Emergency timetables being introduced some Ashington services from 14th April to combat driver shortages

4th May 2024:

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New GO NORTH EAST LIMITED X75 (X75) Newcastle Wallington Hall



12th May 2024:

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Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 82 (82) Queen Elizabeth Hospital Waterview Park

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Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED X1 (X1A) Newcastle Peterlee

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Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 81 (81) Sunderland Gateshead

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Looks like our Dan has gone all out... explains the blue E400 spotted elsewhere!


I have a valid CPC going unused if you need drivers  

(26 Mar 2024, 9:28 pm)L469 YVK wrote Rather than throwing money at all these secured Micky Mouse services, some of which only turn up once an hour and are off no use unless dependant.......is better bus / metro integration with local and major routes not the way forward? Seamless ticketing and guaranteed connections. Obviously would never work under the existing private / secured service model.....but bigger picture needs looked at.

Fine example.....308 / 309 in North Tyneside.......passengers ride through to Northumberland Park instead and straight onto Metro....route lengths cut down, more connections and useful links created rather than just another bus along the Coast Road to Newcastle running late as **** some days and sitting in all that traffic. Not saying to scrap them by any means yeah? But just a prime example

Going to reply to you here as it's not really relevant to where you posted it.

Yep, pretty much and it's how it would work in pretty much every country in the world (bar the UK). You'd badly need to get the Metro to Cobalt first though and then build a hub near Silverlink though, Northumberland Park would be a bit of a detour for the Coast Road services, the 351/354/359 should all hub into Northumberland Park though with frequent services (not hourly) and similar for North Shields, 1/306/317.

I'd argue the 22 should extend to Northumberland Park asap aswell to give Northumberland Line South links aswell, and a decent link from Northumberland Park to Killingworth, again for hub links and treat it as a proper hub for services, even if it is bus-bus changes.

https://www.tt2.co.uk/northbound-works/

As if things couldn't get worse, now there's this to add into the mix, absolutely embarrassing that this and the Tyne Bridge are being done at the same time. One lane through the Tunnel, one lane through Newcastle and roadworks on the Western Bypass.

'Excellent planning', as an understatement.

Believe Blyth and Ashington drivers and engineers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in their dispute over pay. 
Likelydates will be early to mid April

7578 is currently tracking as SPRR on the x93

Just curious after seeing photos.....but why did Arriva Northumbria / Durham County end up ripping out the original Proudmutual coach seats out of the 1989/1990 NMS batch of Optare Delta's and instead, replace with bench seating & repaint the handrails yellow / green? Did the coach seats get donated to other vehicles within Arriva Northumbria / Durham County?

Question, i was on the 307 yesterday bound from Battle Hill to North Shields, and we were following behind the 41 (6142 with its dodgy display for Howdon)
and the driver went clockwise around Hadrian Park then back towards Battle Hill, but when he got to the Jolly Bowman Roundabout he went full circle then back along Addington Drive towards Hadrian Park (still displaying Howdon), so my question is this, does it always do that, or had he made a mistake?

5404 is in Leeds - https://www.flickr.com/photos/199503625@...R6-2pByFzz