(10 Jan 2013, 6:51 pm)W179SCU wrote Omni galore on the 17/307 today!

Steven Hodgson and Mark McCann managed to get a photo of 5248 on the 307 today! - http://www.flickr.com/photos/nerbp/83673...hotostream

Thanks gtomlinson! Would be better if you could access the information from each stand at bus stations remotely, rather than a full list of departures - not helpful at MetroCentre if you want to know the times of the next two 69A's in a hurry!

Actually I'm mistaken about having access to the stand layouts at bus stations - just found it buried at the bottom of this page - http://www.nexus.org.uk/bus/stations

Daniel I'm not that familiar with the area; but on Google Earth, Castle Road looks far too long to only have stops at the entrance and at the end where buses turn around.

Stagecoach's service 8 in South Hylton is also losing/or has lost it's hail&ride stopping arrangement.

‘Hail and Ride’ - Service 8
Until bus stops are erected, customers may stop the Service 8 bus at any
safe place on South View, Greenbank Drive, Railway Terrace, Pottery Lane,
Ford Avenue and Claxheugh Road. Please signal clearly to the driver.

Until a couple of years ago, I hadn't realised the police could get involved with situations about unsafe use of hail&ride. The car park at Seaburn Morrisons used by Redby then later Go North East; and also Stagecoach 18/19 until they were re-routed to South Bents. In early 2010, complaints were coming in from car-users at Morrisons about service 99 buses obstructing view at the entrance/exit to the car park; and from what I understand, the police banned buses from stopping there for a short time until a permanent bus stop could installed at a safer place just opposite the petrol station.