(28 Oct 2015, 5:39 am)nk55 wrote The X30/X31 can be allocated omnidekkas, but the low bridge at Dunston gives very little clearance, tridents, presisents & olympians are too big for that route.
(28 Oct 2015, 5:39 am)nk55 wrote The X30/X31 can be allocated omnidekkas, but the low bridge at Dunston gives very little clearance, tridents, presisents & olympians are too big for that route.
(28 Oct 2015, 11:28 am)Diamond One wrote Thought decker a can go on X30/X31 I've witnessed in the past although since Sunday this may not be the case of luck as I've looked at a previous post posted by Dan of all the PVR vehicles at Stanley now I need dans help of which ominidekka are getting branded and which ones are remaining red to be used on any service in case one of the branded vehicles is faulty
(28 Oct 2015, 2:07 pm)DanPicken wrote Traffics horrible on Handy Drive few drivers seeking alternatives behind Riverside and some running NIS.
NK08 MYG has been taken off the 27 with a flappy panel.
(28 Oct 2015, 9:06 am)Jackamcardle wrote It seems as though service 16 is a success too, at around 12:30pm on Monday it came in from Castleside full from end to end. It emptied out at Stanley and then the next load of passengers got on, which made it fill up again. With this service being every 15 minutes, I was very surprised to see it get full as I never have before on the diamond services when they were heading towards Durham.
However, I never really saw the V7/V8 get busy at the MetroCentre at peak times. I saw it full in the morning coming from Stanley but never coming from the Metro.
Service 6 was an overall success. It almost filled an OmniDekka coming out of Stanley which I was surprised to see as I would imagine that if passengers would want to get to Newcastle quicker they would get the X30 or the V7/V8 for a quicker alternative to the MetroCentre.
X30/X31 got really busy too.
(28 Oct 2015, 12:42 pm)nk55 wrote The metro radio bus (6133?) Wont be branded northern ( if that helps ), in the scheduled wrong workings a omnidekka runs an early am X31, but the only decker that will (without worry) go under the low bridge at dunston is the ommidekka ( marked as 13ft 11in ). If i remember correctly the bridge is 14ft 3in most deckers are 14ft 6in.
(28 Oct 2015, 7:18 pm)Michael wrote Spotted this on the GNE Facebook page
To have the 43/44 bus service reinstated.
https://www.change.org/p/go-north-east-t...=415067182&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_term=des-lg-share_petition-reason_msg&fb_ref=Default
(28 Oct 2015, 7:18 pm)Michael wrote Spotted this on the GNE Facebook page
To have the 43/44 bus service reinstated.
https://www.change.org/p/go-north-east-t...=415067182&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_term=des-lg-share_petition-reason_msg&fb_ref=Default
(28 Oct 2015, 7:58 pm)nk55 wrote Sunniside, front street & club still have the X30 to whickham, of course not to the stop at the very far end of whickham. Bizarre petition i think.
(28 Oct 2015, 8:02 pm)Michael wrote Think its about no buses going through Hobson industrial estate to.
I'll not be signing it, as i don't live in the area.
(28 Oct 2015, 8:37 pm)Venturego wrote Tonight at 8pm' ish noticed through Burnopfield Service 6 operated by Coast & Country Streetlite toward Newcastle; Service X70 operated by Durham Diamond Citaro toward Consett and a Service 6 operated by Toonlink Scania toward Stanley. Earlier the 6 to Newcastle was using the Beamish Streetlite. - This is a regular occurence on evenings (I have seen Coast & Country Streetlites on a number of occasions)
I would think depots should be either incentivised to allocate correct branded eqpt. to the designated routes, or penalised if they continue to mess about with putting any available bus on the route (if there is not a good reason for switch)
Marketing of branded routes will only suffer in the long term if customers (some elderly) get confused - especially when the route (43/44 - to New 6) has just been changed.
Living on the route, I would agree the changes have been disastrous. Not only is the Hobson (A692) no longer served, but when the Omnidekkas do operate the 6, they serve the housing estates in Lintz (Burnopfield) and Sunniside (Glebeway) - My point that deckers are not suitable for these sections (especially when 2 oncoming buses need to pass.
My thoughts would be to re-route the Venture solos (V7/V8) around these areas, giving the 6 more direct routing. Hobson would still be a problem, as is the reduction of the sevice 6 (43/44) to every 30 mins rather than 15 mins. Maybe in future equipment may change to new Streetlites at double the freequency, splitting the route at certain points. - Guess after only one week the service will have to be monitored a while longer before necessary changes are made though.
(28 Oct 2015, 8:37 pm)Venturego wrote Tonight at 8pm' ish noticed through Burnopfield Service 6 operated by Coast & Country Streetlite toward Newcastle; Service X70 operated by Durham Diamond Citaro toward Consett and a Service 6 operated by Toonlink Scania toward Stanley. Earlier the 6 to Newcastle was using the Beamish Streetlite. - This is a regular occurence on evenings (I have seen Coast & Country Streetlites on a number of occasions)
I would think depots should be either incentivised to allocate correct branded eqpt. to the designated routes, or penalised if they continue to mess about with putting any available bus on the route (if there is not a good reason for switch)
Marketing of branded routes will only suffer in the long term if customers (some elderly) get confused - especially when the route (43/44 - to New 6) has just been changed.