More on the ferry landing debacle and confirmation passenger numbers are up on expected levels. 


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66246970

i thought the shields ferry would just not be busy at all

(19 Jul 2023, 10:12 pm)Unber43 wrote i thought the shields ferry would just not be busy at all

It's a genuinely useful piece of public transport. I use it quite often for leisure purposes and my mates from around the country are always fascinated what a great service it is. Every time I use it there's a decent load of passengers too.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/cz961v9y6e7o

£5m found

Does it make money?

(12 Apr 2024, 8:26 pm)Unber43 wrote Does it make money?

Don't know. Don't care. 
It provides a link that nothing else does or seems willing to provide. 

Said it before, but I do think the river should be utilised more.

Edit: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc...59afae5979

Numbers carried prior to covid.
420,000 was it's lowest number prior to covid hitting. 
Assuming half of those would be or could be using the tunnel via car, I'd say it's in everyone's interests to keep the ferry going.

(12 Apr 2024, 8:05 pm)Andreos1 wrote https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/cz961v9y6e7o

£5m found

Appears that they're recycled this news story again, merely to get Kim's face on the cover: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...l-29645633

Chronicle article this week states "A total of £12.78 million was committed to the project by the North East Combined Authority's cabinet on Tuesday."

Yet they haven't actually committed anything. The article further breaks it down to:

• "An initial investment of £4.58 million was approved by the cabinet," - same figure quoted in the BBC article in April, before NECA existed.
  
• "A further £8.2 million from the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement will be allocated in the coming months to ensure that the scheme is fully funded." - CRSTS was a product of the Tory Govt, so I'm surprised they've received the cash at all.
  

Odd, but good news!

One question that I can't see answered anywhere, is how they're going to deal with the extended journey time? The new ferry landing is supposed to be located as shown on the map below, but that'd make the crossing distance thereabouts twice what it currently is.



They generally only use the one ferry all day now, with a 7 minute crossing time and about 8 minutes turnaround. If the increased distance results in a crossing time of around 13 minutes, I'm not sure how they'll keep it running on time.

Seeing stories that the Shields Ferry won't be running on an evening for the foreseeable due to 'staff shortages'.

No replacement bus either. 

Pretty appalling if true.

(01 Nov 2024, 10:37 am)Andreos1 wrote Seeing stories that the Shields Ferry won't be running on an evening for the foreseeable due to 'staff shortages'.

No replacement bus either. 

Pretty appalling if true.

Yeah there's a page on the Nexus website about it: https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/tempo...-timetable

Service update: Evening crossings to resume on Monday

We’re pleased to say that we are resuming our evening river crossings from Monday, 20 January. 

This means that the Ferry timetable will return to normal after it was temporarily changed at the end of last year due to an unexpected challenge with crew availability. 

This issue has now been resolved. We are grateful to customers for their patience while this period of disruption was in place. 

Our evening crossings run from Monday to Saturday. From Mondays to Wednesdays these crossings operate though to 8pm; and from Thursdays to Saturdays there are crossings until 10.40pm.  
Ferry services on Sundays are unchanged and will continue to run from 10.15am to 6pm.

I'm surprised, I don't think I've used the "ferry accept" on the 9 at all.

(17 Jan 2025, 2:40 am)deanmachine wrote I'm surprised, I don't think I've used the "ferry accept" on the 9 at all.

To be fair can't see anyone botherong. By the time you messed around with the 9 you might aswell head all the to Monument and change there instead. 

Adding the time going from the Metro Station to the bus stop in a place people probably don't know you might aswell go the long way.