(23 Sep 2022, 8:47 am)streetdeckfan wrote Is there a reason the X21 wasn't transferred to Washington with the drivers?
(23 Sep 2022, 8:52 am)Dan wrote Efficiency and cost. It's more efficient to run the X21 from Riverside (with reliefs at Gateshead).One thing that annoys me is that 21/X21 change when coming back from newcastle southbound.
The remote reliefs are presumably factored into the tender price of the 25 and 28/29, and the 58 is a short-term thing (will eventually return to Riverside) until the staffing situation improves at Riverside.
(23 Sep 2022, 8:26 am)NL62WVW wrote 10 or 11 as far as I'm aware, most drivers on 21 were moves off the 6 & 12 rota it thinkAs Storkx (sorry if I got the name wrong) said I wouldn't want to drive down the A1 daily to work, especially with all the traffic.
(22 Sep 2022, 8:24 pm)Ambassador wrote There was indeed. Believe it was 6186.
Whilst 3 Angel branded streetdecks sat parked up at Gateshead Interchange which is now challenging heaven in the most amount of angels sitting around stakes.
I have noticed a lot of new drivers on the Angel lately and none of them seem to know the stop names (or passengers names for them) though it’s not helping when halfway through a run my CLS bound chariot is told he’s now going to Durham…
(23 Sep 2022, 8:58 am)Unber43 wrote One thing that annoys me is that 21/X21 change when coming back from newcastle southbound.
Why not just do it when its heading to newcaslte then they don't really need to waist time putting their code in, another thing is changing drivers going to Newcastle imo is better from a passenger perspective rather than waiting for two 21's then they just say Gateshead on the Display seems a bit pointless. Same for the 20, they now change drivers at Stand L, whereas if they changed from Stand E?, they could just but their code in when in Park Lane, instead of the driver having to put his code in for the 5 min journey between Stand E & Stand L.
As Storkx (sorry if I got the name wrong) said I wouldn't want to drive down the A1 daily to work, especially with all the traffic.
Does anyone know the Rota pattern for Gateshead now?
(23 Sep 2022, 8:58 am)Unber43 wrote One thing that annoys me is that 21/X21 change when coming back from newcastle southbound.
Why not just do it when its heading to newcaslte then they don't really need to waist time putting their code in, another thing is changing drivers going to Newcastle imo is better from a passenger perspective rather than waiting for two 21's then they just say Gateshead on the Display seems a bit pointless. Same for the 20, they now change drivers at Stand L, whereas if they changed from Stand E?, they could just but their code in when in Park Lane, instead of the driver having to put his code in for the 5 min journey between Stand E & Stand L.
(23 Sep 2022, 6:00 pm)mb134 wrote You realise drivers would have to log in to Ticketer northbound too, don't you?In my experience they normally don't change drivers till after that. While I get it might not be quicker at the other side of the road, its better than the 21 going into newcastle to only go to Gateshead then go NIS
People may want to catch the bus at Gateshead, so they'll need to be logged in for that alone. Aside from that, important messages are often communicated on Ticketer which could be essential to read ahead of that section of the journey. It's really not a long process to log into Ticketer, and if a driver is slow at it they're not going to get quicker on the other side of the road.
(27 Sep 2022, 8:52 pm)Drifter60 wrote At 8pm at night? I did think of that after I posted but thought they wouldn’t be driver change for the last short run of the dayWell, the only other reason is if the bus needed to be replaced or a new ticket machine was needed but I'm pretty sure that the 20:25 from Seaham to Hetton does change driver.