Disruptions and driver shortages
Disruptions and driver shortages
(16 Sep 2022, 4:56 pm)Unber43 What a joke GNEI would say the entire timetabling of services could do with change. Few buses connect now with the cuts to services. It's a massive task, but one which would perhaps alleviate some of the frustration.
Delays/Cancellation all bloody day. These changes definitely did not improve reliability if anything they've made it worse.
Entire GNE Network needs re-scheduling.
65, X1, 4, 21, X21, 60, 25.
They're all over the place.
65 has been moved to Seaham for changeovers however why didn't they bring a bus which they could just take straight on the route as they're all late.
(16 Sep 2022, 4:56 pm)Unber43 What a joke GNEI would say the entire timetabling of services could do with change. Few buses connect now with the cuts to services. It's a massive task, but one which would perhaps alleviate some of the frustration.
Delays/Cancellation all bloody day. These changes definitely did not improve reliability if anything they've made it worse.
Entire GNE Network needs re-scheduling.
65, X1, 4, 21, X21, 60, 25.
They're all over the place.
65 has been moved to Seaham for changeovers however why didn't they bring a bus which they could just take straight on the route as they're all late.
Jesus the 21 on a match day is a dictionary definition of a route that cannot cope and needs support that it won’t get in the current climate.
(17 Sep 2022, 5:21 pm)Ambassador Jesus the 21 on a match day is a dictionary definition of a route that cannot cope and needs support that it won’t get in the current climate.
(17 Sep 2022, 5:21 pm)Ambassador Jesus the 21 on a match day is a dictionary definition of a route that cannot cope and needs support that it won’t get in the current climate.
(17 Sep 2022, 11:43 am)54APhotography I would say the entire timetabling of services could do with change. Few buses connect now with the cuts to services. It's a massive task, but one which would perhaps alleviate some of the frustration.
(17 Sep 2022, 11:43 am)54APhotography I would say the entire timetabling of services could do with change. Few buses connect now with the cuts to services. It's a massive task, but one which would perhaps alleviate some of the frustration.
Noticed today some of these "Agency Drivers" that GNE have brought in to cover the additional contracts they are operating, most noticeably Metro Replacements 900/X900 are using Drivers from Abellio London as two of the drivers I seen today both were wearing Abellio uniform, must be costing Go North East a significant amount of money for their wages/accommodation for the next 3 months.
Elsewhere the 21/X21 is just an utter joke with the amount of Angel/XLines X21's parked up in Gateshead Interchange at various points of the day due to services being cut short at Gateshead, feel sorry for those who are then left like waiting excessive periods time to end up like a tinned sardine on a bus that is then way beyond capacity, echoing the points of others the timetables across multiple routes are just not fit for purpose as they don't have enough running time and layover periods are tighter than nuns you know what causing service cancellations left, right and centre as the drivers physically can't do anything to keep to time due to elements such as the A1 Works impacting the 21/X21 at Peak Times.
Don't even get me started on Riversides Depot Allocator.
(17 Sep 2022, 8:16 pm)Malarkey Noticed today some of these "Agency Drivers" that GNE have brought in to cover the additional contracts they are operating, most noticeably Metro Replacements 900/X900 are using Drivers from Abellio London as two of the drivers I seen today both were wearing Abellio uniform, must be costing Go North East a significant amount of money for their wages/accommodation for the next 3 months.Riverside, Deptford, Washington allocations are all, all over the place.
Elsewhere the 21/X21 is just an utter joke with the amount of Angel/XLines X21's parked up in Gateshead Interchange at various points of the day due to services being cut short at Gateshead, feel sorry for those who are then left like waiting excessive periods time to end up like a tinned sardine on a bus that is then way beyond capacity, echoing the points of others the timetables across multiple routes are just not fit for purpose as they don't have enough running time and layover periods are tighter than nuns you know what causing service cancellations left, right and centre as the drivers physically can't do anything to keep to time due to elements such as the A1 Works impacting the 21/X21 at Peak Times.
Don't even get me started on Riversides Depot Allocator.
