GNE Private Hires
GNE Private Hires
(17 Jun 2022, 4:23 pm)Unber43 Does anyone know why 6178/9 are on there way to Houghton from Seaham?
If it's on national express it used to depart 2200 hrs on return journey with a crew change at Washington services
I take some of these rail covers done by GNE arent previously planned so do they just get driver volunteers or is there someone on standby for any hires GNE might get, for these rail replacements they must have a satnav right as I wouldn't expect drivers to known Newcastle - Edinbrough route, as they come from Depford a lot of the time where National Express don't operate.
(18 Nov 2022, 8:26 pm)Unber43 7132 is currently making it way to presumably Edinburgh, so when the coach gets there does the driver stay over night in a hotel or comes back down on the same night?
(18 Nov 2022, 8:26 pm)Unber43 7132 is currently making it way to presumably Edinburgh, so when the coach gets there does the driver stay over night in a hotel or comes back down on the same night?
(18 Nov 2022, 10:32 pm)nova347 I take some of these rail covers done by GNE arent previously planned so do they just get driver volunteers or is there someone on standby for any hires GNE might get, for these rail replacements they must have a satnav right as I wouldn't expect drivers to known Newcastle - Edinbrough route, as they come from Depford a lot of the time where National Express don't operate.
(18 Nov 2022, 10:32 pm)nova347 I take some of these rail covers done by GNE arent previously planned so do they just get driver volunteers or is there someone on standby for any hires GNE might get, for these rail replacements they must have a satnav right as I wouldn't expect drivers to known Newcastle - Edinbrough route, as they come from Depford a lot of the time where National Express don't operate.
(19 Nov 2022, 1:00 am)Dan No, GNE isn’t actively bidding for any pre-planned rail replacement work given the driver shortage. This was an emergency replacement for Lumo.Was that your sexy face i saw in MG's tweet
Whilst the coach came from Deptford, the driver did not! I can drive from Newcastle to Edinburgh without a sat nav, no problem.
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(19 Nov 2022, 1:00 am)Dan No, GNE isn’t actively bidding for any pre-planned rail replacement work given the driver shortage. This was an emergency replacement for Lumo.Was that your sexy face i saw in MG's tweet
Whilst the coach came from Deptford, the driver did not! I can drive from Newcastle to Edinburgh without a sat nav, no problem.
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(19 Nov 2022, 1:00 am)Dan No, GNE isn’t actively bidding for any pre-planned rail replacement work given the driver shortage. This was an emergency replacement for Lumo.So is this a manager cherry picking driving jobs?
Whilst the coach came from Deptford, the driver did not! I can drive from Newcastle to Edinburgh without a sat nav, no problem.
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(19 Nov 2022, 1:00 am)Dan No, GNE isn’t actively bidding for any pre-planned rail replacement work given the driver shortage. This was an emergency replacement for Lumo.So is this a manager cherry picking driving jobs?
Whilst the coach came from Deptford, the driver did not! I can drive from Newcastle to Edinburgh without a sat nav, no problem.
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(21 Nov 2022, 12:44 am)Bazza So is this a manager cherry picking driving jobs?
I wonder if it was offered to the drivers on the shop floor? One of those could have done it and a manager could have covered his shift.
(21 Nov 2022, 12:44 am)Bazza So is this a manager cherry picking driving jobs?
I wonder if it was offered to the drivers on the shop floor? One of those could have done it and a manager could have covered his shift.
(19 Nov 2022, 1:00 am)Dan No, GNE isn’t actively bidding for any pre-planned rail replacement work given the driver shortage. This was an emergency replacement for Lumo.So where did the driver come from? One of the other depots or did you drive it?
Whilst the coach came from Deptford, the driver did not! I can drive from Newcastle to Edinburgh without a sat nav, no problem.
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(19 Nov 2022, 1:00 am)Dan No, GNE isn’t actively bidding for any pre-planned rail replacement work given the driver shortage. This was an emergency replacement for Lumo.So where did the driver come from? One of the other depots or did you drive it?
Whilst the coach came from Deptford, the driver did not! I can drive from Newcastle to Edinburgh without a sat nav, no problem.
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(21 Nov 2022, 6:04 am)Dan Don’t be so ridiculous.
You do realise this was an emergency situation and thousands of people were waiting at Central Station (and had been for some time)?
Yes, of course it could have been offered to a driver at Deptford in scope - providing they knew the way and had been tri-axle trained (not many have been), but all that would have taken time and it was time that, quite frankly, neither GNE nor FTS had.
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(21 Nov 2022, 6:04 am)Dan Don’t be so ridiculous.
You do realise this was an emergency situation and thousands of people were waiting at Central Station (and had been for some time)?
Yes, of course it could have been offered to a driver at Deptford in scope - providing they knew the way and had been tri-axle trained (not many have been), but all that would have taken time and it was time that, quite frankly, neither GNE nor FTS had.
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So bloody what if Dan offered to do the job to save time. Why waste time ringing around say 10 other people when the first person asked has agreed to do it.
Sure the company might have had a huge finanical incentive to do the job, why should they pass up the prospect of a decent guranteed payday, giving Dan might have finished in his office duties, recieved a message requesting a coach, and thought sod it, I've got nothing on tonight, I just do it anyway and save farcing around getting staff in the right place. He also knew how to get there without having to use SatNav etc.
He did a good deed and people are having a go at him for doing it, it hasn't gone unnoticed by me and other sensible people that don't have an axe to grind that he has been putting in plenty of driving hours on local work over the last few weeks including fireworks shuttles, metro replacement and normal services. He is going beyond his call of duty, he could easily just sit in a office all day and then go home at 5pm, but no he is helping out where he can.
(21 Nov 2022, 12:44 am)Bazza So is this a manager cherry picking driving jobs?
I wonder if it was offered to the drivers on the shop floor? One of those could have done it and a manager could have covered his shift.
(21 Nov 2022, 12:44 am)Bazza So is this a manager cherry picking driving jobs?
I wonder if it was offered to the drivers on the shop floor? One of those could have done it and a manager could have covered his shift.
Seen a Voyager Omnidekka heading down Westgate road today in the City Centre on Private hire.
Are these exempt from CAZ/or Euro 6?
The Voyager Omnidekkas have an updated engine compared to other versions due to them being N270UDs rather then N94UDs, though I'm not sure if the one that's receiving the engine from the ex DFDS one will still be the same emission level, as it's an older engine maybe.
Nontheless Percy Main seem content with using the Long Omnidekkas on the DFDS service still, I did note they have extra grills around the exhaust system, so probably have modifications at some point to boost the Euro rating, whether it was boosted enough is another matter.
