(19 Jan 2017, 3:05 pm)GuyParkRoyal wrote Nexus are seeking tenders for South Tyneside and Sunderland services.
8, 39, 56A, 135 & 136 Evening and Sunday routes.
237, 238, 516, 592 & 593.
As a handful of these have changed, it's worth sharing a bit more information about them.
Service 8
The contract for service 8 is for the Monday - Saturday evening service between The Docks, City Centre, High Barnes and South Hylton (from 18:54 onwards) as well as the Sunday daytime and evening operation of the service between the same locations.
Contractual requirements: 1x Euro 4 vehicle, minimum capacity of 23.
Contract period: 21/05/2017 - 19/05/2018
Service 39
The contract for service 39 is for the evening operation of the service (operated commercially by Go North East during the day).
Contractual requirements: 3x Euro 4 vehicle, minimum capacity of 36.
Contract period: 21/05/2017 - 19/05/2018
Service 56A
The contract for service 56A is an early morning Saturday service designed to maintain early morning links between Sunderland and Washington. It is currently split up as the 05:03am #56 Sunderland to Concord, which interworks with the 05:39 #86 Concord to Washington Galleries. There are no changes to the timetable - it is just re-numbered 56A throughout.
Contractual requirements: 1x Euro 4 vehicle, minimum capacity of 23.
Contract period: 21/05/2017 - 19/05/2018
Services 135/136 (Early Morning Journeys)
The contract for the early morning journeys on services 135/136 is in response to Go North East's withdrawal of the daytime 99 service (so secured 99A journeys were re-numbered 135 or 136).
Contractual requirements: Mon-Fri 3x Euro 4 vehicle, minimum capacity of 23. Sat 2x Euro 4 vehicle, minimum capacity of 23.
Contract period: 21/05/2017 - 19/05/2018
Services 237/238
There are no changes to the route for the daytime 238 service - commercially operated by Go North East from Sunderland to Houghton-le-Spring (via Seaham). The secured portion is what was previously operated by Compass Community Transport (as service 79) between Houghton-le-Spring and Barnwell during the day (as service 238) and from Queen Elizabeth Drive to Barnwell during the night (as service 237).
Contractual requirements: 2x Euro 4 vehicle, minimum capacity of 16.
Contract period: 21/05/2017 - 19/05/2018
Service 516
No changes to route. Revised specification as below:
Contractual requirements: 1x Euro 4 vehicle, minimum capacity of 36.
Contract period: 21/05/2017 - 19/05/2018
Service 592
No changes to route. Revised specification as below:
Contractual requirements: 1x Euro 4 vehicle, minimum capacity of 23.
Contract period: 21/05/2017 - 19/05/2018
Service 593
No changes to route. Revised specification as below:
Contractual requirements: 1x Euro 4 vehicle, minimum capacity of 23.
Contract period: 21/05/2017 - 19/05/2018