(18 May 2026, 10:28 am)Nerd4321 wrote https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/share-your-feedback-our-proposed-service-changes

Idk what to say but

Really 

There's absolutely nothing here to mention bar the fact they want to withdraw the 644

(18 May 2026, 10:28 am)Nerd4321 wrote https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/share-your-feedback-our-proposed-service-changes

(18 May 2026, 10:59 am)MurdnunoC wrote Doesn't the 691 exist as the X81? It did a couple of years ago, for sure.

(18 May 2026, 10:28 am)Nerd4321 wrote https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/share-your-feedback-our-proposed-service-changes

Idk what to say but

Really 

There's absolutely nothing here to mention bar the fact they want to withdraw the 644

(18 May 2026, 10:34 pm)peter wrote Agreed, 

While this new day and age where GNE consult on changes before they go ahead with them is admirable, personally I think it only really needs to apply for more substantive changes or significant reductions. I guess mentioning potential improvements is useful too (the X1 to Haswell Plough may not have happened cause ultimately nobody cared), although I think people are more likely to respond and say don't do something than they are to write-in and say yes go ahead.

Having said all that, asking people about retiming journeys by a couple minutes is a bit of an overkill - in the grand scheme of things its not going to have that significant of a change on people's lives.

(19 May 2026, 9:29 am)pbjd wrote GNE consulting on ‘proposed’ changes is not a meeting, in the 00s and early 10s they regularly had consultations out for potential service and even allocation changes, they seemed to disappear once major service changes became a quarterly event for the company.

(19 May 2026, 12:06 pm)Storx wrote Tbf those things used to be a complete con.

Just a tick box exercise but written in a way that they'll always be accepted.

ie. asking whether it should serve a hospital on a route for people in Ashington (who don't use the bus) by cutting the core of the route down to hourly sort of stuff. Then when the hourly part moans they can go, 'well people agreed, so stfu'.

The old, not serve somewhere to make it more reliable was quite common aswell. Yeah of course everyone outside the small hamlet your cutting out is going to agree... It caused a lot of the crap network we've got nowadays imo.

(08 Jun 2026, 7:10 am)Nerd4321 wrote Go North East 19th July
Revised timetables are 58/74/96/680/683/AD122/689/56/4/57/Q3/688
Revised service numbers are AD122
Revised routes are 681/53/54
New service 681
Cancelled services are 643/644/96

(09 Jun 2026, 7:23 pm)DH9 wrote New service 691?

(11 Jun 2026, 4:38 pm)Michael wrote Some more changes have appeared:

PB0003954/1198
Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 684 Hexham Newcastle

PB0003954/1469
Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED X70 Consett Newcastle

PB0003954/1263
Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED X85 Hexham Newcastle

PB0003954/689
Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 74 Hexham Newcastle

PB0003954/1102
Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED X31 (X30, X32) Consett / Stanley

(11 Jun 2026, 8:06 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Any info on the 74/684/X85 changes? Just timetable changes?

(13 Jun 2026, 2:07 pm)Ex-conductor wrote New 681 and 682 timetables:
https://images-gonortheast.passenger-website.com/downloads/681%20timetable_0.pdf
https://images-gonortheast.passenger-website.com/downloads/682%20timetable_0.pdf

(14 Jun 2026, 3:57 am)DH9 wrote I think they're the timetables from the consultation?

(14 Jun 2026, 5:47 pm)Ex-conductor wrote I never knew there was a consultation. Perhaps I missed it whilst on holiday.

(15 Jun 2026, 7:05 pm)Michael wrote PB0003954/1198
Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 684 Hexham Newcastle

PB0003954/1221
Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 301 (301A) Whitley Bay Metrocentre

PB0003954/689
Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 74 Hexham Newcastle

PB0003954/1469
Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED X70 Consett Newcastle

PB0003954/1263
Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED X85 Hexham Newcastle

PB0003954/1102
Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED X31 (X30, X32) Consett / Stanley

(15 Jun 2026, 9:24 pm)Nerd4321 wrote I cant think what the 301 change will be

The 301 will change will no doubt be sending it back to the Asda all the time since the 644 is withdrawn and they have lost the 643 so they HAVE to send something to Metrocentre Asda cause god forbid Northstar have won the 643

Ironic that the 301 was cut from Asda on Monday to Saturday when they won the 643 & introduced the 644

(16 Jun 2026, 11:44 am)V514DFT wrote Shouldn't of binned the 97/97A/98, then there would be no need for the 301 to the Metrocentre

(16 Jun 2026, 6:14 pm)DaveFromUpNorth wrote Would it not be better to Cut the 301 alltogether  and change the route...

301 from Whitley to Byker as normal

Then Market street  down to central station then express (like a 91) to team valley omiting Gateshead)  out of team valley at Sainsbury up A1 to Metrocentre then to Marriott / Ikea then  Asda into Metrocentre (create a dwell time )

Remove the whickham link and save 30 mins