Strange to see GCT haven't been tracking on bus times

Also talking to a GCT driver confirming the changes for the 333 and 335 got approved and they don't know when they will come into service

(14 Sep 2021, 8:58 am)Train8261 wrote Strange to see GCT haven't been tracking on bus times

Also talking to a GCT driver confirming the changes for the 333 and 335 got approved and they don't know when they will come into service

That'll be good for me,that means i have a semi direct bus to my mothers,who needs alot of help at the moment due to health issues

Just wondering whether anyone can provide the identities of the missing fleetnumbers used by GCT when reporting in bustimes. I'm guessing that these were used by vehicles which are no longer in the fleet, for example, 201/2/4-7/9, 211-3/5-7, 220, 301-7, as well as many deckers in the 4xx series.

I know that SJ17 VCU/V, BF18YRW were owned until quite recently, as were Solo SRs YJ64 DYS-W. I also have the following recorded as having operated for GCT in the past -

YX11 FRZ
YX61 BJK/O/U
YX12 CHN
SL16 YPE
SJ18 UTG

but would appreciate any help in matching up fleetnumbers and registrations. It would make an old gricer very happy !

YPE is in parts now

GCT offering £19 per hour for schools and private hire work.

Normal work still seems to be £11 an hour.

Bold move, in the midst of a national worker shortage.

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They have a lot of disused vehicles parked up at the depot. Some of them have not moved in months.

These might be the missing vehicles you mention. Sorry but I do not have a current fleet list for them.

Charles

200 YX 61 BJO
201 YX61 BJU
202 YX61 BJK
203 SF65 ARO
204 DC66 VEP
205 YX12 CHN
206 SJ17 ZCU
207 SJ17 ZCV
208 SJ17 ZCX
209 YX06 CUO
210 YT63 TNX
211 KX58 BJF
212 SF08 GLJ
215 SF14 HAE
217 BF18 YRW
220 SJ18 UTG
233 LN71 ULU
234 LN71 ULV
235 LN71 ULW

400 LR52 KVW
401 W177 SCU
402 LT02 ZZR
403 LR52 KVU
404 LT02 ZZD
405 LR52 KXN
407 LR52 KWN
408 LR52 KVT
409 LR52 KWZ
410 LR52 KWA
411 LR52 KWP
412 LX03 OPK
413 LX03 BZB
414 LV52 HHW
415 MJI 3751
443 MJI 2368
444 V436 PDA
491 YJ62 FLD
492 YJ10 EZB
493 YJ59 NNO
494 YJ10 MBF
495 YJ12 NBX
497 KX58 BGY

500 T807 CBW
501 X919 WGR
9992 SJ21 NLC
9993 YX11 AEK
9994 YX11 AET
9995 YX11 AEG
9996 LN69 OGX
9997 YW68 PBY
9998 YX18 KUD
9999 LK68 ZTC

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301 SL16 YPE
302 YJ64 DYS
303 YJ64 DYT
304 YJ64 DYU
305 YJ64 DYV
306 YJ64 DYW

(24 Sep 2021, 7:38 pm)minibus1474 wrote 200 YX 61 BJO
201 YX61 BJU
202 YX61 BJK
203 SF65 ARO
204 DC66 VEP
205 YX12 CHN
206 SJ17 ZCU
207 SJ17 ZCV
208 SJ17 ZCX
209 YX06 CUO
210 YT63 TNX
211 KX58 BJF
212 SF08 GLJ
215 SF14 HAE
217 BF18 YRW
220 SJ18 UTG
233 LN71 ULU
234 LN71 ULV
235 LN71 ULW

400 LR52 KVW
401 W177 SCU
402 LT02 ZZR
403 LR52 KVU
404 LT02 ZZD
405 LR52 KXN
407 LR52 KWN
408 LR52 KVT
409 LR52 KWZ
410 LR52 KWA
411 LR52 KWP
412 LX03 OPK
413 LX03 BZB
414 LV52 HHW
415 MJI 3751
443 MJI 2368
444 V436 PDA
491 YJ62 FLD
492 YJ10 EZB
493 YJ59 NNO
494 YJ10 MBF
495 YJ12 NBX
497 KX58 BGY

