Gateshead Central Taxis
Gateshead Central Taxis
(17 May 2020, 10:33 pm)N1cholas Must say the E200MMCs look smart in those colours
(17 May 2020, 11:59 pm)Jimmi I'm guessing the large gap on service 83 on Sundays is caused by temporary timetables from Go North East because of COVID-19?
I've checked BusTimes website and they do indicate that there is a 19.50 departure from the Galleries on Sunday evenings on service 83: https://bustimes.org/services/83-washing...2020-05-24
(18 May 2020, 8:32 am)LeeCalder First 82 of the evening didn't serve Barley Mow, and the second didn't run at all (or took a magical mystery tour through Birtley).
At least two 85's ran through Ayton instead of Oxclose, and the 86 was serving Waterview Park all evening.
Good start.
(18 May 2020, 9:17 am)idiot So much negativity for them. Give them a chance. Gne can't run the rough with the smooth...
(18 May 2020, 9:34 am)LeeCalder I'd like to think they'd have been prepared having been awarded such an extensive network of contracts.
(17 May 2020, 10:33 pm)N1cholas Must say the E200MMCs look smart in those colours
(17 May 2020, 11:59 pm)Jimmi I'm guessing the large gap on service 83 on Sundays is caused by temporary timetables from Go North East because of COVID-19?
I've checked BusTimes website and they do indicate that there is a 19.50 departure from the Galleries on Sunday evenings on service 83: https://bustimes.org/services/83-washing...2020-05-24
(18 May 2020, 8:32 am)LeeCalder First 82 of the evening didn't serve Barley Mow, and the second didn't run at all (or took a magical mystery tour through Birtley).
At least two 85's ran through Ayton instead of Oxclose, and the 86 was serving Waterview Park all evening.
Good start.
(18 May 2020, 9:17 am)idiot So much negativity for them. Give them a chance. Gne can't run the rough with the smooth...
(18 May 2020, 9:34 am)LeeCalder I'd like to think they'd have been prepared having been awarded such an extensive network of contracts.
(18 May 2020, 9:53 am)Adrian I don't think the timetable on the Nexus website is a temporary one though, more so a mistake? GCT ran at least one of those runs not listed in the timetable on the 83.
(18 May 2020, 9:53 am)Adrian I don't think the timetable on the Nexus website is a temporary one though, more so a mistake? GCT ran at least one of those runs not listed in the timetable on the 83.
Quite a few peed off punters looking at facebook. Also saw that someone wanted to pay contactless, was refused as they don't have contactless ticket machines and had to pay £3 for a £2.30 since they're operating a no change policy as well.
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(18 May 2020, 11:08 am)Jimmi I don't know the Washington IndiGo network but when I said temporary timetable I was referring to the commercial daytime journeys operated by Go North East, is the 83 normally every 2 hours during the daytime? From what I've seen Nexus has been displaying the timetables for the temporary service levels on their website.81-84 all operate two hourly on emergency timetable. This keeps an hourly service across the joint sections of the route
If going off the times displayed on BusTimes then the 19.50 journey from Washington does actually exist on a Sunday but has mistakenly been omitted from Nexus' timetable.
(18 May 2020, 11:08 am)Jimmi I don't know the Washington IndiGo network but when I said temporary timetable I was referring to the commercial daytime journeys operated by Go North East, is the 83 normally every 2 hours during the daytime? From what I've seen Nexus has been displaying the timetables for the temporary service levels on their website.81-84 all operate two hourly on emergency timetable. This keeps an hourly service across the joint sections of the route
If going off the times displayed on BusTimes then the 19.50 journey from Washington does actually exist on a Sunday but has mistakenly been omitted from Nexus' timetable.
(18 May 2020, 11:31 am)6049 Quite a few peed off punters looking at facebook. Also saw that someone wanted to pay contactless, was refused as they don't have contactless ticket machines and had to pay £3 for a £2.30 since they're operating a no change policy as well.Incorrect. Drivers should be giving change, if they have it, but drivers are NOT given a float.
