(29 May 2024, 11:09 pm)Ambassador wrote Yeah there’s an angel with an orange display, it really stands out.
When you see where the cuts/ departures from GNE are it makes you wonder the direction of travel.
Re cleaners, yes, I recall the guy at Haymarket, the old Eldon square had one too. The X66 used to be cleaned after every run at Gateshead too.
Outside looking in these days(!), it would seem there is a big focus on marketing campaigns to attract back passengers in a post-strike world, but little regard for the brilliant basics or any kind of quality.
Appreciate it won’t be a view shared by many on this forum, but I for one am glad to see continued stability of the network allowing customers to re-gain confidence. I do wonder for how much longer this can be sustained.
With registration deadline looming for the fixed service change date in July, it will be interesting to see if there is any further enhancement to the network in terms of frequency, supported using BSIP funding.
There seems to be a big issue with vehicle availability, despite running an excess number of spare vehicles. This indicates a shortage of engineering staff which explains why “serviceable” defects such as destination displays are being allowed to run for months on end without being repaired.
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