North East Buses

(20 Dec 2022, 7:24 pm)Unber43 wrote [ -> ]What time are the shops opening in Newcastle/Metro as years previously Next opened at 5:30 at Washington and 6am at Metro irrc

Metrocentre:

Our Christmas Week Opening Hours:

Christmas Eve, Saturday 24th - 9am till 5pm
Christmas Day, Sunday 25th - CLOSED
Boxing Day, Monday 26th - 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 27th - 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 28th - 9am - 9pm
Thursday 29th - 9am - 9pm
Friday 30th - 9am - 9pm
New Years Eve - 9am - 5pm
New Years Day - Retail Closed*
*Some leisure and restaurants will be open even later, please contact the retailer to check their individual opening times before travelling.
Monday 2nd January - 10am - 6pm


The stores that are closed on Boxing Day 26th December 2022 are as follows:

Marks & Spencer
WHSmith
Vision Express
NEXT
NEXT Home (Retail Park).
Costa Coffee (All Stores)
David Summerfield (Red Mall, The Village)

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Newcastle Eldon Square Boxing Day and late December 2022 opening hours

Monday December 26 - 9am - 6 pm

Tuesday December 27 - 9 am - 6 pm

Wednesday December 28 - 9am - 6 pm

Thursday December 29 - 8 am - 8 pm

Friday December 30 - 9 am - 6 pm

Saturday December 31 - 9 am - 6 pm


Sunday January 1 - Closed


Normal trading hours resume from Tuesday 3rd January 2023.

Just to decide if going out to see the 43/306/308/X10/X18 on Boxing Day is worth it or not I wonder if GNE will be allocating corporate vehicles, Xlines, Angels or what. Riverside could allocate pretty much anything, Deptford I guess is corporate, Voyager or CityRider?

(21 Dec 2022, 7:19 am)OrangeArrow49 wrote [ -> ]Just to decide if going out to see the 43/306/308/X10/X18 on Boxing Day is worth it or not I wonder if GNE will be allocating corporate vehicles, Xlines, Angels or what. Riverside could allocate pretty much anything, Deptford I guess is corporate, Voyager or CityRider?

306/308 will be Angels.
43/X10/X18 will be X-lines.


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(21 Dec 2022, 9:36 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]306/308 will be Angels.
43/X10/X18 will be X-lines.


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Thanks, Dan.

How did those allocations come about? I wasn't sure if there might be more variety.

Are Go North East tickets valid on those services on Boxing Day?

(21 Dec 2022, 9:53 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote [ -> ]Thanks, Dan.

How did those allocations come about? I wasn't sure if there might be more variety.

Are Go North East tickets valid on those services on Boxing Day?

It's been stated on GNE website all along GNE tickets will be valid

(21 Dec 2022, 10:03 pm)ifm001 wrote [ -> ]It's been stated on GNE website all along GNE tickets will be valid

My apologies, I didn't find it until you pointed it out. However there is no mention of the 43, X10 or X18.

What is going to be allocated to GNE's own services on Boxing Day? Are there going to be any interesting rare workings to look out for?

No information on tickets for the 43, X10 or X18. GNE tickets valid on the 306/308. Presumably GNE tickets will be valid on the 43, X10 and X18.

(23 Dec 2022, 11:40 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote [ -> ]What is going to be allocated to GNE's own services on Boxing Day? Are there going to be any interesting rare workings to look out for?

No information on tickets for the 43, X10 or X18. GNE tickets valid on the 306/308. Presumably GNE tickets will be valid on the 43, X10 and X18.

Allocations should be as follows...

Riverside

• 6 - Volvo B9TL (Crusader)
  
• 10/10A - Volvo B9TL (Tyne Valley 10)
  
• 21 - Wright StreetDeck (Angel)
  
• 43 - Volvo B5TL / ADL Enviro400 MMC (X-lines), interworks with services X10 & X18
  
• 47 - Wright StreetDeck (Angel), interworks with Arriva services 306/308
  
• 49/49A - ADL Enviro200 MMC (Green Arrow), interworks with 97
  
• 51/52 - Volvo B9TL (Crusader), interworks with 53
  
• 53 - Volvo B9TL (Crusader), interworks with 51/52
  
• 97 - ADL Enviro200 MMC (Green Arrow), interworks with 49/49A
  
• 306/308 - Wright StreetDeck (Angel), interworks with GNE service 47
  
• X10 - Volvo B5TL / ADL Enviro400 MMC (X-lines), interworks with services 43 & X18
  
