(14 Sep 2013, 6:37 pm)CatsFast101 wrote What bus/service was involved in the incident beside the stadium of light? And it's about time Go North East sorted out the links they post. http://www.simplygo.com/view-all-timetab...rds=durham&timetable_keywordsTo= advertising what bus services serve 'Durham' and as everyone knows the X9/5/X30/38/X7 serve Durham too, well they do now!
And 544 has always sounded very unhealthy, often on the 238's and it sounds terrible I actually couldn't hear my friend who was sitting next to me! Very loud and tired.
(12 Sep 2013, 8:51 pm)Andreos1 wrote If the majority (and I'm guessing they are) of people using the train from Hexham live in the outlying villages and are forced to drive into Hexham due to the lack of public transport in those areas, is the bus the better alternative?
It would be interesting to see the amount of train passengers who have season tickets too.
I'm not knocking the tynedalexpress, far from it. The more public transport, the better.
(14 Sep 2013, 8:15 pm)BJ10VUS wrote The display for the new Hexham express services is quite funky - much more eye-catching than the more conventional display.That's me!
Photo by: Sean Harris
http://www.flickr.com/photos/northern156/9740966359/
(14 Sep 2013, 9:00 pm)busman101 wrote Without joining the mass debate between you and eezypeazy, the season ticket data is workout-able from the published rail ticket data set and it's not as huge as you'd think. It is a good point that there is a fair number of people who get dropped off at the station, but there's a lot more that make their way to the bus station. The rural bits around Hexham have never really been blessed with great public transport as there's not enough folk to make it pay unfortunately.
(12 Sep 2013, 8:30 pm)busman101 wrote Hold up - I'm just suggesting that bus is much cheaper than the train ! Plus there's a Market in Hexham every Tuesday !!!
(15 Sep 2013, 11:24 am)W179SCU wrote I don't think the 307 will last for much longer. It has been empty since Arriva introduced the 51 (running about 10-15 mins ahead of the 307).
The X3/X36 is another service that I think will be withdrawn. The bus is usually full of OAPs. The two I saw weren't very good. The X36 was a bit better, but the X3 only had 4 passengers leaving Eldon Sqaure.
The 58 has very poor passenger numbers between Hadrian Park and Newcastle too. It only ever picks up at Hadrian Park, and never normally picks up anywhere else along the route which is a shame. I'd think more people would use it as it stops right in the centre of Newcastle, rather than Haymarket, but no. It is generally busy between Newcastle and Heworth though!
(15 Sep 2013, 11:24 am)W179SCU wrote The 58 has very poor passenger numbers between Hadrian Park and Newcastle too. It only ever picks up at Hadrian Park, and never normally picks up anywhere else along the route which is a shame. I'd think more people would use it as it stops right in the centre of Newcastle, rather than Haymarket, but no. It is generally busy between Newcastle and Heworth though!
(15 Sep 2013, 11:41 am)BJ10VUS wrote I think they should withdraw the 58 beyond Newcastle and re-route a 309 or 310 through Hadrian Park instead. Then, I believe service 57 should be increased back to every 15 minutes, as from what I found, service 58 did increase in passenger numbers when the 57 was cut back to every 20 minutes.
(15 Sep 2013, 12:02 pm)big mac wrote Does the 57 really need to be every 15 minutes, because a lot of its route has another frequent bus service duplicating it? You've got the 56 along Old Durham Road every ten minutes, and the 58 every ten minutes around Leam Lane Estate and Fewster Square. The only place where the 57 is the only choice for passengers is Sundew Road in Beacon Lough, where I think a frequency of every 20 mins is acceptable.
(15 Sep 2013, 12:02 pm)big mac wrote Does the 57 really need to be every 15 minutes, because a lot of its route has another frequent bus service duplicating it? You've got the 56 along Old Durham Road every ten minutes, and the 58 every ten minutes around Leam Lane Estate and Fewster Square. The only place where the 57 is the only choice for passengers is Sundew Road in Beacon Lough, where I think a frequency of every 20 mins is acceptable.
(15 Sep 2013, 12:10 pm)aureolin wrote There's more than enough congestion on the 56 already, especially along Old Durham Road. which tells me that the 57 is needed at least at it's current frequency. Maybe this will change when the 56 gets it's supposed deckers - who knows.
(15 Sep 2013, 12:10 pm)aureolin wrote There's more than enough congestion on the 56 already, especially along Old Durham Road. which tells me that the 57 is needed at least at it's current frequency. Maybe this will change when the 56 gets it's supposed deckers - who knows.
(15 Sep 2013, 12:10 pm)eezypeazy wrote Anyone know if any other Nexus service fares increasing tomorrow?
(15 Sep 2013, 1:08 pm)W179SCU wrote I think splitting the 56 up in someway could work. It is defiantly more busy Newcastle-Concord, so maybe have a 56 Newcastle-Concord, 56A Concord--Sunderland? I highly doubt many people, if any, would use the service for the whole route.
I know the 56 was running a bit late yesterday, but there wasn't a big delay.
(15 Sep 2013, 1:08 pm)W179SCU wrote I think splitting the 56 up in someway could work. It is defiantly more busy Newcastle-Concord, so maybe have a 56 Newcastle-Concord, 56A Concord--Sunderland? I highly doubt many people, if any, would use the service for the whole route.
I know the 56 was running a bit late yesterday, but there wasn't a big delay.
(15 Sep 2013, 1:29 pm)citaro5284 wrote What about the Nexus contracts that the double deckers are used on (ie Scholars). They cannot operate a Solar on them as they will be hit with a fine from Nexus for wrong vehicle used.