(26 Mar 2014, 9:29 pm)speedwheels22 I'm heading to chester le st on monday what would be best for me from boldon to chester le st single r day ticket what zones would I get
(26 Mar 2014, 9:36 pm)aureolin A return should be cheaper. It's about £5.50 as oppose to £7.60 for the 3+ zones BuzzFare that you'd need.
(26 Mar 2014, 9:36 pm)aureolin A return should be cheaper. It's about £5.50 as oppose to £7.60 for the 3+ zones BuzzFare that you'd need.
(27 Mar 2014, 7:44 am)Robert I know there is a special ticket between Metrocentre and Newcastle return which is actually the cheapest ticket you can buy from Metrocentre when heading to Newcastle with a return journey attatched to it.
From GNE facebook page
Go North East
Police are currently conducting a traffic survey in the Nissan area. Delays can be expected on services #50 and #56.
update 15 mins ago was -
The traffic census at Nissan is continuing to cause considerable delays to services #50 and #56.
What a stupid idea!
(27 Mar 2014, 9:11 am)Michael From GNE facebook page
Go North East
Police are currently conducting a traffic survey in the Nissan area. Delays can be expected on services #50 and #56.
update 15 mins ago was -
The traffic census at Nissan is continuing to cause considerable delays to services #50 and #56.
What a stupid idea!
(27 Mar 2014, 9:11 am)Michael From GNE facebook page
Go North East
Police are currently conducting a traffic survey in the Nissan area. Delays can be expected on services #50 and #56.
update 15 mins ago was -
The traffic census at Nissan is continuing to cause considerable delays to services #50 and #56.
What a stupid idea!
(27 Mar 2014, 9:29 am)Andreos Constantopolous According to a fb post the other day from a mate, they were doing them on the A1231 the other morning
(27 Mar 2014, 9:29 am)Andreos Constantopolous According to a fb post the other day from a mate, they were doing them on the A1231 the other morning
Frustrating enough for the folks on the bus travelling through there, but doubly frustrating for folks elsewhere along the route who are inconvenienced by something which may be many miles remote.
Plenty of earbending for the 56 drivers today... Wonder if the councils could be more sympathetic to bus operations at times like this - coning out a bus lane perhaps?
(27 Mar 2014, 9:29 am)Andreos Constantopolous According to a fb post the other day from a mate, they were doing them on the A1231 the other morning
(27 Mar 2014, 9:29 am)Andreos Constantopolous According to a fb post the other day from a mate, they were doing them on the A1231 the other morning
Just noticed something when Captioning a few photos between the East Durham/Former Venture MPD's.
The Former Venture Examples have the following Tagline "Working Locally to Provide Better Bus Services" while the East Durham Examples have "Working Locally to Provide Quality Bus Services", So really these Taglines are pretty much the same hence why they haven't been removed from the Former Venture Examples, Perhaps a small Cost Saving Exercise from Go North East here, and to me it makes quite a lot of sense as all these Buses need is the East Durham Branding.
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(26 Mar 2014, 9:11 pm)Andreos Constantopolous Had a feeling the 461 ran onto an 887 on the morning - see the comment re 887/937.
It seemed to be too much of a coincidence that the 887 appeared from the general direction of Biddick/St Roberts heading up towards Shiney Row.
461 - 887 - ? - 844 - ? - 937.
(26 Mar 2014, 9:11 pm)Andreos Constantopolous Had a feeling the 461 ran onto an 887 on the morning - see the comment re 887/937.
It seemed to be too much of a coincidence that the 887 appeared from the general direction of Biddick/St Roberts heading up towards Shiney Row.
461 - 887 - ? - 844 - ? - 937.
(26 Mar 2014, 9:03 pm)Marcus Any of Chester's spare vehicles can go out on Miscellaneous work. If you want the details for the drivers board;
Morning 884 --- Evening 888 (North Lodge)
Morning 885 --- Evening 888 (Church Chare)
Morning 886 --- Evening 886 (Church Chare)
Morning 887 --- Evening 844
Morning 888 --- Evening 837
Morning 265 --- Evening 887
Morning 844 --- Evening 885
Morning 836 --- Evening 886
Morning 462 --- Evening 814
Morning 838 --- Evening 836
Morning 461 --- Evening 937
Not so sure about the rest but I do know Chester do an evening and morning run of each of the working numbers above.
(26 Mar 2014, 9:03 pm)Marcus Any of Chester's spare vehicles can go out on Miscellaneous work. If you want the details for the drivers board;
Morning 884 --- Evening 888 (North Lodge)
Morning 885 --- Evening 888 (Church Chare)
Morning 886 --- Evening 886 (Church Chare)
Morning 887 --- Evening 844
Morning 888 --- Evening 837
Morning 265 --- Evening 887
Morning 844 --- Evening 885
Morning 836 --- Evening 886
Morning 462 --- Evening 814
Morning 838 --- Evening 836
Morning 461 --- Evening 937
Not so sure about the rest but I do know Chester do an evening and morning run of each of the working numbers above.