• X18 - Volvo B5TL / ADL Enviro400 MMC (X-lines), interworks with services 43 & X10
  
• X66 - Volvo B9TL (Go North East)
  

Sunderland

• 2/2A - Wright Streetlite MH (Go North East)
  
• 4 - Wright Streetlite MH (Go North East)
  
• 26 - Wright Streetlite MH (Go North East)
  
• 35 - Volvo B9TL (Go North East), interworks with service 60
  
• 35A - Wright StreetDeck (X-lines)
  
• 56 - Volvo B9TL (Cityrider)
  
• 60 - Volvo B9TL (Go North East), interworks with service 35
  
• 901 - Volvo B9TL (Voyager)
  
• X1 - Volvo B9TL (Cityrider)
  
• Taxis between Washington Galleries & Deptford - Optare Solo (Peterlee Purples)
  

The 56/X1 might throw up a few oddities (probably Voyager), as there's only one spare Cityrider (11 allocated for 10 PVR) and one spare fleet livery Volvo B9 (from 6049, 6086, 6087) but on Christmas Eve there were 5x Volvo B9s off service (4x Cityrider and 6087).

(26 Dec 2022, 6:54 am)Dan wrote [ -> ]Allocations should be as follows...

Riverside

• 6 - Volvo B9TL (Crusader)
  
• 10/10A - Volvo B9TL (Tyne Valley 10)
  
• 21 - Wright StreetDeck (Angel)
  
• 43 - Volvo B5TL / ADL Enviro400 MMC (X-lines), interworks with services X10 & X18
  
• 47 - Wright StreetDeck (Angel), interworks with Arriva services 306/308
  
• 49/49A - ADL Enviro200 MMC (Green Arrow), interworks with 97
  
• 51/52 - Volvo B9TL (Crusader), interworks with 53
  
• 53 - Volvo B9TL (Crusader), interworks with 51/52
  
• 97 - ADL Enviro200 MMC (Green Arrow), interworks with 49/49A
  
• 306/308 - Wright StreetDeck (Angel), interworks with GNE service 47
  
• X10 - Volvo B5TL / ADL Enviro400 MMC (X-lines), interworks with services 43 & X18
  
• X18 - Volvo B5TL / ADL Enviro400 MMC (X-lines), interworks with services 43 & X10
  
• X66 - Volvo B9TL (Go North East)
  

Sunderland

• 2/2A - Wright Streetlite MH (Go North East)
  
• 4 - Wright Streetlite MH (Go North East)
  
• 26 - Wright Streetlite MH (Go North East)
  
• 35 - Volvo B9TL (Go North East), interworks with service 60
  
• 35A - Wright StreetDeck (X-lines)
  
• 56 - Volvo B9TL (Cityrider)
  
• 60 - Volvo B9TL (Go North East), interworks with service 35
  
• 901 - Volvo B9TL (Voyager)
  
• X1 - Volvo B9TL (Cityrider)
  
• Taxis between Washington Galleries & Deptford - Optare Solo (Peterlee Purples)
  

The 56/X1 might throw up a few oddities (probably Voyager), as there's only one spare Cityrider (11 allocated for 10 PVR) and one spare fleet livery Volvo B9 (from 6049, 6086, 6087) but on Christmas Eve there were 5x Volvo B9s off service (4x Cityrider and 6087).

I didn't manage to get a Crusader on the 53 (so much going on today). Absolutely delighted to get a Loop on the 308!

Seemed to be really busy when I popped out today. Both in retail and in hospitality.

Not bad for all these people who never go out on Boxing Day...!

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(26 Dec 2022, 9:59 pm)Adrian wrote [ -> ]Seemed to be really busy when I popped out today. Both in retail and in hospitality.

Not bad for all these people who never go out on Boxing Day...!

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Newcastle was quite busy

43921 fans at SoL to.

(27 Dec 2022, 9:43 am)idiot wrote [ -> ]43921 fans at SoL to.

The Stagecoach Sunderland driver I am friends with told me the union chose Boxing Day as one of the strike days as "not many people travel on Boxing Day"

(26 Dec 2022, 9:59 pm)Adrian wrote [ -> ]Seemed to be really busy when I popped out today. Both in retail and in hospitality.