500 T807 CBW
501 X919 WGR
9992 SJ21 NLC
9993 YX11 AEK
9994 YX11 AET
9995 YX11 AEG
9996 LN69 OGX
9997 YW68 PBY
9998 YX18 KUD
9999 LK68 ZTC

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301 SL16 YPE
302 YJ64 DYS
303 YJ64 DYT
304 YJ64 DYU
305 YJ64 DYV
306 YJ64 DYW

Many thanks for all this - I hadn't realised just how many vehicles GCT have had through their hands over the years.

335 changes are going ahead from 13th October

(24 Sep 2021, 5:45 pm)Adrian wrote GCT offering £19 per hour for schools and private hire work.

Normal work still seems to be £11 an hour.

Bold move, in the midst of a national worker shortage.

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(28 Sep 2021, 11:05 am)V514DFT wrote 335 changes are going ahead from 13th October

Where is it link to it

Interested to see that the 333 changes didn't get put through

(28 Sep 2021, 11:18 am)Train8261 wrote Where is it link to it

Here's the link to the GCT job posting:

https://www.facebook.com/172838192843628...858957688/

Possibly a game changing rate of pay for bus drivers here in the North East.

Its in my emails which im not going to be providing a link for,you'll just have to wait until it appears on the nexus website

(28 Sep 2021, 9:14 pm)V514DFT wrote Its in my emails which im not going to be providing a link for,you'll just have to wait until it appears on the nexus website

Yea I received an email. 
Strange they haven't gone through with the 333 changes. I don't understand why they haven't 

We have amended our plans in response to the feedback received.  There was strong opposition to our plans to remove the service from the central part of the Fish Quay.  As buses will now continue to serve the Fish Quay, it is no longer possible to bring forward the planned route change via Tynemouth Village

That was what was said about the 333 changes

(28 Sep 2021, 3:38 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Here's the link to the GCT job posting:

https://www.facebook.com/172838192843628...858957688/

Possibly a game changing rate of pay for bus drivers here in the North East.

Wonder if the financial penalties for potentially not running contracted services is a factor in this decision?

(28 Sep 2021, 9:56 pm)Train8261 wrote Yea I received an email. 
Strange they haven't gone through with the 333 changes. I don't understand why they haven't 

We have amended our plans in response to the feedback received.  There was strong opposition to our plans to remove the service from the central part of the Fish Quay.  As buses will now continue to serve the Fish Quay, it is no longer possible to bring forward the planned route change via Tynemouth Village

That was what was said about the 333 changes

They could of done something clever,and that would be to merge the 333 and 335 together,i even suggested that to them

(29 Sep 2021, 9:13 pm)V514DFT wrote They could of done something clever,and that would be to merge the 333 and 335 together,i even suggested that to them

Nexus?  Something clever? 

Is the 333 the same 333 that i used to get in the 80s? an northumbria open topper that goes to whitley bay?

(30 Sep 2021, 10:48 am)Rob44 wrote Is the 333 the same 333 that i used to get in the 80s? an northumbria open topper that goes to whitley bay?

No. Operate between North Shields Ferry landing and Tynemouth Broadway

(30 Sep 2021, 11:39 am)Train8261 wrote No. Operate between North Shields Ferry landing and Tynemouth Broadway

The old 333 used to run ferry-tynemouth-whitley bay so I would suspect it's been chopped and changed in parts over the years.

(30 Sep 2021, 1:00 pm)omnicity4659 wrote The old 333 used to run ferry-tynemouth-whitley bay so I would suspect it's been chopped and changed in parts over the years.

Basically what the Stagecoach Seasider was

It seems that the 79 has failed to operate a single journey so far today. Quite a change from the near perfect reliability that JH coaches provided on the service.