(17 Sep 2022, 8:16 pm)Malarkey Noticed today some of these "Agency Drivers" that GNE have brought in to cover the additional contracts they are operating, most noticeably Metro Replacements 900/X900 are using Drivers from Abellio London as two of the drivers I seen today both were wearing Abellio uniform, must be costing Go North East a significant amount of money for their wages/accommodation for the next 3 months.Riverside, Deptford, Washington allocations are all, all over the place.
Elsewhere the 21/X21 is just an utter joke with the amount of Angel/XLines X21's parked up in Gateshead Interchange at various points of the day due to services being cut short at Gateshead, feel sorry for those who are then left like waiting excessive periods time to end up like a tinned sardine on a bus that is then way beyond capacity, echoing the points of others the timetables across multiple routes are just not fit for purpose as they don't have enough running time and layover periods are tighter than nuns you know what causing service cancellations left, right and centre as the drivers physically can't do anything to keep to time due to elements such as the A1 Works impacting the 21/X21 at Peak Times.
Don't even get me started on Riversides Depot Allocator.
(17 Sep 2022, 8:16 pm)Malarkey Noticed today some of these "Agency Drivers" that GNE have brought in to cover the additional contracts they are operating, most noticeably Metro Replacements 900/X900 are using Drivers from Abellio London as two of the drivers I seen today both were wearing Abellio uniform, must be costing Go North East a significant amount of money for their wages/accommodation for the next 3 months.
Elsewhere the 21/X21 is just an utter joke with the amount of Angel/XLines X21's parked up in Gateshead Interchange at various points of the day due to services being cut short at Gateshead, feel sorry for those who are then left like waiting excessive periods time to end up like a tinned sardine on a bus that is then way beyond capacity, echoing the points of others the timetables across multiple routes are just not fit for purpose as they don't have enough running time and layover periods are tighter than nuns you know what causing service cancellations left, right and centre as the drivers physically can't do anything to keep to time due to elements such as the A1 Works impacting the 21/X21 at Peak Times.
Don't even get me started on Riversides Depot Allocator.
(17 Sep 2022, 8:16 pm)Malarkey Noticed today some of these "Agency Drivers" that GNE have brought in to cover the additional contracts they are operating, most noticeably Metro Replacements 900/X900 are using Drivers from Abellio London as two of the drivers I seen today both were wearing Abellio uniform, must be costing Go North East a significant amount of money for their wages/accommodation for the next 3 months.
Elsewhere the 21/X21 is just an utter joke with the amount of Angel/XLines X21's parked up in Gateshead Interchange at various points of the day due to services being cut short at Gateshead, feel sorry for those who are then left like waiting excessive periods time to end up like a tinned sardine on a bus that is then way beyond capacity, echoing the points of others the timetables across multiple routes are just not fit for purpose as they don't have enough running time and layover periods are tighter than nuns you know what causing service cancellations left, right and centre as the drivers physically can't do anything to keep to time due to elements such as the A1 Works impacting the 21/X21 at Peak Times.
Don't even get me started on Riversides Depot Allocator.
(17 Sep 2022, 8:16 pm)Malarkey Noticed today some of these "Agency Drivers" that GNE have brought in to cover the additional contracts they are operating, most noticeably Metro Replacements 900/X900 are using Drivers from Abellio London as two of the drivers I seen today both were wearing Abellio uniform, must be costing Go North East a significant amount of money for their wages/accommodation for the next 3 months.
Elsewhere the 21/X21 is just an utter joke with the amount of Angel/XLines X21's parked up in Gateshead Interchange at various points of the day due to services being cut short at Gateshead, feel sorry for those who are then left like waiting excessive periods time to end up like a tinned sardine on a bus that is then way beyond capacity, echoing the points of others the timetables across multiple routes are just not fit for purpose as they don't have enough running time and layover periods are tighter than nuns you know what causing service cancellations left, right and centre as the drivers physically can't do anything to keep to time due to elements such as the A1 Works impacting the 21/X21 at Peak Times.
Don't even get me started on Riversides Depot Allocator.
(17 Sep 2022, 8:16 pm)Malarkey Noticed today some of these "Agency Drivers" that GNE have brought in to cover the additional contracts they are operating, most noticeably Metro Replacements 900/X900 are using Drivers from Abellio London as two of the drivers I seen today both were wearing Abellio uniform, must be costing Go North East a significant amount of money for their wages/accommodation for the next 3 months.