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(18 May 2020, 11:31 am)6049 Quite a few peed off punters looking at facebook. Also saw that someone wanted to pay contactless, was refused as they don't have contactless ticket machines and had to pay £3 for a £2.30 since they're operating a no change policy as well.Incorrect. Drivers should be giving change, if they have it, but drivers are NOT given a float.
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(18 May 2020, 5:00 pm)park5354 Incorrect. Drivers should be giving change, if they have it, but drivers are NOT given a float.
(18 May 2020, 5:00 pm)park5354 Incorrect. Drivers should be giving change, if they have it, but drivers are NOT given a float.
(18 May 2020, 5:00 pm)park5354 Incorrect. Drivers should be giving change, if they have it, but drivers are NOT given a float.
(18 May 2020, 5:00 pm)park5354 Incorrect. Drivers should be giving change, if they have it, but drivers are NOT given a float.
Don't GCT use Ticketer machines?
I'd imagine it would be relatively simple for them to set up contactless payments, so I'd imagine it's purely down to the ~2-3% transaction fee that they're not taking them.
(18 May 2020, 8:01 pm)LeeCalder First 82 of the day, and the incorrect route taken in Barley Mow, missing out bus stops.Not to be funny, but did you honestly expect it to be any different?
One of which someone was at.
First two days and we’ve had a no-show, and three take an incorrect route.
(18 May 2020, 8:01 pm)LeeCalder First 82 of the day, and the incorrect route taken in Barley Mow, missing out bus stops.Not to be funny, but did you honestly expect it to be any different?
One of which someone was at.
First two days and we’ve had a no-show, and three take an incorrect route.
(18 May 2020, 7:22 pm)Dan If the company doesn't provide a float but are required to give change, then shouldn't they be sourcing their own? I know many well-prepared drivers at larger operators tend to provide their own float, over and above the company allocated float.GNE drivers get £20 as you know, I tend to carry £5-£10 extra depending on how much I've been dipping into it at the coffee machine
(18 May 2020, 7:22 pm)Dan If the company doesn't provide a float but are required to give change, then shouldn't they be sourcing their own? I know many well-prepared drivers at larger operators tend to provide their own float, over and above the company allocated float.GNE drivers get £20 as you know, I tend to carry £5-£10 extra depending on how much I've been dipping into it at the coffee machine
(18 May 2020, 8:03 pm)streetdeckfan Not to be funny, but did you honestly expect it to be any different?
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(18 May 2020, 8:03 pm)streetdeckfan Not to be funny, but did you honestly expect it to be any different?
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(18 May 2020, 8:14 pm)LeeCalder No I didn’t. But what different should that make to a regular passenger.Exactly my point. The fact is GCT are well known for doing this time and time again, and yet they keep getting awarded contracts.
Try telling that to Val stood at the bus stop waiting for it.
So, not to be funny, but the service should be reliable regardless.
(18 May 2020, 8:14 pm)LeeCalder No I didn’t. But what different should that make to a regular passenger.Exactly my point. The fact is GCT are well known for doing this time and time again, and yet they keep getting awarded contracts.
Try telling that to Val stood at the bus stop waiting for it.
So, not to be funny, but the service should be reliable regardless.
(18 May 2020, 7:39 pm)streetdeckfan Don't GCT use Ticketer machines?
I'd imagine it would be relatively simple for them to set up contactless payments, so I'd imagine it's purely down to the ~2-3% transaction fee that they're not taking them.
(18 May 2020, 7:39 pm)streetdeckfan Don't GCT use Ticketer machines?
I'd imagine it would be relatively simple for them to set up contactless payments, so I'd imagine it's purely down to the ~2-3% transaction fee that they're not taking them.
(18 May 2020, 8:25 pm)Jimmi Haven't been on one of their buses in a while but it's likely they may have the Ticketer machines that don't facilitate contactless payments.
(18 May 2020, 8:40 pm)streetdeckfan I thought all Ticketer machines were smart card/contactless enabledThey can scan concession passes and the like but not Contactless (the one's I'm talking about).