Do Arriva only allocate single decks to the 685 when the trains are off?

Every single Arriva 685 single decker I've seen has looked unbearable to be on. Standing loads along the A69!

Gold medals all round and a sure-fire way to keeping those customers from returning to Rail....

GMB Union has announced the dates of the Sunderland bus strike after talks broke down, almost 200 Stagecoach Bus Drivers will walk out, from 00:01 on Tuesday 11th October till Saturday 15th October. 

"Stagecoach has plenty of money but are refusing to invest in the workers - or in Sunderland's bus fleet which is in a shocking state"

Thread for the late October Service changes, which Dan mentioned earlier. 

I will probably be most of the Temp Frequency Reductions & Route Cancellations.

https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/pe...ns-3850837

Work begins on restoring second platform.

Hi, 
I cant find the page where it shows the files i have attached in the past.
I want to amend a suggestion from 2019 but i dont have the timetable to hand.

A major recruitment drive is underway at the region's largest bus operator Go North East, as it looks to recruit 100 new bus drivers over the coming weeks, as a result of new service patterns, contract wins and staff turnover.

The company has recently increased its pay rates to new and existing bus drivers; with new drivers earning £11 per hour following a short training period, rising to £12.83 per hour after a year in the job. Existing bus driver licence holders joining the company will earn £12.83 per hour straight away.

This takes the basic annual wage for Go North East bus drivers on a guaranteed 39 hour week to £22,308 in the first year and £26,019 after year one (or straight away for existing licence holders) with regular opportunities to earn overtime each week on top of this.

https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/increased-...RboBRxsops

Is there a reason so many Arriva destination blinds are either faded, faulty, or just not working altogether? At least in Durham/Bishop


When I was waiting for the X1 yesterday morning, one of the buses they had on the 6 had the front blind so dim it was pretty much unreadable until it was at the stop. I've also seen quite a few with the side one only half working, and the back ones seem to be completely dead more often than not!


I genuinely can't remember the last time I saw a GNE bus with a dodgy blind, and they both use Hanover displays, so I'm guessing it's not the parts being unreliable? Unless GNE are just on the ball with replacing them and Arriva aren't?

Is it just me who has this issue way too often than i should? Got into dalton park this evening on the X10 hoping to catch the 65, see it pulled into the stop to watch it pull away two minutes early… now I’m stranded for an hour in the cold. Everytime i bring this up with them on twitter I’m told I’m wrong and it left on time? :|

They've seemed to have changed their Facebook page and got rid of the community tab. I don't know if it's just me though

Is anyone else having issues with the Arriva App this morning. The tracking was only loading in every 1/5 times. Luckily the ticket part of the app was working fine

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