I've recently noticed that Ashington's solos have been incredibly unreliable and constantly braking down (2853 seems to be the worse of the lot for it). Ashington should send them back where they cane from and get the E200s back or some pulsars in return as Darlington clearly knew that those solos were a problem and took the first opportunity to dump them off on another depot.

With the withdrawal of the 97 meaning the Green Arrow comes to an end, The Enviro 200MMC's will be set free from the 97.
I wonder what GNE will do to them?
Some to Percy Main for the 1? New Metrocentre Shuttle X66's? Or All becoming corp?

Looks like GNE are getting even more tight with the free WiFI, a whopping 28mb limit!



Having said that, it has reset itself a few times now and I haven't been kicked off

Has anyone else had the problem of certain services not appearing on Google just lately, it seems to be affecting lots of ‘A’ services. For instance Dalton Park on my mobile is only showing X10/65 departures tonight & tomorrow, nothing for the 61A or 22A. 20A doesn’t appear in Durham etc either.

Scheduled to take place on 4th June. 

https://www.hcvs.co.uk/pages/areas/north_east.php

Note that unless stated, frequencies remain the same!

Abbreviations:
QA = Qualifying Agreement

Changes:
Q3 - Every 20 minutes - Great Park to Wallsend then Station Road - Cross Avenue - Springfield Gardens - Wiltshire Drive - High Farm - Battle Hill Drive - Hadrian Park

51 - Omits Wiltshire Drive (replaced by 307) and evening service withdrawn

(QA - High Howdon to Newcastle) 301 - Every 30 minutes - Whitley Bay - Cullercoates - Marden - Tynemouth Seafront - Percy Park Road - Manor Road - King Edward Road & Linskill Terrace - North Shields then current number 1 route to Metrocentre

(QA - High Howdon to Newcastle) 302 - Every 30 minutes - Whitley Bay - Marden Quarry - Marden - Morrisons - Beach Road - Tynemouth Seafront - Percy Park Road - Manor Road - King Edward Road & Linskill Terrace - North Shields then current number 1 route to Metrocentre

306 - Omits Battle Hill Drive. Current route to North Shields then via Tynemouth Road, Manor Road, Broadway and anti-clockwise loop of Marden Estate

307 - Omits Hadrian Park (replaced by 322) and via Wiltshire Drive

(QA - High Howdon to Newcastle) 322 (22 re-numbered) - Every 15 minutes - Throckley to Churchill Street then Hadrian Park - Middle Engine Lane - Silverlink Osprey Drive - Cobalt Park

Withdrawn services:
- 1 - Replaced by 301 & 302
- 22 - Replaced by 322
- Evening 51 - 307 serves Wiltshire Drive
- 41/41A - replaced by extended Q3

Improvements:
- Better coordinated frequency between High Howdon and Newcastle and new Qualifying Agreement between Go North East & Stagecoach (services 301, 302 and 322).
- New links from Hadrian Park, Battle Hill Drive and High Farm to the East End of Newcastle and Quayside.
- Improved links and increased frequency to Newcastle City Centre from Hadrian Park, shorter walking distances than Haymarket in some cases.
- Improved service to Newcastle from Wiltshire Drive making better use of an existing commercial service.
- Quicker service from Marden Estate to Newcastle with more streamlined and linear route, including new links on the Broadway.
- Improved links from Hadrian Park to Silverlink and Cobalt.
- Improved route on service 307, with two ways in / out of Wiltshire Drive.
- Better coordinated frequency between services 306 & 308 from Billy Mill to Newcastle, offering an 'even' 10 minute frequency.
- Potentially 'later' last journey to Hadrian Park from Newcastle based on current 22 times.

Drawbacks:
- Slower service to Cobalt and Silverlink, but most journeys made on existing service 22 are 'local' journeys.
- Loss of frequent Hadrian Park to North Shields service - service 335 remains and link hasn't existed as such since 2008.
- Some gains / losses for either King Edwards Road & Linskill Terrace or Tynemouth Road depending on travel intentions, but can still access within 400-500m walking distance in most cases.
- Loss of link from Tynemouth, North Shields and parts of Chirton & Collingwood to Battle Hill Drive. Can still be easily accessed within short walking distance from Willington Square and Coast Road including Tynemet College (note that 6th form is now based at Coast Road Campus and not Hawkeys Lane).
- Unsure what would happen to service 22X?

Hello Folks!!

I would like to make a short statement concerning the current predicament at the BBC following the apparent suspension of Gary Linekar. Despite being a well-renowned reporter of current affairs and sports in my adopted home of downtown Pyongyang in North Korea, I have not been approached by the BBC to present Match of the Day, despite rumours to the contrary. If an offer was made, I'd certainly consider my options, but I don't think I could work for an organisation which is notorious for its state-sponsored media bias. Besides, I'm currently happy in my role working for the Dear Leaders Most Glorious Media Gazette right here in Pyongyang.

Thanks.

C. Hignett III

Quite often when I travel down A19 North Yorkshire area (Thirsk, Northallerton) there is a 2 tone blue Mercedes Benz Vario up and down with the schoolkids logo.

It certainly doesn't look DDA compliant and today I managed to get reg it's 
GN05 DZU,  looks like it has 869 displayed as number, but that could be irrelevant 

Who operates this vehicle, and should it not be DDA?

I saw this on LNER website (here) and wondered why/how we haven't had some cheesy slogan from any company or Nexus for any bus corridors. 
I am fully aware of the marketing (yet limited) for the Coast Road being the worst and in the most need but they could do the same for multiple corridors;
Great North Road (3 operators) {buses every few mins to Brunton/Melton Park via Great North Rd) 

Sunderland - Peterlee (2 operators) {buses every 7 mins to Ryhope and beyond with reinstating X6 half hourly or 62 hourly to plug the one gap for this to work}

I am unsure if the 684/685 have joint ticketing - would be logical though.

Some others which would be helpful 
Sunderland - South Shields (2 operators) this would be point to point rather than in between due to routing.
Chester Road (2 operators) unsure of combined freq of operators but would be every few mins
Arnison Centre - Durham (2 operators) unsure of combined freq of operators but would be every few mins

Anyone else have any suggestions?

One thing I noticed is that the weekly tickets that gets put into the ticket sleeve/colour thingy dyed by airpods case to green.

So be careful..it will come off eventually.