(10 Mar 2013, 2:42 pm)tom.robinson206 wrote(10 Mar 2013, 1:39 pm)Daniel wrote Not the answer you want to hear but.....all depots
Probably a stupid question, but will this include things like scholars buses and the 'Nexus' services?
It all depends how many drivers are in the unions that are striking, I'd guess.
If the driver of Billy's school bus is striking - who's going to be there to drive the bus? Having said that, it may be in Go North East's interest to get another driver to know the route before the strike who isn't going to be striking so that those services go unharmed. As they aren't commercial, Go North East really can't make the decisions!
I'll have a word with a few people, see what I can gather. Until then, someone else on this forum may have a more certain answer.
(10 Mar 2013, 2:54 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote More than likely get called off anyway I think, look at it this way would GNE really want to lose out on 3 days travel takings, which I assume would be quite a substantial amount of money for that small period.
As for who will operate the services if does go ahead I haven't a clue, I can see Nexus although some may say it nothing to do with them, stepping in and sorting it all out.
I would think Independent companies like Weardale would operate a few services if need be like what they do for Arriva on Boxing Day. I can also see Arriva operating some services as GNE operates some of there services on boxing day also, so they could return the favour so to speak.
Just going to have to wait and see what happens.
A strike is meant to cause as much havoc as possible so that a company sees the views of the employees. Wasn't there a strike in 2009 or so that caused Washington and Deptford to have a substantial amount of services cut off? Only the main services stayed on, but even they had their frequency reduced massively. Think that was something to do with drivers rejecting a 2% pay rise or something along those lines - they wanted a higher pay rise. I'm not sure what the result of the strike was (whether the drivers got their requested pay rise or had to stick with the 2%) but I'm fairly positive it would have been the former rather than the latter.
It's all to do with Nexus really. On Boxing Day, they're the ones that have the services secured for the day. They take them on, just ask for GNE or whoever else to operate them. If Nexus have the money to splash, they'll help members of the public out. All goes down well in their name at the end of the day, doesn't it? VOSA registrations though... Hmm...
(10 Mar 2013, 2:49 pm)idiot wrote anyone else think it should be 36x?! x36 hasn't not long being in use!
Always disliked having the 'X' at the end of the service number. Something about it really bugs me - doesn't quite have the same ring as the 'X' in front and then the number! Doubt it'll be confusing though - they barely follow the same route, do they?