Not bad for all these people who never go out on Boxing Day...! 

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(27 Dec 2022, 10:04 am)DeltaMan wrote [ -> ]The Stagecoach Sunderland driver I am friends with told me the union chose Boxing Day as one of the strike days as "not many people travel on Boxing Day" 

It's a fallacy. Total and utter fallacy. 

You've either got the best part of 50 or 40k people converging on to either of the two City centres plus anyone else who fancies a trip for shopping or whatever else. 

I don't know why there's this insistence that people don't travel on Boxing Day.

Were any of these buses supported by nexus full? Did they leave anyone punters behind at bus stops? Surely if nexus thought there was demand they would have ran services to the likis of dininginton, kibblesworth etc?

Also from what I've read most people attending the sunderland game yesterday used the car. Of course you could make the point about service being on strike but from the boxing day leaflet supplied by nexus sunderland seemed to have a canny service anyway?

(27 Dec 2022, 4:58 pm)Rob44 wrote [ -> ]Were any of these buses supported by nexus full?  Did they leave anyone punters behind at bus stops?  Surely if nexus thought there was demand they would have ran services to the likis of dininginton, kibblesworth etc?

Also from what I've read most people attending the sunderland game yesterday used the car.  Of course you could make the point about service being on strike but from the boxing day leaflet supplied by nexus sunderland seemed to have a canny service anyway?

Honestly I feel like all the operators need to make Boxing Day services, these are not just the services ran 362 a year.

(27 Dec 2022, 11:52 am)Andreos1 wrote [ -> ]I don't know why there's this insistence that people don't travel on Boxing Day.

It's crazy, and no doubt we'll have the same debate next year.

Those who live on a Metro line again benefitting from the postcode lottery, having two days of pretty much a weekday service, whilst the rest of us have pretty much nothing on boxing day followed by a Sunday service today.

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(27 Dec 2022, 4:58 pm)Rob44 wrote [ -> ]Were any of these buses supported by nexus full?  Did they leave anyone punters behind at bus stops?  Surely if nexus thought there was demand they would have ran services to the likis of dininginton, kibblesworth etc?

Also from what I've read most people attending the sunderland game yesterday used the car.  Of course you could make the point about service being on strike but from the boxing day leaflet supplied by nexus sunderland seemed to have a canny service anyway?

I have a feeling that all the Boxing Day services, at least the GNE and Arriva ones, were subsidised hence nothing went into Durham. If stuff was done commercially no way would the 20, 21 (to Durham), 60 (to Seaham) and X45 not run (Durham CC didn't subsidise anything hence no service there).

(27 Dec 2022, 6:13 pm)Storx wrote [ -> ]I have a feeling that all the Boxing Day services, at least the GNE and Arriva ones, were subsidised hence nothing went into Durham. If stuff was done commercially no way would the 20, 21 (to Durham), 60 (to Seaham) and X45 not run (Durham CC didn't subsidise anything hence no service there).

Yes I think this was the case.

All of Stagecoach's boxing day services, bar the 7, were operated commercially.

(27 Dec 2022, 6:39 pm)Thomas12 wrote [ -> ]Yes I think this was the case.

All of Stagecoach's boxing day services, bar the 7, were operated commercially.

In South Shields only the Stagecoach 3 and 4 were commercial.  The Stagecoach 10,11,E2 and E6 were all subsidised by Nexus.

(27 Dec 2022, 7:26 pm)ifm001 wrote [ -> ]In South Shields only the Stagecoach 3 and 4 were commercial.  The Stagecoach 10,11,E2 and E6 were all subsidised by Nexus.

Sorry, I should have specified I was referring to Stagecoach Newcastle.

(27 Dec 2022, 7:26 pm)ifm001 wrote [ -> ]In South Shields only the Stagecoach 3 and 4 were commercial.  The Stagecoach 10,11,E2 and E6 were all subsidised by Nexus.

Aye thought that would've been the case. Not surprised tho when they're losing money and have a shortage of drivers to be bothering with it.

(27 Dec 2022, 11:37 pm)Storx wrote [ -> ]Aye thought that would've been the case. Not surprised tho when they're losing money and have a shortage of drivers to be bothering with it.

Standard every Bkxing Day, same group of 6 services in Shields.