Elsewhere the 21/X21 is just an utter joke with the amount of Angel/XLines X21's parked up in Gateshead Interchange at various points of the day due to services being cut short at Gateshead, feel sorry for those who are then left like waiting excessive periods time to end up like a tinned sardine on a bus that is then way beyond capacity, echoing the points of others the timetables across multiple routes are just not fit for purpose as they don't have enough running time and layover periods are tighter than nuns you know what causing service cancellations left, right and centre as the drivers physically can't do anything to keep to time due to elements such as the A1 Works impacting the 21/X21 at Peak Times.
Don't even get me started on Riversides Depot Allocator.
Yes those agency drivers are erm….well, an experience.
Pleasing to see the 82 doing well, I’ve used it a few times.
Re-the 21. It was running in 4s pre match and leaving Low Fell standing. The cannon looked like Eldon square bus station! The poor X12 was again full and standing from Allerdene. Post match, even at 6.30pm was just as bad, 3 angels filled up across 3 stands at ES leaving other city stops and Gateshead wanting….
In a fully staffed world you’d have 21s running to the Angel and back to pick up the slack from Durham Road. Alas in our current world we’ve got empty Angels in Gateshead and Streetlites running a service…
I’m not sure these short notice cancellations really make any sense. For instance the 20 today:
Prince Bishops 20:
The following full journeys will not operate
From Durham: 10:04, 15:04, 16:04, 17:14
From Langley Park: 10:37, 15:37, 16:37, 17:47
But how come there’s no journeys cancelled from Sunderland listed?
EDIT: before replying I’ve worked this one out I believe. Washington operate the Langley to Durham shorts on Sundays. But how confusing is that information on a public facing platform? It didn’t make much sense to me, let alone other passengers. You’d also be led to believe that Sunderland to Durham is running perfectly fine, which probably isn’t the case either.
Also the fact there’s a three hour gap in buses to/from Langley Park is a disgrace also.
(18 Sep 2022, 4:37 pm)Drifter60 I’m not sure these short notice cancellations really make any sense. For instance the 20 today:The 17:47 from Langley Park is the last service to Durham.
Prince Bishops 20:
The following full journeys will not operate
From Durham: 10:04, 15:04, 16:04, 17:14
From Langley Park: 10:37, 15:37, 16:37, 17:47
But how come there’s no journeys cancelled from Sunderland listed?
EDIT: before replying I’ve worked this one out I believe. Washington operate the Langley to Durham shorts on Sundays. But how confusing is that information on a public facing platform? It didn’t make much sense to me, let alone other passengers. You’d also be led to believe that Sunderland to Durham is running perfectly fine, which probably isn’t the case either.
Also the fact there’s a three hour gap in buses to/from Langley Park is a disgrace also.
(18 Sep 2022, 4:37 pm)Drifter60 I’m not sure these short notice cancellations really make any sense. For instance the 20 today:The 17:47 from Langley Park is the last service to Durham.
Prince Bishops 20:
The following full journeys will not operate
From Durham: 10:04, 15:04, 16:04, 17:14
From Langley Park: 10:37, 15:37, 16:37, 17:47
But how come there’s no journeys cancelled from Sunderland listed?
EDIT: before replying I’ve worked this one out I believe. Washington operate the Langley to Durham shorts on Sundays. But how confusing is that information on a public facing platform? It didn’t make much sense to me, let alone other passengers. You’d also be led to believe that Sunderland to Durham is running perfectly fine, which probably isn’t the case either.
Also the fact there’s a three hour gap in buses to/from Langley Park is a disgrace also.
(18 Sep 2022, 4:37 pm)Drifter60 I’m not sure these short notice cancellations really make any sense. For instance the 20 today:
Prince Bishops 20:
The following full journeys will not operate
From Durham: 10:04, 15:04, 16:04, 17:14
From Langley Park: 10:37, 15:37, 16:37, 17:47
But how come there’s no journeys cancelled from Sunderland listed?
