(26 Mar 2022, 6:49 pm)Unber43 wrote Tbh I wouldn't say that for the 4/20, the 60 & 56 maybe only in peak time. But the 4 & 20 are rammed constantly

(26 Mar 2022, 10:34 pm)Ambassador wrote They are rammed at the current frequency. Add in the costs of adding to the pvr and it likely becomes unsustainable. 

The 21 isn’t a comparable route to any other GNE route. They could run a bus every 30 seconds and it would still stop at every stop between Barley Mow and Gateshead. It’s a freak of nature that route and despite the very best efforts of Peter Huntley and Kevin Carr to entirely screw it up, it’s still standing.

(26 Mar 2022, 6:49 pm)Unber43 wrote Tbh I wouldn't say that for the 4/20, the 60 & 56 maybe only in peak time. But the 4 & 20 are rammed constantly

(27 May 2022, 11:47 am)Andreos1 wrote I think the cuts to services have been well documented elsewhere on the forum and it could be argued that they don't go far enough in reducing the fall in passenger numbers.
I'm not going to repeat myself in here, but I saw this and it got me thinking.
https://twitter.com/NorthumbriaPCC/status/1529760920532135938?t=kCaG6zMb2w7x8olZY3O0lg&s=19
The Northumbria PCC has a big consultation going on at the moment around safety on public transport.
There are obviously a number of concerns around that, but the proposed changes may have an impact on any work she is doing. Whether that be down to frequency or lack of choice.
If those safety concerns continue, partially due to these cuts - at what point do the public just give up with public transport?

(27 May 2022, 11:51 am)Rob44 wrote ive filled this in as i spotted it on the chronicle website. Meant to mention it on here...

(03 Jun 2022, 6:28 am)54APhotography wrote In Germany for the three months spanning school breaks a simple €9 monthly ticket can be bought permitting use of all buses, trams, light rail and regio trains. A concerted effort to get passengers back, imagine if we had any form of transport policy in this country...

(03 Jun 2022, 7:57 am)busmanT wrote Is German transport all franchised?
As it's obviously easier to do this type of offer if you haven't hundreds of individual commercial operators to negotiate with.

(11 Jun 2022, 11:07 am)Andreos1 wrote Maybe tables and paint jobs attract passengers after all?!

Rise in petrol prices sees people make the switch to bus.

(11 Jun 2022, 7:23 pm)omnicity4659 wrote The train is certainly cheaper now that Northern have advances available on the day, but buses from my area twinned with onward travel from Haymarket doesn't offset the cost of fuel until I'm travelling as far as Sunderland or Alnwick...

Magpie Movers permit public transport use across Tyne and wear on home matchdays beginning three hours before kick-off and now valid from any Newcastle City Centre departure point until the end of service that day, replacing the previous three hour post-match window.

(27 Jun 2022, 4:33 pm)Andreos1 wrote Ahead of the 22/23 Premier League starting, Network Ticketing have released info on the latest release of its Magpie Mover.

This season's Magpie Mover pass is now on sale to NUFC season ticket holders at a new price of £25 for all age categories (previously £30) and with an extended period of usage.

 
Let's just hope there's enough public transport about to shift the huge numbers expected to take the offer up!

(27 Jun 2022, 5:03 pm)Rob44 wrote I bought this when it was 10 ages ago.... since its been slowly rising over the last few season ( and with buses bit turning up) i havent bother. Now its actually gone down a fiver i might invest especially as you can use it at any time after the match now rather than only up to two hours. But cant get on site to buy it!

(02 Jul 2022, 9:33 am)L469 YVK wrote Are more workers going back to offices at the Cobalt?

(08 Aug 2022, 9:59 pm)Unber43 wrote When XLines was at its peak at Consett, GNE offered...

2x X45
2x X46
1x X70
1x X71
1x 47
1x 47A 
1x X30 = 9 buses per hour to Newcastle from Consett, you could get to Metrocentre & Newcastle every 10 mins within an hour

It is now..

2x X45
1x X71
2x 47 = 5 buses per hour from Consett, 3 buses per hour under 1 hour to Newcastle. 

But GNE totally upgraded the entire Consett network brand new buses, however since then there has been slashes 

X46 reduced to 1ph, now 0ph 
47A 1ph, now 0ph 
47 1ph, now 2ph. X46 was withdrawn due to low passenger numbers, yet the 47 was double in frequency. 
X70 withdrawn 
X30 extension to Consett withdrawn. 

Clearly GNE old routes aren't working, I was on the X71 today as well as the 47 and I was thinking about the reductions as people were complaning in Consett I do wonder how many people who live on the X45/47/X71 route and travel to Newcastle/Metrocentre/Gateshead using their car instead of the bus when they are able to, why are they doing it when you could get a bus every 15 mins at one point and I think thats what GNE have to find out why they aren't using their services, do they not want to walk so far to the bus stop, when there car is right outside, do they need to change buses? 

GNE needs to find out why people aren't using their services, instead of relying on old routes which used to work e.g 39/38 they need to adapt to new travel plans. It would be really intresting for GNE/DCC to do a survey on the streets where the buses stop and a couple of street either side which have 2-5 mins walking why they are using it, what would make them use it?

(08 Aug 2022, 10:04 pm)Storx wrote It was

X45 - X2
X46 - X2
X70 - X1
X71 - X1
X30 - X1

or

X45 - X2
X46 - X1
47/47A - X2
X70/X71 - X2

There's never been 9 buses an hour to Consett any time recently, just saying.

(08 Aug 2022, 10:11 pm)Unber43 wrote Sorry got confused with the dates of when the routes were withdrawn, when was the X30 extension withdrawn can anyone recall?

(03 Aug 2022, 11:07 am)streetdeckfan wrote I'm currently working on a bit of research for a very large organisation getting feedback on plans for new buildings in central Newcastle, and rather interestingly when asked what is most important, one thing that comes up rather frequently is more parking, and out of the many hundreds of responses I've gone through so far, only 2 have mentioned access to public transport.

(18 Aug 2022, 3:41 pm)Andreos1 wrote https://twitter.com/transport_north/status/1560265714249764865?t=b03JVSyzTUe90qFgjTaO4g&s=19

I'd go, but I'd have to drive there...