(01 Aug 2022, 5:38 pm)Storx wrote Not sure there's more demand for that tbf. There's already the X34 and the Metro. Both Brockley Whins and East Boldon are in the Boldons which covers most of it.

(01 Aug 2022, 5:51 pm)Unber43 wrote Clearly there is demand off that road, have u seen the traffic at 5pm

(01 Aug 2022, 2:36 pm)F114TML wrote Interesting. Wonder where the mythical 2 and 15 bus routes go.

(01 Aug 2022, 6:02 pm)cbma06 wrote More likely safc never bothered to update there site with newer bus information.


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(01 Aug 2022, 6:15 pm)F114TML wrote Well when did the 2 and 15 last run (presumably both were Stagecoach)? Latest I can find for the 15 from 2002.

(01 Aug 2022, 6:15 pm)F114TML wrote Well when did the 2 and 15 last run (presumably both were Stagecoach)? Latest I can find for the 15 from 2002.

(01 Aug 2022, 5:51 pm)Unber43 wrote Clearly there is demand off that road, have u seen the traffic at 5pm

(01 Aug 2022, 7:56 pm)Storx wrote It's one of those roads Andreos has rightly said is hard to tell where people go as it splits up everywhere. Nissan will be a big one though no doubt.

I know it goes against the buck on here but it's one of those roads which needs improving for cars rather than public transport, there's always going to be car traffic about and just pretending you can make it disappear with a click of a finger will never happen.

Then when you move all the traffic on the road where it should be on then you can start to make improvements to stuff like Sunderland Road and Lingley Lane and even potentially Durham Road / Old Durham Road with the A1 improvements in the West aswell which are all just glorified rat runs. I know as we use them all the time to avoid Heworth, the A1 and Nightmare Pool in particular.

Instead we seem to have obsession in making major roads worse and thus displacing cars to the total wrong places gaining absolutely no benefits. Askew Road in Gateshead with traffic displaced to Bensham Bank is a big one even known it's more about environmental reasons but still or the mess in Gosforth which has made it worse for everyone.

(02 Aug 2022, 12:05 pm)Andreos1 wrote It's the mindset that making a car journey more difficult or slower will mean people have to switch to public transport.
And tables, titivations and paint jobs will wow those making the switch.

Of course the majority don't make the switch. Because there isn't a public transport option that meets their needs.
The very basic fundamentals of a network that works for passengers and potential passengers is what is needed before anything else.
They're pissing in to the wind if they think otherwise.

(02 Aug 2022, 2:22 pm)Rob44 wrote I made the switch from my car to bus due to diesel being so expensive but also the buses i needed to get  connected ( somewhat) on the way to work and it was cheap at 4.10p per day. Not used the bus since the change but im sure the price of a ticket has gone up, ive gone from a choice of 2 buses to one bus per hour and more problematic are the time it would take me to get to and from work has increased due to the buses not conecting anymore. then there is the the fact that all the above doesn't matter if the buses aren't go9ingt o turn up so im now back with me car to commute to work

(06 Aug 2022, 11:15 am)Ambassador wrote 3 full 21s sailing through the fell and a half hour gap now

Quite a few post match cancelled too, suppose I best just drink more!

(06 Aug 2022, 12:06 pm)Andreos1 wrote If only there was a pub you could go to after the match. They need to start mentioning pubs on NSA's, as a sort of 'refuge' whilst waiting for a bus.

(06 Aug 2022, 11:15 am)Ambassador wrote 3 full 21s sailing through the fell and a half hour gap now

Quite a few post match cancelled too, suppose I best just drink more!

(06 Aug 2022, 12:54 pm)Dan wrote Next AA meeting is to be held at Microbus.

You and Rob44 are cordially invited.


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(07 Aug 2022, 10:32 am)Rob44 wrote Do I get money off a pint with my bus ticket?

(08 Nov 2022, 9:34 am)Rob44 wrote Was picking up the crocodile last night and saw a number og GNE buses using the central motorway and coming off at the claremount road junction then travelling down past the uni towards the civic centre.  Was there an accident in Jesmond causing the diversion or is this a new part of the route??

(08 Nov 2022, 4:11 pm)markydh wrote Burst water main outside the Civic has seen Sandyford Road closed for emergency repairs.

(08 Nov 2022, 4:11 pm)markydh wrote Burst water main outside the Civic has seen Sandyford Road closed for emergency repairs.

(09 Nov 2022, 11:01 pm)Ambassador wrote The 21 badly needed some dupes tonight. The queues were back up to the newsagent in Eldon square.

Thankfully Washington used all their common sense to support by whacking a Graphite solo on the 28B post match…complete with a driver who ranks with Vladimir Putin for people skills

(09 Nov 2022, 11:01 pm)Ambassador wrote The 21 badly needed some dupes tonight. The queues were back up to the newsagent in Eldon square.

Thankfully Washington used all their common sense to support by whacking a Graphite solo on the 28B post match…complete with a driver who ranks with Vladimir Putin for people skills

(10 Nov 2022, 8:16 am)Rob44 wrote I saw that bus going into kibby at 240 last night and thought... im taking the car

I have to say the drivers ive had dealing with recently have been really good.  Maybe they are reverting to their ald ways