Appeal for historic Shields Ferry photos
Nexus is appealing to the public for help in putting together a new archive of historic photos for the Shields Ferry’s new Facebook page.
Nexus already owns a huge amount of old photographs of the iconic cross-Tyne ferry service from down the years, and many of these are already on display on the Ferry’s Facebook site, www.facebook.com/theshieldsferry
SHIELDS FERRY SERVICE SUSPENSION THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH
The Shields Ferry service will be suspended from 6pm this Saturday evening, 15 June, as more repairs need to be carried out on the engines.
The last Ferry from North Shields will be at 6pm and the last Ferry from South Shields will be at 6.15pm.
A replacement bus service will then be running every half an hour between the South Shields and North Shields landings, starting from 6.30pm.
The last bus from South Shields Ferry landing will depart at 10.30pm. The last bus from the North Shields landing will depart at 11pm.
Nexus apologises to passengers for the disruption.
FERRY SERVICE INFORMATION FOR JULY 11TH AND 12THSource: http://www.facebook.com/theshieldsferry/...8727683294
Ferry crossings on Thursday July 11th will be withdrawn from 4.15pm and a replacement bus service will be in operation.
On Friday, July 12th, the service will be suspended from 6pm and a replacement bus service in operation.
There will be crossings as normal all day on Saturday, July 13th.
Some Ferry services have had to be cancelled due to ongoing maintenance problems with Pride of the Tyne. We are working to rectify this as quickly as possible.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
The Shields Ferryhttps://www.facebook.com/theshieldsferry...3684368131
Don't forget our fundraising coffee morning on the board the Ferry tomorrow (Friday Dec 13th) in support of Metro Radio's Cash for Kids charity.
There'll be a range of tasty treats, teas and coffees available on board. The coffee morning gets underway at 7.45am.
(06 Dec 2015, 11:15 pm)Andreos1 wrote Obviously feeling the need for some attention after its DFDS Seaways cousin went wandering the other night, there was a bit of an emergency on the last trip of the day, last night.
The ferry was reported to have floated down the river (encouraged by the wind) after an engine failure.
(29 Jan 2016, 4:50 pm)DanPicken wrote Due to the severe wind conditions the Shields Ferry is currently suspended. A replacement bus service is in operation from both Ferry Landings.
A half hourly replacement bus service is in operation running non-stop between the Ferry Landings, South Shields and North Shields, via the Tyne Tunnel until further notice.
Two buses will be in operation on the hour and on the half hour from each Ferry Landing.
Buses depart from South Shields Ferry Landing on Ferry Street (B1344) - just outside the BT Building.
Buses depart from North Shields Ferry Landing at the bus turning circle, just outside the landing area.
Updates to follow. (Friday 29 January @ 10:15am)
Hope it's still off tomorrow.
(29 Jan 2016, 6:00 pm)GuyParkRoyal wrote The two buses that have been on Ferry Replacements today are Kingsley's Coaches 106 & 109.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gpr_bus_ph...324223489/
(05 Mar 2016, 8:21 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Shame there's no thread for Shields Ferry: Former fleet (flotilla?) members living on:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyn...nel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_news_north_east&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=english_regions
(05 Mar 2016, 10:17 pm)Andreos1 wrote I put a link on the previous page with a story about the fate of The Shieldsman.
Nice to see the Freda still going.
Always preferred The Shieldsman for some reason.
(05 Mar 2016, 10:27 pm)BusLoverMum wrote In 28 years up here, I've never caught the Shields ferry
(Though we did have a party on one of the party ferries in Fresher's week, all those years ago. I was a wee bit green after the heady combination of pernod and black and all that bobbing up and down!)
(05 Mar 2016, 10:27 pm)BusLoverMum wrote In 28 years up here, I've never caught the Shields ferry
(Though we did have a party on one of the party ferries in Fresher's week, all those years ago. I was a wee bit green after the heady combination of pernod and black and all that bobbing up and down!)