Your Travel Queries
Your Travel Queries
(05 Aug 2015, 8:43 pm)Andreos1 Hopefully you get a spare bus of some kind and not a purple Solar...
(05 Aug 2015, 8:43 pm)Andreos1 Hopefully you get a spare bus of some kind and not a purple Solar...
(05 Aug 2015, 9:10 pm)BusLoverMum That one's definitely al about the tunnel, rather than the bus. It's a fair few years since we last went through and neither boy has any memory of it.
(05 Aug 2015, 9:10 pm)BusLoverMum That one's definitely al about the tunnel, rather than the bus. It's a fair few years since we last went through and neither boy has any memory of it.
(05 Aug 2015, 9:12 pm)Tom Knowing my luck I'll have 5165 like the last time I went to Sunderland. Hopefully a double decker will be allocated for you, makes it even betterAnd knowing my luck 4992 or 5213 will turn up on the 20/20A again.
(05 Aug 2015, 9:12 pm)Tom Knowing my luck I'll have 5165 like the last time I went to Sunderland. Hopefully a double decker will be allocated for you, makes it even betterAnd knowing my luck 4992 or 5213 will turn up on the 20/20A again.
(05 Aug 2015, 9:18 pm)Tom Haha yeah, normally like the Solars but the PB ones are horrible.No idea what it is with the Price Bishops Solar's, all the ones I've seen recently, the backs of some of the seats are grey instead of blue and this is multiple seats on various PB Solar's.
(05 Aug 2015, 9:18 pm)Tom Haha yeah, normally like the Solars but the PB ones are horrible.No idea what it is with the Price Bishops Solar's, all the ones I've seen recently, the backs of some of the seats are grey instead of blue and this is multiple seats on various PB Solar's.
(05 Aug 2015, 9:21 pm)Tom They can't be worse than 5161 or 5162 surely?Not had either of them but they don't look or sound the best. If 6099/6100 could turn up, that would be lovely.
(05 Aug 2015, 9:21 pm)Tom They can't be worse than 5161 or 5162 surely?Not had either of them but they don't look or sound the best. If 6099/6100 could turn up, that would be lovely.
(05 Aug 2015, 9:22 pm)Andreos1 I was on 4991 or 2 the other day and noticed the grab rail on the back of a seat, held together with masking tape.Hate both of them, one of them was so bad I had to jump off at Houghton-le-Spring as it was that bad for rattles.
(05 Aug 2015, 9:22 pm)Andreos1 I was on 4991 or 2 the other day and noticed the grab rail on the back of a seat, held together with masking tape.Hate both of them, one of them was so bad I had to jump off at Houghton-le-Spring as it was that bad for rattles.
(05 Aug 2015, 9:22 pm)Andreos1 I was on 4991 or 2 the other day and noticed the grab rail on the back of a seat, held together with masking tape.
(05 Aug 2015, 9:22 pm)Andreos1 I was on 4991 or 2 the other day and noticed the grab rail on the back of a seat, held together with masking tape.
(25 Aug 2015, 11:16 am)DanPicken Do GNE serve Alpha and Thorntons.
(25 Aug 2015, 11:16 am)DanPicken Do GNE serve Alpha and Thorntons.
(25 Aug 2015, 12:25 pm)GX03 SVC Go North East's 19 service serves The Elephant Pub in Ashington, a fifteen minute walk from Boiler Road, where Thorntons yard is visible. An adult fare on Phoenix's service 30 between there and The Elephant is 60p, although if you walk - the 30 leaves Boiler Road at 15-20 past the hour, you can hail it there or a short walk to North Seaton Colliery and get on it from the bus stop. It's 80p to the bus station from there.Ok thanks Tommy.
As for Alpha's scrapyard, it's kind of out of the way, Dan or someone who has used the bus to there can point you in the right direction.