(30 Sep 2021, 1:00 pm)omnicity4659 wrote The old 333 used to run ferry-tynemouth-whitley bay so I would suspect it's been chopped and changed in parts over the years.

It did,theres pics of it on the internet of it being an Open Topper,it was also extended in 2012(ish) to serve Howdon Road to replace the 300,but that was short lived

The 333 is basically what is left of the frequent services which ran beyond Northumberland Square to connect with the ferry. In the sixties there was the 7 / 8 from Blyth / Whitley Bay and 12 (I think ) from Whitley Bay via Preston Vill. There was also a service which ran to the Fish Quay. At that time the before the Tyne Tunnel opened there were 2 vehicle and foot passenger ferries shuttling backwards and forwards. Later on the routes became the 309 and 317 which were supplemented by open top 327 in the summer which ran along the seafront from Whitley Bay. There was a connecting open top service at South Shields which, if I remember correctly, ran to Seaburn. Later again the open topper became the 333 operated by Northern and Northumbria.

(03 Oct 2021, 9:50 am)RMF1254 wrote The 333 is basically what is left of the frequent services which ran beyond Northumberland Square to connect with the ferry. In the sixties there was the 7 / 8 from Blyth / Whitley Bay and 12 (I think ) from Whitley Bay via Preston Vill. There was also a service which ran to the Fish Quay. At that time the before the Tyne Tunnel opened there were 2 vehicle and foot passenger ferries shuttling backwards and forwards. Later on the routes became the 309 and 317 which were supplemented by open top 327 in the summer which ran along the seafront from Whitley Bay. There was a connecting open top service at South Shields which, if I remember correctly, ran to Seaburn. Later again the open topper became the 333 operated by Northern and Northumbria.

That service was numbered 555, I believe. At some point it started at Bedes World in Jarrow too

(03 Oct 2021, 12:11 pm)MurdnunoC wrote That service was numbered 555, I believe. At some point it started at Bedes World in Jarrow too

I think that was more recent. The one I’m thinking of was started by the then PTE using the now preserved 1218.

(04 Oct 2021, 8:44 am)RMF1254 wrote I think that was more recent. The one I’m thinking of was started by the then PTE using the now preserved 1218.

Was it not the 536/537

(05 Oct 2021, 2:14 am)V514DFT wrote Was it not the 536/537

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I’ve got a few shots of 1218, the earlier one showing 510/511 and later ones showing 538. I don’t seem able to areach them.

(03 Oct 2021, 9:50 am)RMF1254 wrote The 333 is basically what is left of the frequent services which ran beyond Northumberland Square to connect with the ferry. In the sixties there was the 7 / 8 from Blyth / Whitley Bay and 12 (I think ) from Whitley Bay via Preston Vill. There was also a service which ran to the Fish Quay. At that time the before the Tyne Tunnel opened there were 2 vehicle and foot passenger ferries shuttling backwards and forwards. Later on the routes became the 309 and 317 which were supplemented by open top 327 in the summer which ran along the seafront from Whitley Bay. There was a connecting open top service at South Shields which, if I remember correctly, ran to Seaburn. Later again the open topper became the 333 operated by Northern and Northumbria.

The 7, 8 and 12 did indeed run as you say. When the tunnel opened in 1967, Northern's service 60 which ran Sunderland - East Boldon - Whiteleas - Biddick Hall - Jarrow was extended to Blyth via Shields and the coast and operated jointly with the Tynemouth company. Later the 7 and 8 took on the number 60. Later when services in the area were numbered 3xx, the Blyth - Sunderland one became the 310 and the Blyth - Shields ferry one became the 309. For a time I was a conductor, and the Blyth - Sunderland run was my favourite. There was for many years a service to the fish quay running from Northumberland Square and numbered 14. This service only operated at work times. Eventually these runs were tagged onto the 12. The 12 eventually became the 317.

335 re-routing starts next Wednesday (13th), just a friendly reminder