(28 Mar 2023, 10:05 pm)Storx wrote Aye possibly like would make sense to be fair.

Mind it's quite clever how the Stagecoach service runs, just been looking at the timetable with it using dropped out boards on the 3/4/12/13 to get the buses back to the depot. Didn't realise it worked like that, quite clever use of resources rather than having a too frequent service in the wrong direction with no-one on.

(28 Mar 2023, 10:05 pm)Storx wrote Aye possibly like would make sense to be fair.

Mind it's quite clever how the Stagecoach service runs, just been looking at the timetable with it using dropped out boards on the 3/4/12/13 to get the buses back to the depot. Didn't realise it worked like that, quite clever use of resources rather than having a too frequent service in the wrong direction with no-one on.

(28 Mar 2023, 11:35 pm)logidoodah wrote what are those? never heard that term before...

(29 Mar 2023, 7:14 pm)Iamtheone8483748 wrote How come 6309 is at Consett? Unless bustimes is wrong.

(29 Mar 2023, 8:33 pm)nova347 wrote Anyone know why 6334/6335 arent on bustimes anymore and where they actually are, last time i checked they hadn't been in service since Friday.

(29 Mar 2023, 8:44 pm)Tiger5105 wrote

(29 Mar 2023, 8:43 pm)Tiger5105 wrote Been stored in the VOR part of Hownsgill depot since the weekend. Not 100% sure but I think 6049/50 replaced them.


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(29 Mar 2023, 8:44 pm)Aaron21 wrote Cause people on bustimes.org seem to have the inside info & decided oh they haven't been out for a few days. THEY HAVE GONE TO GNW

(30 Mar 2023, 5:41 am)Dan wrote 6049 and 6050 replaced 6334 and 6335 at Consett.

6334 and 6335 are indeed now withdrawn and are being prepared for transfer to Go North West, along with 717. All three will be sent up to Thorntons shortly.


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(30 Mar 2023, 6:00 pm)Rapidsnap wrote Got to wonder if the Volvo B5LHs will make the move from East to West.

(30 Mar 2023, 6:58 pm)nova347 wrote When they finally get some new deckers. I mean you have the Angel electric buses coming soon? Anyone know when they are actually coming. I could see the angels move on to the X5/X15/16s

(30 Mar 2023, 7:11 pm)Unber43 wrote There is enough, do we know if the 10A, 10B are going back to every 30 mins or are staying at every 60 mins temporarily forever

(30 Mar 2023, 7:25 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Have there been any capacity issues at the reduced frequency?

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(30 Mar 2023, 7:29 pm)Storx wrote Should never leave a bus service hourly. Anything below every 30 minutes is infrequent and undesirable unless it's a rural route in the wilds of nowhere like the Arriva X18 etc. If you finish work at 17:30 and the bus leaves at 17:27 it's a no go for example.

(30 Mar 2023, 7:25 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Have there been any capacity issues at the reduced frequency?

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(30 Mar 2023, 7:29 pm)Storx wrote Should never leave a bus service hourly. Anything below every 30 minutes is infrequent and undesirable unless it's a rural route in the wilds of nowhere like the Arriva X18 etc. If you finish work at 17:30 and the bus leaves at 17:27 it's a no go for example.

(30 Mar 2023, 7:35 pm)Unber43 wrote Honestly thats not really the point, and yeah a lot of the services X1/97/53/54/20/60/21

I've seen them all rammed, and its not just capacity, its the reliablity, look at the 97, if one was cancelled/broke down it would be a 30 mins wait, now under the 1 its a 40 mins wait, 20/60/53/54/X1 its not a 24 min wait, its a 30 min wait, and it might only be 6 mins but if two are off in a row, its 45 instead of 36.

And tbf all of these temp changes, everyone bar the 65 was temporary. If these routes were losing money why weren't they slashed on July 24th when everything else was changed.

(31 Mar 2023, 4:21 am)Dan wrote You have been told in the past that the majority are temporary and will be reinstated as/when staffing levels permit.

They are temporary changes until (or if) Go North East announces that they are permanent. The fact they haven’t announced these are permanent (unlike X9, X22 etc) suggests that GNE still has an ambition to reinstate the frequency.


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(31 Mar 2023, 4:21 am)Dan wrote You have been told in the past that the majority are temporary and will be reinstated as/when staffing levels permit.

They are temporary changes until (or if) Go North East announces that they are permanent. The fact they haven’t announced these are permanent (unlike X9, X22 etc) suggests that GNE still has an ambition to reinstate the frequency.


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(30 Mar 2023, 7:35 pm)Unber43 wrote Honestly thats not really the point, and yeah a lot of the services X1/97/53/54/20/60/21

I've seen them all rammed, and its not just capacity, its the reliablity, look at the 97, if one was cancelled/broke down it would be a 30 mins wait, now under the 1 its a 40 mins wait, 20/60/53/54/X1 its not a 24 min wait, its a 30 min wait, and it might only be 6 mins but if two are off in a row, its 45 instead of 36.

And tbf all of these temp changes, everyone bar the 65 was temporary. If these routes were losing money why weren't they slashed on July 24th when everything else was changed.

(29 Mar 2023, 8:44 pm)Tiger5105 wrote

(29 Mar 2023, 8:43 pm)Tiger5105 wrote Been stored in the VOR part of Hownsgill depot since the weekend. Not 100% sure but I think 6049/50 replaced them.


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(31 Mar 2023, 11:39 am)V514DFT wrote Same regurgitated nonsense as usual