(01 Dec 2014, 5:19 pm)Tom wrote Nothing about the Sunderland changes yet?
No, there has not been any registered changes regarding the proposed Sunderland changes.
Bus services should be registered with a minimum of 56 days notice to VOSA. There are a limited number of exceptions to this rule, but one would immediately assume that the postponement of registering the changes is linked to potential negative feedback following Go North East's consultation held at Park Lane earlier this month (this could be from customers or local councillors). This reasoning would not comply with any of the exceptions to the '56 day rule', meaning that it is unlikely that the changes will come into effect from late-January, as originally proposed.
Go North East likes to make service changes operational from Sundays, meaning that the earliest these service changes could now come into effect by is February 1st 2014. To meet this date, Go North East would have to register their revised bus services with VOSA before this Sunday.
This is, of course, assuming VOSA are on top of everything and there aren't any delays at their end with uploading them...