(29 Oct 2023, 1:04 am)Adrian wrote And it's far from an isolated incident. The company has been making bad decisions for more than a decade now.All the NE network from Whitby to Ashington needs to be under control of one company - I would call it Go North East (i think its the best name) and it needs to be all local councils coming together and building a decent network while keeping major flagship services connected, through branding and route numbers)
A rudderless ship; chopping and changing course, no real plan, and an ultimate destination that's a pipe dream.
The latest line seems to be that North East drivers aren't as productive as those elsewhere. It's a good job they don't do performance related pay, because with the current state of affairs, the directors would end up owing the company money.
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But we keep saying that, but really no bus comapany in the north east have changed their routes for current travel patterns really, its just fortunate that SCNE have a lot of inter city routes whereas GNE is more distance.
Arguably SC/GNE working together would be amazing keeping local links while expanding past the centre, where express can be created. I definately think Sunderland could be a real chance for that to happen.
There are so many good things you can do, bring back the X20, increase the 20/20A to every 10 mins combined you cna go into A690 estates connect Rainton Bridge etc and Durham.
56 could be a big one aswell around Town End Farm, I wonder if a possible 35 extension to Newcastle maybe a good thing take out the bit round Castletown (as the 8 goes there)