EDIT: before replying I’ve worked this one out I believe. Washington operate the Langley to Durham shorts on Sundays. But how confusing is that information on a public facing platform? It didn’t make much sense to me, let alone other passengers. You’d also be led to believe that Sunderland to Durham is running perfectly fine, which probably isn’t the case either.
Also the fact there’s a three hour gap in buses to/from Langley Park is a disgrace also.
(18 Sep 2022, 4:37 pm)Drifter60 I’m not sure these short notice cancellations really make any sense. For instance the 20 today:
Prince Bishops 20:
The following full journeys will not operate
From Durham: 10:04, 15:04, 16:04, 17:14
From Langley Park: 10:37, 15:37, 16:37, 17:47
But how come there’s no journeys cancelled from Sunderland listed?
EDIT: before replying I’ve worked this one out I believe. Washington operate the Langley to Durham shorts on Sundays. But how confusing is that information on a public facing platform? It didn’t make much sense to me, let alone other passengers. You’d also be led to believe that Sunderland to Durham is running perfectly fine, which probably isn’t the case either.
Also the fact there’s a three hour gap in buses to/from Langley Park is a disgrace also.
(18 Sep 2022, 4:37 pm)Drifter60 I’m not sure these short notice cancellations really make any sense. For instance the 20 today:
Prince Bishops 20:
The following full journeys will not operate
From Durham: 10:04, 15:04, 16:04, 17:14
From Langley Park: 10:37, 15:37, 16:37, 17:47
But how come there’s no journeys cancelled from Sunderland listed?
EDIT: before replying I’ve worked this one out I believe. Washington operate the Langley to Durham shorts on Sundays. But how confusing is that information on a public facing platform? It didn’t make much sense to me, let alone other passengers. You’d also be led to believe that Sunderland to Durham is running perfectly fine, which probably isn’t the case either.
Also the fact there’s a three hour gap in buses to/from Langley Park is a disgrace also.
(18 Sep 2022, 4:37 pm)Drifter60 I’m not sure these short notice cancellations really make any sense. For instance the 20 today:
Prince Bishops 20:
The following full journeys will not operate
From Durham: 10:04, 15:04, 16:04, 17:14
From Langley Park: 10:37, 15:37, 16:37, 17:47
But how come there’s no journeys cancelled from Sunderland listed?
EDIT: before replying I’ve worked this one out I believe. Washington operate the Langley to Durham shorts on Sundays. But how confusing is that information on a public facing platform? It didn’t make much sense to me, let alone other passengers. You’d also be led to believe that Sunderland to Durham is running perfectly fine, which probably isn’t the case either.
Also the fact there’s a three hour gap in buses to/from Langley Park is a disgrace also.
Copy and paste with no proofreading on the page do we think….
After 3pm, please add any additional cancelled journeys in red and highlight any journeys you’ve managed to cover in green.
Very professional…..nearly as professional as not running an up to every 10 minute service for 45 minutes..seriously why is the point of Newcastle to Gateshead Angel runs?!
Glad they have. Eldest starts a new course in the morning and the bus he was going to catch is bloody cancelled.
Wasn’t sure where to put this but I’d like to report an anti GNE tree, it may be one of Malarkey’s or even Andreos tree variants.
See, GNE can’t serve High Street West at Gateshead because of a tree blocking the road,
However…this tree doesn’t seem to be attacking Arriva or JH Coaches who still serve the route.
I really hope this anti GNE tree can be restrained.
(22 Sep 2022, 10:14 pm)Ambassador Wasn’t sure where to put this but I’d like to report an anti GNE tree, it may be one of Malarkey’s or even Andreos tree variants.
See, GNE can’t serve High Street West at Gateshead because of a tree blocking the road,
However…this tree doesn’t seem to be attacking Arriva or JH Coaches who still serve the route.
I really hope this anti GNE tree can be restrained.
(22 Sep 2022, 10:14 pm)Ambassador Wasn’t sure where to put this but I’d like to report an anti GNE tree, it may be one of Malarkey’s or even Andreos tree variants.
See, GNE can’t serve High Street West at Gateshead because of a tree blocking the road,
However…this tree doesn’t seem to be attacking Arriva or JH Coaches who still serve the route.
I really hope this anti GNE tree can be restrained.
