(15 Oct 2015, 7:12 am)idiot wrote Clearly North Sunderland
Great minds
I resisted the urge to comment and say the very same thing, when Michael posted his question.
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(13 Oct 2015, 8:40 pm)Dan wrote There is a fine balance between providing a fast journey time and actually picking passengers up..!
If very few passengers get on/off at Hobson, it's pointless running a service through there, when running a service nearby could benefit other passengers instead, where there is greater demand.
(15 Oct 2015, 11:19 am)grandad wrote This suggests that GNE exists purely to make money with no regard for public service. To chop the service between Pickering Nook and Crookgate Bank Top will cause considerable inconvenience to a relatively small group of passengers. An hourly 6A via Hobson would not detract from the service provided to Burnopfield village. The same number of passengers would travel with very little inconvenience.
Similarly, GNE refuses to consider diverting service 46 from Shotley Bridge via Daisy Hill, Medomsley Village rejoining the main Red Kite route at Hamsterley Mill. Granted, it would reduce the service through Low Westwood to half-hourly but the same number of passengers would travel and the diverted service could pick up a small number of extra passengers. Requires no alteration to the overall timetable.
I could also go on about the lack of any service between Stanley and Consett after about 20:30 ........
All this does is strengthen the case for Quality Contracts.
(15 Oct 2015, 3:27 pm)LeeCalder wrote Superb point.
I also made a point of this this morning on Facebook;
"After reading into the Go North East service changes in detail...
I can safely say that they are for profit only. It might sound stupid because that's what they are supposed to do, make money, however, some of the changes are clearly just for profit and they haven't thought about the customer at all.
Finally, it is very obvious that they haven't used any of the survey responses when making the service changes"
(15 Oct 2015, 3:29 pm)DanPicken wrote They never do.
(15 Oct 2015, 3:54 pm)Dan wrote What sort of evidence do you have to back up this silly assumption?
Why some bus enthusiasts assume a bus operator would change a set of services to go against their customer feedback is beyond me, as these people could then look for an alternative means of travel which would result in less profit for the company...
(15 Oct 2015, 3:56 pm)DanPicken wrote All these X3 and X36 changes.
(15 Oct 2015, 3:57 pm)Dan wrote And what proof do you have which shows that more people wanted to keep the X3 in (what was at the time) its present format, rather than introducing the X36?
(16 Oct 2015, 10:52 am)Michael wrote New 28/28A timetable is now online for changes on the 25th October - http://www.simplygo.com/download/publication/73006.44
Had a look - can't see any changes, can anyone else?
(16 Oct 2015, 10:58 am)Dan wrote From this date, the 28/28A services are revised to operate into Beamish Museum grounds on any day when the museum is open (all days Easter to October, and Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Saturday/Sunday only between November and Easter).
(16 Oct 2015, 10:58 am)Dan wrote From this date, the 28/28A services are revised to operate into Beamish Museum grounds on any day when the museum is open (all days Easter to October, and Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Saturday/Sunday only between November and Easter).
Note the key at the bottom of the timetable which states "Beamish Museum Entrance is served on all days when the museum is open."
(16 Oct 2015, 3:13 pm)DanPicken wrote Is there any images of the 28B?
(16 Oct 2015, 3:16 pm)Dan wrote I have two photographs of the 28B service - the old and present allocation - although neither are great as they were taken with my old camera which doesn't take night shots as well as my DSLR.
Go North East: 4984 / R972FNW by Daniel Graham, on Flickr
Go North East: 4957 / NL52WVN by Daniel Graham, on Flickr
I may get a photograph of this working tomorrow night, given that I'll be in the area...
(15 Oct 2015, 3:36 pm)S813 FVK wrote Services 15/15A will be diverted between Lanchester and Leadgate for 7 days because the A691 will be closed for resurfacing work from 22/10/15.