(25 Jul 2023, 4:15 pm)Unber43 wrote absolute havoc on any service which uses the A19/ Hetton there has been a crash at Easington Services roads blocked both sides

(18 Aug 2023, 1:33 pm)Andreos1 wrote I'm sure someone pointed out the patterns of strike action and poor industrial relations wherever NF had been. 
I'm not surprised to read this myself. 

Interesting to note the comments about back-office staff. Maybe the company will be able to rely on them to get vehicles moving. Again.

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I'm not sure it was ever perfect prior to it closing.

However, moving ops elsewhere was hardly likely to improve the situation. Particularly in the short-term with the network basically the same as it was.

Another missed opportunity to look at the network perhaps?

(02 Sep 2023, 8:17 am)Unber43 wrote "go north east buses have not yet updated website, due to safety issues some services arent running today, if you using buses they may not be running, so try checking online first before travelling"

I saw this on FB, any truth to it?

It seem to be Versa's issue with only one 2 on

(06 Sep 2023, 7:03 pm)User2613 wrote Final 3 trips to and from Brandon on the 21 on cancellation list for tomorrow. Last bus from Newcastle will be 15:40. Absolutely shocking.

(07 Sep 2023, 5:47 am)MVK500R wrote Not even a week in, and there's cancellations on the North Tyne Rockets.

(07 Sep 2023, 11:20 am)Unber43 wrote But percy main runs such tight timetables/ less frequent routes that any service that get cancelled screws over the rest of the services

(07 Sep 2023, 11:26 am)Adrian wrote Is that really different from anywhere else? Most services are cut to the bone now, so even one bus missing has a big impact on others, but in a different way.

Hourly services obviously leave a huge timetable gap.
An X1 missing from the timetable leaves a smaller gap, but a bigger knock-on impact due to the volumes using it.

You can easily add the Metro to that too. My evening Metro was missing last night, meaning there was a gap in timetable and a very busy Metro. The knock on being that I missed my connecting bus.

(09 Sep 2023, 4:26 pm)Unber43 wrote Percy Main still have cancellations and the 351/355/359 are run from Saltmeddows

(09 Sep 2023, 5:25 pm)nova347 wrote Wait so who driving the ones that are in Saltmedows, drivers from other depots? Are Percy Main drivers going to Saltmedows or what?

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There are some Deptford cancellations today, and that Percy Main cancellations aren't that bad for taking on these new routes. But if they still had the 19 then it would have been worse and if the 307/309 were back to their previous frequency. But depending on how many arrive drivers it might not. be too bad Plus if they do well they might increase the frequency, if the current frequency now needs almost 40+ drivers imagine how much a every 30-minute frequency or with later running services would need. How have they been doing with passenger numbers if you look at flicker the ones I've seen look quite busy.

(11 Sep 2023, 11:14 am)V514DFT wrote 307 seems to be suffering today, the 11.36 307 from Verne Road was a no show, the 11.56 was 8 minutes late, i imagine the 309 and 351 are also suffering?

(11 Sep 2023, 11:50 am)mb134 wrote If Bustimes is to be believed, there have been a few North Tyne Rockets cancelled:

352: 0755, 1000, 1200 from Haymarket. 0825 from Cramlington.

353: 0707 from North Shields. 0900 from Cramlington, and 1100 from Cramlington was picked up at New York.

Think there's a couple of 355s too.

Vehicles which have subsequently tracked on some of those boards, as far as I can tell, have previously tracked today so it doesn't appear to be a tracking issue.

The Arriva Blyth situation doesn't seem to have improved much against last week either, there appears to be an X10/11 missing, currently one X7/8/9 missing (and a breakdown), and a 308 board missing.