Disruptions and driver shortages
Disruptions and driver shortages
(02 Oct 2022, 4:16 pm)streetdeckfan Only if I can keep bringing up how canny Liz Truss is, and how she actually has a plan...
(02 Oct 2022, 4:44 pm)MurdnunoC There's an extra £30 surcharge for that particular fetish, but I'm willing to accommodate
(02 Oct 2022, 4:16 pm)streetdeckfan Only if I can keep bringing up how canny Liz Truss is, and how she actually has a plan...
(02 Oct 2022, 4:44 pm)MurdnunoC There's an extra £30 surcharge for that particular fetish, but I'm willing to accommodate
(02 Oct 2022, 4:16 pm)streetdeckfan Only if I can keep bringing up how canny Liz Truss is, and how she actually has a plan...
(02 Oct 2022, 4:16 pm)streetdeckfan Only if I can keep bringing up how canny Liz Truss is, and how she actually has a plan...
(02 Oct 2022, 1:10 pm)Unber43 Its the same when they put out
we are experiencing high passenger levels and traffic congestion our services are experiencing delays upto 45 mins
I mean thats great, but where, will my service be affected? Will Services be cancelled? Are they turning at Gateshead (unannounced a lot do).
Saturday was just a catastrophe as you say before the football match in Sunderland and the Protest in newcastle. Both were planned.
Its again bad planning.
(02 Oct 2022, 1:10 pm)Unber43 Its the same when they put out
we are experiencing high passenger levels and traffic congestion our services are experiencing delays upto 45 mins
I mean thats great, but where, will my service be affected? Will Services be cancelled? Are they turning at Gateshead (unannounced a lot do).
Saturday was just a catastrophe as you say before the football match in Sunderland and the Protest in newcastle. Both were planned.
Its again bad planning.
(02 Oct 2022, 7:38 pm)Storx Just curious what's this plan since you seem to have an idea?Well Ill start with the easy ones.
You've got no extra drivers to do this plan either since there isn't any.
The literal only 'plan' would be to cancel the 56 outright from Newcastle to Wrekenton and make people change buses but I know that wouldn't be popular and rightly so as the other end of the route was more important yesterday or just cancel everything else at Deptford which again wouldn't be popular and rightly so.
(02 Oct 2022, 7:38 pm)Storx Just curious what's this plan since you seem to have an idea?Well Ill start with the easy ones.
You've got no extra drivers to do this plan either since there isn't any.
The literal only 'plan' would be to cancel the 56 outright from Newcastle to Wrekenton and make people change buses but I know that wouldn't be popular and rightly so as the other end of the route was more important yesterday or just cancel everything else at Deptford which again wouldn't be popular and rightly so.
(02 Oct 2022, 7:16 pm)omnicity4659 clearly the X21 isn't as much of a problem as you make it out to be!
(02 Oct 2022, 7:16 pm)omnicity4659 clearly the X21 isn't as much of a problem as you make it out to be!
(02 Oct 2022, 7:48 pm)Unber43 Well Ill start with the easy ones.
65 - a Driver will come in a Streetlite to change drivers so they can leave ontime.
20 - Curb that at Park Lane
X45 - Curb that at Consett
16 - Terminate at Consett
Really there isn't a lot you can do without adding anymore drivers, but I personally would rather have 4 more cancelled services than 4 sorry but due to a delayed X the X service won't run to X.
I understand delays happen, however when GNE twitter page is like 1 breakdown for every 6 delayed operation (probably more) tweets it gets a bit ridiculous.
(02 Oct 2022, 7:48 pm)Unber43 Well Ill start with the easy ones.
65 - a Driver will come in a Streetlite to change drivers so they can leave ontime.
20 - Curb that at Park Lane
X45 - Curb that at Consett
16 - Terminate at Consett
Really there isn't a lot you can do without adding anymore drivers, but I personally would rather have 4 more cancelled services than 4 sorry but due to a delayed X the X service won't run to X.
I understand delays happen, however when GNE twitter page is like 1 breakdown for every 6 delayed operation (probably more) tweets it gets a bit ridiculous.
(02 Oct 2022, 7:48 pm)Unber43 Well Ill start with the easy ones.
65 - a Driver will come in a Streetlite to change drivers so they can leave ontime.
20 - Curb that at Park Lane
X45 - Curb that at Consett
16 - Terminate at Consett
Really there isn't a lot you can do without adding anymore drivers, but I personally would rather have 4 more cancelled services than 4 sorry but due to a delayed X the X service won't run to X.
