(31 Mar 2014, 12:22 pm)tyresmoke wrote Up for tender from July with Nexus are
37/73 Doxford Park - Coach Road - Sunderland
Mon-Sat daytime - Euro 4 - PVR 3
38C Sunderland - Tunstall Bank
Evening & Sunday - Euro 4 - PVR 1
88 Lukes Lane - South Shields
Mon-Sun evening - Euro 4 - PVR 4
96/96A Metrocentre - Lobley Hill
Mon-Sun evening - Euro 4 - PVR 1
135/136 Sunderland - Hylton Circulars
Mon-Sat evening, Sunday - Euro 4 - PVR 2
515/558 Heworth - Hebburn/Seaburn
Mon-Sun daytime (515 not Sun) - Euro 4 - PVR 2
643 Metrocentre - Watergate Estate
Mon-Sat daytime - Euro 4 - PVR 1
size restriction due to small estate roads
R3/R4/R6 Clara Vale - Blaydon - Rowlands Gill local services
Mon-Sun all day - Euro 4 - PVR 3
Plus around 40 miscellaneous workings boards (mainly schools & works services I understand)
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(03 Jun 2014, 6:53 pm)AdamY wrote Have GCT acquired any new vehicles for all this tender work?
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(03 Jun 2014, 6:53 pm)AdamY wrote Have GCT acquired any new vehicles for all this tender work?
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(04 Jun 2014, 6:22 pm)tyresmoke wrote Probably worth mentioning that a number of "Miscellaneous boards" are up for tender too...
List below based on capacity & current operators. It doesn't say what is involved in each one as they could change, but here goes...
Minimum Capacity 44
1 Arriva Northumbria & 1 TGM Classic
Minimum Capacity 62
4 Go North East
3 Arriva Northumbria
1 A-Line
1 Kingsley Coaches
Minimum Capacity 84
18 Go North East
9 Kingsley Coaches
2 Stanley Travel
2 TGM Classic
(04 Jun 2014, 6:22 pm)tyresmoke wrote Probably worth mentioning that a number of "Miscellaneous boards" are up for tender too...
List below based on capacity & current operators. It doesn't say what is involved in each one as they could change, but here goes...
Minimum Capacity 44
1 Arriva Northumbria & 1 TGM Classic
Minimum Capacity 62
4 Go North East
3 Arriva Northumbria
1 A-Line
1 Kingsley Coaches
Minimum Capacity 84
18 Go North East
9 Kingsley Coaches
2 Stanley Travel
2 TGM Classic
(04 Jun 2014, 6:58 pm)Michael wrote Would it be better if GNE just dropped all their school contracts?
(04 Jun 2014, 7:00 pm)Dan wrote Depends.
I think they could withdraw a few (and indeed I predict they will, to allow for Olympian withdrawal later this year) but not all - due to the fact there are drivers who (currently) drive scholars every day and that's about it.
The loss of services perhaps makes room for drivers to become redundant - not something which GNE wants to happen.
(04 Jun 2014, 4:40 pm)tyresmoke wrote To see what I've been talking about... I've taken the timetable from the Nexus tender document for the 37/73 - I don't know how it has been split up though.
By the looks of it, Compass have registered a timetable change to the 37, and cancelled service 73. GCT have also registered service 37, so whether that includes the 73 as well in one registration who knows?? The R3/R4/R6 would appear to all be on one registration.
(04 Jun 2014, 7:00 pm)Dan wrote Depends.
I think they could withdraw a few (and indeed I predict they will, to allow for Olympian withdrawal later this year) but not all - due to the fact there are drivers who (currently) drive scholars every day and that's about it.
The loss of services perhaps makes room for drivers to become redundant - not something which GNE wants to happen.
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(04 Jun 2014, 6:58 pm)Michael wrote Would it be better if GNE just dropped all their school contracts?
(04 Jun 2014, 7:15 pm)GuyParkRoyal wrote From a strategic point of view GNE would be wise to remain in school contracts based on the situation when they let school contracts slip in the early 1990's. Along came Classic picking up school contracts then when they had a reasonable number of buses they used them to compete with GNE outside of school contract hours on the Chester le Street to Newcastle routes.
I don't think GNE would like to see a competitor start expanding in the schools contract sector to move in to commercial work on their patch.
(04 Jun 2014, 8:31 pm)Marcus wrote I would be devastated if my scholars bus was run by an independant. GNE would indeed be very cautious to remain in the scholars game as they do make a lot of money on them.
(05 Jun 2014, 5:35 pm)VolvoMarkII wrote Thats absolute tosh.
Most school buses work around normal service work for one reason only.
They never stack up by themselves.
Scholars daily rates are not good enough and they only help pay for the bus with the commercial work in the daytime making the profit.
(05 Jun 2014, 5:39 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote I wonder if the Co Durham peak fares help profits?
(05 Jun 2014, 7:00 pm)aureolin wrote I'd imagine. There's no (or little) subsidy in Co. Durham, so it's up to commercial operators to create their own schemes if they choose to do so. I think the peak/off peak is GNE only in Co. Durham though? Arriva is half the full fare, capped at £1.