(25 Aug 2015, 12:25 pm)GX03 SVC Go North East's 19 service serves The Elephant Pub in Ashington, a fifteen minute walk from Boiler Road, where Thorntons yard is visible. An adult fare on Phoenix's service 30 between there and The Elephant is 60p, although if you walk - the 30 leaves Boiler Road at 15-20 past the hour, you can hail it there or a short walk to North Seaton Colliery and get on it from the bus stop. It's 80p to the bus station from there.Ok thanks Tommy.
As for Alpha's scrapyard, it's kind of out of the way, Dan or someone who has used the bus to there can point you in the right direction.
(25 Aug 2015, 11:16 am)DanPicken Do GNE serve Alpha and Thorntons.
(25 Aug 2015, 11:16 am)DanPicken Do GNE serve Alpha and Thorntons.
35/35a uses South Side, either catch it on the top of Alexandra Road or Northern Social Club or opposite South Side. I use it every time I collect parcels from the delivery office.
(25 Aug 2015, 7:01 pm)GX03 SVC 35/35a uses South Side, either catch it on the top of Alexandra Road or Northern Social Club or opposite South Side. I use it every time I collect parcels from the delivery office.
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Arriva North East: 1579 / NK64EEA by Daniel Graham, on Flickr![[Image: 15906647212_e3c566ee17.jpg]](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7514/15906647212_e3c566ee17.jpg)
Arriva North East: 1580 / NK64EEB by Daniel Graham, on Flickr
(25 Aug 2015, 7:01 pm)GX03 SVC 35/35a uses South Side, either catch it on the top of Alexandra Road or Northern Social Club or opposite South Side. I use it every time I collect parcels from the delivery office.
Arriva North East: 1579 / NK64EEA by Daniel Graham, on FlickrArriva North East: 1580 / NK64EEB by Daniel Graham, on Flickr
(25 Aug 2015, 6:54 pm)Dan As Tommy said above, "Cobalt Connect" service 19 would be your best bet to get to Thornton's on a Go North East service. However - if possible - I'd recommend using the more frequent 35 (not sure if the 35A stops here too or if it turns up South Side?) or X20 Arriva North East services. The 57 also stops at the location I've marked for the 35.Cant see the images as I'm on Tapatalk but is Thornton's in T&W may ditch Thornton's if its not sounds an arse to get to anyway.
Go North East's service 17 is your best bet for Alpha - see map below. This is also the boundary point for POP card validity, so you could get here no problem (even on Arriva's service 52 which stops at the same place). From Alpha Recovery towards the bus stop marked in green, you could also turn right and continue up the road up to Burradon, catching an Arriva X4/X5 to Newcastle or a Go North East 353 to Newcastle Airport. I've done all of these options before - it's about a 5-10 minute walk to the bus stop for service 17 and a 10-15 minute walk to the bus stop for the X4/X5.
(25 Aug 2015, 6:54 pm)Dan As Tommy said above, "Cobalt Connect" service 19 would be your best bet to get to Thornton's on a Go North East service. However - if possible - I'd recommend using the more frequent 35 (not sure if the 35A stops here too or if it turns up South Side?) or X20 Arriva North East services. The 57 also stops at the location I've marked for the 35.Cant see the images as I'm on Tapatalk but is Thornton's in T&W may ditch Thornton's if its not sounds an arse to get to anyway.
Go North East's service 17 is your best bet for Alpha - see map below. This is also the boundary point for POP card validity, so you could get here no problem (even on Arriva's service 52 which stops at the same place). From Alpha Recovery towards the bus stop marked in green, you could also turn right and continue up the road up to Burradon, catching an Arriva X4/X5 to Newcastle or a Go North East 353 to Newcastle Airport. I've done all of these options before - it's about a 5-10 minute walk to the bus stop for service 17 and a 10-15 minute walk to the bus stop for the X4/X5.
(25 Aug 2015, 7:04 pm)Dan Caught service 35 from both of the green stops marked on the map previously. It's six and two threes really, no massive difference.
(25 Aug 2015, 7:04 pm)Dan Caught service 35 from both of the green stops marked on the map previously. It's six and two threes really, no massive difference.
