(28 Nov 2014, 5:02 pm)gtom Lots of regulated Angels today, presumably down to congestion around Percy St (that should clear up February ttime!)
Eldon Sq could have done with a queue conductor (stagecoach have them out) Horrendous queues around the X10/9 AND 43/44/21 stands
(28 Nov 2014, 5:02 pm)gtom Lots of regulated Angels today, presumably down to congestion around Percy St (that should clear up February ttime!)
Eldon Sq could have done with a queue conductor (stagecoach have them out) Horrendous queues around the X10/9 AND 43/44/21 stands
(28 Nov 2014, 5:05 pm)MarcTheA4 I can vouch for this.Aye Eldon Square needs a queue conductor full time really. The two Nexus bods tend to go into hiding if it gets busy, until someone pulls a camera out of course.
During the 20-odd minutes I spent at Chester-le-Street, practicing with my camera, Gary Wheatley must have made about two or three Black Horse-bound runs of Service 21 turn around at the bottom and head back to Newcastle. One appeared to come out of the depot to operate a run to Durham, although this could have just come off the motorway.
(28 Nov 2014, 5:05 pm)MarcTheA4 I can vouch for this.Aye Eldon Square needs a queue conductor full time really. The two Nexus bods tend to go into hiding if it gets busy, until someone pulls a camera out of course.
During the 20-odd minutes I spent at Chester-le-Street, practicing with my camera, Gary Wheatley must have made about two or three Black Horse-bound runs of Service 21 turn around at the bottom and head back to Newcastle. One appeared to come out of the depot to operate a run to Durham, although this could have just come off the motorway.
Lots of regulated Angels today, presumably down to congestion around Percy St (that should clear up February ttime!)I was on the X2 to Durham and I didn't see an Angel heading in the opposite direction to Newcastle for about 20 minutes, safe to say that a fair few passengers jumped on the X2 instead.
Eldon Sq could have done with a queue conductor (stagecoach have them out) Horrendous queues around the X10/9 AND 43/44/21 stands
Lots of regulated Angels today, presumably down to congestion around Percy St (that should clear up February ttime!)I was on the X2 to Durham and I didn't see an Angel heading in the opposite direction to Newcastle for about 20 minutes, safe to say that a fair few passengers jumped on the X2 instead.
Eldon Sq could have done with a queue conductor (stagecoach have them out) Horrendous queues around the X10/9 AND 43/44/21 stands
(28 Nov 2014, 5:11 pm)aureolin Aye Eldon Square needs a queue conductor full time really. The two Nexus bods tend to go into hiding if it gets busy, until someone pulls a camera out of course.
- whenever I stand waiting for a bus, the two of them are barricaded in that little office like two Nazi soldiers trying to avoid capture during the last days of WW2!!
(28 Nov 2014, 5:11 pm)aureolin Aye Eldon Square needs a queue conductor full time really. The two Nexus bods tend to go into hiding if it gets busy, until someone pulls a camera out of course.
- whenever I stand waiting for a bus, the two of them are barricaded in that little office like two Nazi soldiers trying to avoid capture during the last days of WW2!!
TEN has either lost one or is severely delayed - should have left Hexham 16:28 - didn't arrive until 17:00.
No spares, apparently.
X84 likewise running late - due to arrive Hexham 16:40 - was running behind the (delayed) TEN, therefore the subsequent X85 will be leaving at least 10 minutes late.
I sort of sympathise with GNE as Newcastle and Metrocentre are unavoidable and snarled up
The police don'tsseem to be active on Percy St yet and there was a lot of junction blocking going on
I presume GNE will do short workings further down the route again (Birtley-Durham)
There's no easy solution. The Angel is incapable of running on time out of Christmas chaos
(28 Nov 2014, 5:11 pm)aureolin Aye Eldon Square needs a queue conductor full time really. The two Nexus bods tend to go into hiding if it gets busy, until someone pulls a camera out of course.
(28 Nov 2014, 5:11 pm)aureolin Aye Eldon Square needs a queue conductor full time really. The two Nexus bods tend to go into hiding if it gets busy, until someone pulls a camera out of course.
I sort of sympathise with GNE as Newcastle and Metrocentre are unavoidable and snarled upI got the 0934 X22 to the MetroCentre this morning and was due to arrive at 1020 but didn't get there until about 1045, this was due to the amount of passengers boarding the bus and passengers flagging the bus down without reading the display and naturally assumed it was the 21 which got on my nerves and heavy traffic on the A1 and to avoid some of this the driver pulled off the A1 at Team Valley and went on a magical mystery tour.