I understand delays happen, however when GNE twitter page is like 1 breakdown for every 6 delayed operation (probably more) tweets it gets a bit ridiculous.
(02 Oct 2022, 7:48 pm)Unber43 Well Ill start with the easy ones.
65 - a Driver will come in a Streetlite to change drivers so they can leave ontime.
20 - Curb that at Park Lane
X45 - Curb that at Consett
16 - Terminate at Consett
Really there isn't a lot you can do without adding anymore drivers, but I personally would rather have 4 more cancelled services than 4 sorry but due to a delayed X the X service won't run to X.
I understand delays happen, however when GNE twitter page is like 1 breakdown for every 6 delayed operation (probably more) tweets it gets a bit ridiculous.
(02 Oct 2022, 9:07 pm)Storx Can't say much on the operations on the 65 but the other 3 would barely make a difference 5 minutes max.Thats what I was saying layover times really.
Like yesterday it's hard to tell where the delays were going to be, it was always obvious that there was going to be problems on the 56 but where do you cancel them. The 5/9/24 had issues aswell but again there's not much you can really do.
The bigger problems with GNE is the timetables are way too tight but then your stuck in a circle if you add minutes on it's more PVR and there's no-one to drive it. Some routes, the X21 in particular, have stupidly short layover times with only 4 minutes at each end and most routes are similar.
(02 Oct 2022, 9:07 pm)Storx Can't say much on the operations on the 65 but the other 3 would barely make a difference 5 minutes max.Thats what I was saying layover times really.
Like yesterday it's hard to tell where the delays were going to be, it was always obvious that there was going to be problems on the 56 but where do you cancel them. The 5/9/24 had issues aswell but again there's not much you can really do.
The bigger problems with GNE is the timetables are way too tight but then your stuck in a circle if you add minutes on it's more PVR and there's no-one to drive it. Some routes, the X21 in particular, have stupidly short layover times with only 4 minutes at each end and most routes are similar.
It seems GCT have gone to pot yet again, incidentally coinciding with their recent contract wins (67/69, 82A etc.).
The 335 seems to be the worst effected - 3 hour gaps this evening. I've stopped using it as the reliability has been shocking over the past few weeks.
Pointless complaining to Nexus, more use talking to a brick wall.
(03 Oct 2022, 5:35 pm)Thomas12 It seems GCT have gone to pot yet again, incidentally coinciding with their recent contract wins (67/69, 82A etc.).
The 335 seems to be the worst effected - 3 hour gaps this evening. I've stopped using it as the reliability has been shocking over the past few weeks.
Pointless complaining to Nexus, more use talking to a brick wall.
(03 Oct 2022, 5:35 pm)Thomas12 It seems GCT have gone to pot yet again, incidentally coinciding with their recent contract wins (67/69, 82A etc.).
The 335 seems to be the worst effected - 3 hour gaps this evening. I've stopped using it as the reliability has been shocking over the past few weeks.
Pointless complaining to Nexus, more use talking to a brick wall.
(03 Oct 2022, 11:42 pm)Dan It’ll be fun when they start operation of the Durham Park & Ride in a few weeks…
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(03 Oct 2022, 11:42 pm)Dan It’ll be fun when they start operation of the Durham Park & Ride in a few weeks…
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(03 Oct 2022, 11:43 pm)streetdeckfan Do we know what vehicles they'll be using?
(03 Oct 2022, 11:43 pm)streetdeckfan Do we know what vehicles they'll be using?
(03 Oct 2022, 11:42 pm)Dan It’ll be fun when they start operation of the Durham Park & Ride in a few weeks…Oh, blimey :s
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(03 Oct 2022, 11:42 pm)Dan It’ll be fun when they start operation of the Durham Park & Ride in a few weeks…Oh, blimey :s
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I see the infamous anti GNE tree still hasn’t been removed from High St West
Have gne got such dwindling influence they can even get gateshead council to trim a few branches
(06 Oct 2022, 9:42 pm)Ambassador I see the infamous anti GNE tree still hasn’t been removed from High St WestAre they still going down Gateshead High Street.
Have gne got such dwindling influence they can even get gateshead council to trim a few branches
(07 Oct 2022, 3:23 pm)BusLoverMum #bestever
(07 Oct 2022, 3:23 pm)BusLoverMum #bestever