(12 May 2023, 8:53 pm)Economic505 wrote Bring back Nexus of pre 1986 , better known as the PTE. It had teeth and power, until
Thatcher’s 1985 Transport Act destroyed Public Transport.  ( enacted 1986).

Can't disagree really to be fair.

(12 May 2023, 9:00 pm)solsburian wrote This quote from a 2016 Chronicle article about the 20th Anniversary of the Nexus brand, from Andy Bairstow, who was the PTEs head of marketing in the 90s is rather ironic:


The irony is many people today probably think Nexus is still exactly like that, and probably far worse. IMO the Nexus brand, just like Arriva, Connex and Consignia brands, was more about attempting to promote style over substance. Anyhow I digress.

The sad thing is for it's first 10 year or so it was actually alright, massive extension, few new bus stations etc. but it's just gone to pot. It's ever since they done the North Shields refurb, everything after that has been a shambles, delayed or over budget. I know there's been budget cuts but it doesn't excuse the Tyne Tunnel Pedestrian being delayed by god knows how long (it's still not finished), losing the budget for the ferry pier as they ran out of time, half the stations still not being refurbished (painting things black isn't a refurb) etc.

It's sad, places like Manchester are street years ahead and don't get me started on POP and their web presence which looks like it was built in 1996. It's really hard to think of 1 good thing they've done in the past 5 years and that's not even sarcastic - it really is.