I sort of sympathise with GNE as Newcastle and Metrocentre are unavoidable and snarled upI got the 0934 X22 to the MetroCentre this morning and was due to arrive at 1020 but didn't get there until about 1045, this was due to the amount of passengers boarding the bus and passengers flagging the bus down without reading the display and naturally assumed it was the 21 which got on my nerves and heavy traffic on the A1 and to avoid some of this the driver pulled off the A1 at Team Valley and went on a magical mystery tour.
(28 Nov 2014, 5:35 pm)Jimmi I got the 0934 X22 to the MetroCentre this morning and was due to arrive at 1020 but didn't get there until about 1045, this was due to the amount of passengers boarding the bus and passengers flagging the bus down without reading the display and naturally assumed it was the 21 which got on my nerves and heavy traffic on the A1 and to avoid some of this the driver pulled off the A1 at Team Valley and went on a magical mystery tour.
(28 Nov 2014, 5:35 pm)Jimmi I got the 0934 X22 to the MetroCentre this morning and was due to arrive at 1020 but didn't get there until about 1045, this was due to the amount of passengers boarding the bus and passengers flagging the bus down without reading the display and naturally assumed it was the 21 which got on my nerves and heavy traffic on the A1 and to avoid some of this the driver pulled off the A1 at Team Valley and went on a magical mystery tour.
Due to the heavy traffic associated with the A1, Go North East registered a revised route to service X22 earlier this month. I believe a number of different routes were registered so that drivers can use their best judgement as to which route to take, assisting with timekeeping.Just a shame Arriva haven't done the same with the X24
Due to the heavy traffic associated with the A1, Go North East registered a revised route to service X22 earlier this month. I believe a number of different routes were registered so that drivers can use their best judgement as to which route to take, assisting with timekeeping.Just a shame Arriva haven't done the same with the X24
(28 Nov 2014, 5:39 pm)Dan Due to the heavy traffic associated with the A1, Go North East registered a revised route to service X22 earlier this month. I believe a number of different routes were registered so that drivers can use their best judgement as to which route to take, assisting with timekeeping.
(28 Nov 2014, 5:39 pm)Dan Due to the heavy traffic associated with the A1, Go North East registered a revised route to service X22 earlier this month. I believe a number of different routes were registered so that drivers can use their best judgement as to which route to take, assisting with timekeeping.
(28 Nov 2014, 6:16 pm)aureolin The left most quarter of 8304's blind has dimmed, but the rest is displaying fine. May need looking at...
The left most quarter of 8304's blind has dimmed, but the rest is displaying fine. May need looking at...If that is the Worm I saw in Chester I couldn't see this part of the display at all.
The left most quarter of 8304's blind has dimmed, but the rest is displaying fine. May need looking at...If that is the Worm I saw in Chester I couldn't see this part of the display at all.
(28 Nov 2014, 6:18 pm)MarcTheA4 Noticed that today! The right hand was perfectly fine, but the left was like an iPhone screen with the brightness set to lowest!
(28 Nov 2014, 6:21 pm)Jimmi If that is the Worm I saw in Chester I couldn't see this part of the display at all.
I also recently saw a Northern President on service 15/15A and was displaying 1.
![[Image: 15826929026_c7257fdf59.jpg]](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7557/15826929026_c7257fdf59.jpg)
Go North East: 8304 / NK09FVE by danielgrahamm, on Flickr(28 Nov 2014, 6:18 pm)MarcTheA4 Noticed that today! The right hand was perfectly fine, but the left was like an iPhone screen with the brightness set to lowest!
(28 Nov 2014, 6:21 pm)Jimmi If that is the Worm I saw in Chester I couldn't see this part of the display at all.
I also recently saw a Northern President on service 15/15A and was displaying 1.
Go North East: 8304 / NK09FVE by danielgrahamm, on Flickr
(28 Nov 2014, 6:24 pm)Dan
I think it's being quite temperamental; when it's not off completely, it's so dim that you can only just see it.
(28 Nov 2014, 6:24 pm)Dan
I think it's being quite temperamental; when it's not off completely, it's so dim that you can only just see it.
8304s blind has been like that for a while. Angels dont always run late, however the frequency of the 21 means buses will bunch up at busy times. Newcastle is a nightmare anytime of the day & night. Newcastle council have done a great job at making the central station bottle neck even worse!!
