(13 Sep 2015, 1:53 pm)DanPicken wrote Who?

If some users wish to remain anonymous, it is not for others to publicly tally up their forum name to their real name.

Doesn't take much working out like, but y'know..!

(13 Sep 2015, 1:53 pm)DanPicken wrote Who?

Alan Pardew.

(13 Sep 2015, 1:57 pm)aureolin wrote Alan Pardew.

Really?! I thought it was the queen.  

(13 Sep 2015, 1:56 pm)Dan wrote If some users wish to remain anonymous, it is not for others to publicly tally up their forum name to their real name.

Doesn't take much working out like, but y'know..!

More of a general observation on my part rather than a deliberate attempt at outing someone.

It was never my intention to reveal who!

cannot believe that at 5.30pm, the queue for the Metro is still this big...

http://metro.joevandebilt.com/

Tyne and Wear Metro
1 min ·
Four Lane Ends Station is currently closed due to a fire alarm activation. Trains are running through the station but not stopping.

The metros are awful this morning

It seems NEXUS etc are trying to cover the shambles and blaming everyone but themselves for Sunday.... god help me when i start to use it to Newcastle on a morning when i start Newcastle College!

Tyne and Wear Metro
40 mins ·

There are delays of up to 20 mins between South Shields and St James, up to 20 mins between Airport and South Hylton, this was due to a failed train and an unruly passenger elsewhere


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(14 Sep 2015, 6:19 pm)Michael wrote Tyne and Wear Metro
40 mins ·

There are delays of up to 20 mins between South Shields and St James, up to 20 mins between Airport and South Hylton, this was due to a failed train and an unruly passenger elsewhere


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A drunk at Haymarket apparently.

(14 Sep 2015, 6:22 pm)DanPicken wrote A drunk at Haymarket apparently.

No doubt that's bull, after all the bull they've talked about the weekend shambles... blaming everyone but themselves!

(14 Sep 2015, 6:25 pm)Michael wrote No doubt that's bull, after all the bull they've talked about the weekend shambles... blaming everyone but themselves!

That's from passengers on Sort out the Metro not Nexus.

Still ongoing....

(14 Sep 2015, 6:26 pm)citaro5284 wrote Still ongoing....

Yup... hopefully tomorrow turns out to be better................. 

(14 Sep 2015, 6:29 pm)Michael wrote Yup... hopefully tomorrow turns out to be better................. 

As long as it's hunky-dory between 0630am and 0800am and 1500pm and 1630pm, it's all good... 

(14 Sep 2015, 6:31 pm)Dan wrote As long as it's hunky-dory between 0630am and 0800am and 1500pm and 1630pm, it's all good... 

Hopefully, i start Newcastle college on the 22nd, don't want to be late for first day! 

I'm doing 9:30am till 4pm... so hopefully its not bad but with Autumn coming up................... that's for another time!

Metro promises inquiry after ‘journey from hell’ on Great North Run day

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local...-1-7461015

(14 Sep 2015, 6:26 pm)citaro5284 wrote Still ongoing....

I could say that is the story of my life

(14 Sep 2015, 6:22 pm)DanPicken wrote A drunk at Haymarket apparently.

(14 Sep 2015, 6:25 pm)Michael wrote No doubt that's bull, after all the bull they've talked about the weekend shambles... blaming everyone but themselves!

That is an absolutely pathetic excuse for a service delay. I was on an East Coast service a fortnight ago, which was delayed by 10 minutes for the same reason. 

What's wrong with going mob handed, and chucking the pratt off?

(14 Sep 2015, 6:26 pm)citaro5284 wrote Still ongoing....

That's almost as good as the Metro excuse generator, and also the customer service buzzword bingo.

How many trains are normally out on Sunday service?

According to them they had an extra 60-70 trains out on the day.............

(14 Sep 2015, 6:35 pm)Michael wrote Metro promises inquiry after ‘journey from hell’ on Great North Run day

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local...-1-7461015

Maybe they'll look into why, that every time a quote is released, it contradicts the previous?

(14 Sep 2015, 6:40 pm)aureolin wrote That is an absolutely pathetic excuse for a service delay. I was on an East Coast service a fortnight ago, which was delayed by 10 minutes for the same reason. 

What's wrong with going mob handed, and chucking the pratt off?


That's almost as good as the Metro excuse generator, and also the customer service buzzword bingo.

Supposedly he refused to get off... no doubt he was just getting his view across to how shit the metro is haha

(14 Sep 2015, 6:42 pm)Michael wrote How many trains are normally out on Sunday service?

According to them they had an extra 60-70 trains out on the day.............

I thought it sounded somewhat unrealistic, given that Tommy has previously quoted the weekday PVR (12 minute frequency on each line with extra trains at peak times) being quite high, leaving very little spare trains, when the PVR was previously discussed. The Sunday frequency on each line is 15 minutes, so I can't see the PVR being reduced drastically to allow for 60-70 trains to be made available.

(14 Sep 2015, 6:42 pm)Michael wrote How many trains are normally out on Sunday service?

According to them they had an extra 60-70 trains out on the day.............

I'd expect about 30 to 40. 

60-70 trains......????????????????? That would run a very very very very frequent service of every 2 minutes along Pelaw-South Gosforth... 

(14 Sep 2015, 6:50 pm)Dan wrote I thought it sounded somewhat unrealistic, given that Tommy has previously quoted the weekday PVR (12 minute frequency on each line with extra trains at peak times) being quite high, leaving very little spare trains, when the PVR was previously discussed. The Sunday frequency on each line is 15 minutes, so I can't see the PVR being reduced drastically to allow for 60-70 trains to be made available.

I thought it wouldn't of being as low PVR on a Sunday... i love the metro's unrealistic numbers etc.

I didn't realise it had being discussed before, oops!

(14 Sep 2015, 6:42 pm)Michael wrote How many trains are normally out on Sunday service?

According to them they had an extra 60-70 trains out on the day.............

(14 Sep 2015, 6:50 pm)Dan wrote I thought it sounded somewhat unrealistic, given that Tommy has previously quoted the weekday PVR (12 minute frequency on each line with extra trains at peak times) being quite high, leaving very little spare trains, when the PVR was previously discussed. The Sunday frequency on each line is 15 minutes, so I can't see the PVR being reduced drastically to allow for 60-70 trains to be made available.

I've emailed Metro and asked the question (one of many!) earlier. If they've nothing to hide, then they won't mind answering my questions.

Other questions are around social media resourcing, station staff resourcing, and the number of units out compared to the previous few years. I've asked for my answers in figures, rather than percentages. Anybody can put something as a percentage to make it look good.

For these 60-70 extra trains there needs to be at least 105 (out of 45!) sets. Simple maths, yet they're making a cock of themselves in front of the country with their crap system... and maths..!

(14 Sep 2015, 7:18 pm)GX03 SVC wrote For these 60-70 extra trains there needs to be at least 105 (out of 45!) sets. Simple maths, yet they're making a cock of themselves in front of the country with their crap system... and maths..!

This is why I asked them for number of units, rather than trains. For all I know, they could be saying that one train doing 10 journeys in the day, is actually 10 extra trains.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...s-10055010