduction in fare be justified for one group of people, when others have had rises well above inflation? Can see the feeling on NEB being strongly one sided here...
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(25 Feb 2014, 3:16 pm)Chris Seriously!

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/.../nexus-set-halve-cost-metro-6742028

Beggars belief!

Link 404 errors for me. Disgrace if true. How can a 50% reduction in fare be justified for one group of people, when others have had rises well above inflation? Can see the feeling on NEB being strongly one sided here...

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