Well, one of my worries before the Cobalt Clipper double deck upgrade was increased passenger numbers in turn increasing the journey times. That has proven not to happen and infact, with a full lower deck and a half full upper deck, the journey times haven't actually changed. I was on the 1633 Haymarket to Blyth tonght with the load mentioned above and it got to Rake Lane by 17:15. On the other hand, Arriva's 1628 308 from Haymarket to Blyth got there 2 minutes before the 309 at 1713 despite the bus leaving 5 minutes before the 309. Therefore, the 309 took 42 minutes to Jackson's Farm whereas despite the 308 using a supposedly faster route and having a similar load to the 309, it took 45 minutes to Jackson's Farm. GNE are in a perfect position with the 309. I remember it starting out 7 year ago and thinking about where it is now, it's done very well. Not many operators could launch a new route from scratch and particularly a route shadowing a competing service and many years later, end up having it running with a regular service and, with brand new fully equipped double deck vehicles. Hopefully but not quite on the scale of double decks but definitely new or nearly new Mercs or new B8's, the Tynedale Express will end up the same way in years to come.
(27 Mar 2014, 5:35 pm)Dan Asked a few questions to a few people, and the interworking patterns are given below (which exclude 'normal' services (such as service 265 or extra 8s, as well as workers such as service 91 and 937):
1. 887 (am) - 887 (pm)
2. 884 (am) - 871 (pm) - 888 (pm)
3. 885 (am) - 885 (pm)
4. 871 (am) - 873 (am) - 886 (pm) -
5. 886 (am) - 461 (pm)
6. 838 (am) - 847 (am) - 892 (am) - 462 (pm)
7. 844 (am) - 844 (pm)
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(27 Mar 2014, 5:35 pm)Dan Asked a few questions to a few people, and the interworking patterns are given below (which exclude 'normal' services (such as service 265 or extra 8s, as well as workers such as service 91 and 937):
1. 887 (am) - 887 (pm)
2. 884 (am) - 871 (pm) - 888 (pm)
3. 885 (am) - 885 (pm)
4. 871 (am) - 873 (am) - 886 (pm) -
5. 886 (am) - 461 (pm)
6. 838 (am) - 847 (am) - 892 (am) - 462 (pm)
7. 844 (am) - 844 (pm)
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(27 Mar 2014, 6:09 pm)tyresmoke Nexus set the miscellaneous boards, not GNE. GNE just do what Nexus tell them to do. Over 40 of these are up for tender this summer.
(27 Mar 2014, 6:09 pm)tyresmoke Nexus set the miscellaneous boards, not GNE. GNE just do what Nexus tell them to do. Over 40 of these are up for tender this summer.
(27 Mar 2014, 6:09 pm)tyresmoke Nexus set the miscellaneous boards, not GNE. GNE just do what Nexus tell them to do. Over 40 of these are up for tender this summer.
(27 Mar 2014, 6:09 pm)tyresmoke Nexus set the miscellaneous boards, not GNE. GNE just do what Nexus tell them to do. Over 40 of these are up for tender this summer.
(27 Mar 2014, 6:15 pm)citaro5284 Nexus set the boards, but as long as we keep the pieces of work together (ie Morning portion and separately the afternoon portion), they can go where they like, and of course Commerical work can be added either at the beginning or end to make the duties longer.
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(27 Mar 2014, 6:15 pm)citaro5284 Nexus set the boards, but as long as we keep the pieces of work together (ie Morning portion and separately the afternoon portion), they can go where they like, and of course Commerical work can be added either at the beginning or end to make the duties longer.
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(27 Mar 2014, 5:35 pm)Dan Asked a few questions to a few people, and the interworking patterns are given below (which exclude 'normal' services (such as service 265 or extra 8s, as well as workers such as service 91 and 937):
1. 887 (am) - 887 (pm)
2. 884 (am) - 871 (pm) - 888 (pm)
3. 885 (am) - 885 (pm)
4. 871 (am) - 873 (am) - 886 (pm) -
5. 886 (am) - 461 (pm)
6. 838 (am) - 847 (am) - 892 (am) - 462 (pm)
7. 844 (am) - 844 (pm)
. The extra 8s on an evening is just incorporated into Unit 2 and I believe the duty number is 213 and they start on the 28's out the depot then onto a 50 in the middle of the day before going to the depot and driving a decker out to do the short 8s.
(27 Mar 2014, 5:35 pm)Dan Asked a few questions to a few people, and the interworking patterns are given below (which exclude 'normal' services (such as service 265 or extra 8s, as well as workers such as service 91 and 937):
1. 887 (am) - 887 (pm)
2. 884 (am) - 871 (pm) - 888 (pm)
3. 885 (am) - 885 (pm)
4. 871 (am) - 873 (am) - 886 (pm) -
5. 886 (am) - 461 (pm)
6. 838 (am) - 847 (am) - 892 (am) - 462 (pm)
7. 844 (am) - 844 (pm)
. The extra 8s on an evening is just incorporated into Unit 2 and I believe the duty number is 213 and they start on the 28's out the depot then onto a 50 in the middle of the day before going to the depot and driving a decker out to do the short 8s.
