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(17 Sep 2013, 6:39 pm)idiot wrote Has a certain FB group closed recently?!

(17 Sep 2013, 7:26 am)Daniel wrote 506 is still in service at Deptford despite being withdrawn last week. She is on the 0831 short 39 from Park Lane today.

Also - 5207's accident has not yet been noted from yesterday as of yet...


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(17 Sep 2013, 8:22 pm)the pilot wrote Shit. That explains why the bus behind mine was supposedly fifteen minutes late. I should've been on that.

(17 Sep 2013, 8:33 pm)Daniel wrote I'm not sure of when it actually happened - just that it was yesterday? :p

(17 Sep 2013, 10:27 pm)the pilot wrote About 7:00 would fit the lighting conditions and gap in the service, would you agree?

(18 Sep 2013, 10:48 am)Andreos1 wrote I haven't long driven past the area of Durham Uni that GNE are at today, promoting the tickets, services and other stuff to people in the Uni there.

If memory serves me right, GNE don't actually operate to that part of Durham.
Can anyone confirm this? It is the area just up from Maiden Castle that this promotion is taking place.

Whichever members of staff are going to Durham to promote these tickets and services, ironically will have to borrow a van, use a car or get there on an Arriva bus...

The students and uni staff who will be speaking with GNE, will have got to the building by foot, car or Arriva bus...

This isn't knocking GNE at all, if it encourages use on public transport, fantastic.
However, if they don't operate services to the uni or within a mile of the main sites, it seems a pointless excercise, filled with irony.

(18 Sep 2013, 6:04 pm)busman101 wrote Hello, Hello - are you masquerading as Faycebuk Polis on the GNE Facebook as whoever that is seems to be making a similar point !

(18 Sep 2013, 6:04 pm)busman101 wrote Hello, Hello - are you masquerading as Faycebuk Polis on the GNE Facebook as whoever that is seems to be making a similar point !

(18 Sep 2013, 10:48 am)Andreos1 wrote I haven't long driven past the area of Durham Uni that GNE are at today, promoting the tickets, services and other stuff to people in the Uni there.

If memory serves me right, GNE don't actually operate to that part of Durham.
Can anyone confirm this? It is the area just up from Maiden Castle that this promotion is taking place.

Whichever members of staff are going to Durham to promote these tickets and services, ironically will have to borrow a van, use a car or get there on an Arriva bus...

The students and uni staff who will be speaking with GNE, will have got to the building by foot, car or Arriva bus...

This isn't knocking GNE at all, if it encourages use on public transport, fantastic.
However, if they don't operate services to the uni or within a mile of the main sites, it seems a pointless excercise, filled with irony.

(17 Sep 2013, 10:32 pm)Daniel wrote It seems I was incorrect - it happened on Sunday rather than yesterday. The post was actually written yesterday at 23:30, describing events that had happened in the previous day. Me reading it as soon as I had woken up led to the error.

It was therefore not Monday 7am, and the gap in your service was just the good ol' Fab56 being as reliable as ever. Noted a few SPDs on there over the past few days too - you enjoying 'em?

(18 Sep 2013, 6:33 pm)aureolin wrote Perhaps someone else has raised it because it's a logical point? I had thought the same thing when I first seen it. It's a bit like trying to sell a Metro season ticket to someone living in Washington.

(18 Sep 2013, 8:57 pm)Andreos1 wrote Ah whey, thats makes us three of us that think that.
It took a while to find the comments busman101 was referring to (they were made on a GNE status and not the wall).

I am not sure Fyacebuk has said anything controversial either. He even stood up for Mark Ellis posting in his own time on one of the posts.
He seems like one of the good guys on there, like Leyland, Srriva and to an extent, the Cliftons and a lesser extent the sexpest that is Ken.

I'm trying to reckon up how far the uni is from Leazes underpass (probably the nearest GNE stop). The closest buildings must be at least half a mile away, with the science centre and Maiden Castle 2-3 miles minimum.

(18 Sep 2013, 9:04 pm)busman101 wrote Hello, Hello - the 20 passes University buildings on its way into Durham & the Uni have plenty of buildings in the City Centre too. Staff & students can travel free on the Arriva X2, so those travelling from further afield can change in Durham

(18 Sep 2013, 9:06 pm)Andreos1 wrote Ah aye, forgot about those ones coming down from Gilesgate!
Just spotted the comments about the X1 offering free journeys too!

(19 Sep 2013, 3:47 pm)nk55 wrote Some people on here are so cynical of what gne do or try to do.....X3,X36,X7,X84,X85 will all fail you say. Going to durham uni just to have a dig at arriva!!!!, you obviously need to open your eyes at arriva services X1 crook-bishop-darlington was only introduced because gne seen an opportunity to quicken the then current 1/1B, now what has arriva done when the ok1 was withdrawn from crook?, withdrew the 1/1B from crook. service 6 extended around woodhouse estate every 12mins because everybody was using the jsb9 or ok18 and from durham to framwellgate moor to get passengers off the X21 going to college. Service 51 from haymarket to take passengers off the 307. How many routes do gne have to durham?, think they maybe trying to get folk out of cars and on to buses?

(19 Sep 2013, 3:47 pm)nk55 wrote Some people on here are so cynical of what gne do or try to do.....X3,X36,X7,X84,X85 will all fail you say. Going to durham uni just to have a dig at arriva!!!!, you obviously need to open your eyes at arriva services X1 crook-bishop-darlington was only introduced because gne seen an opportunity to quicken the then current 1/1B, now what has arriva done when the ok1 was withdrawn from crook?, withdrew the 1/1B from crook. service 6 extended around woodhouse estate every 12mins because everybody was using the jsb9 or ok18 and from durham to framwellgate moor to get passengers off the X21 going to college. Service 51 from haymarket to take passengers off the 307. How many routes do gne have to durham?, think they maybe trying to get folk out of cars and on to buses?

(19 Sep 2013, 4:59 pm)busman101 wrote We need a Facebook style "like" button on here ! You missed extending the 306 to Whitley Bay though via Marden Estate !!!