(16 Sep 2015, 2:43 pm)Dan wrote It's a shame to see some journeys on various services will be withdrawn, but unfortunately was bound to happen at some point owing to council funding cuts.
I think we'll see one or two further changes uploaded to the website in due course. I'd imagine that the Sunday X84 service will also be cancelled, as I don't think there's enough demand to introduce further Newcastle - Hexham services (on top of the TEN service) during the day to justify running the current journeys.
Great to see Go North East's network expanding further into County Durham and Northumberland - on paper it looks to be an improvement to some of the services being offered at present, as I'd imagine that Go North East's own ticketing options will be valid. Arriva best watch their backs: Go North East will expand to Carlisle in no time!
Of course, tyresmoke mentioned a week or two ago that Go North East will be taking on service U1 from Arriva from next month, and I have a feeling that this stands a good chance of providing a higher standard than the service being operated at present too.
I think this service, paired with the new scholars service it will interwork with, are both supported by Northumberland County Council. Perhaps this explains why Dennis Trident/East Lancs Lolyne 3859 (W859 PNL) remains in use at Percy Main?
Shame to, glad they're still keeping the Monday-Saturday service though!
The changes do seem good, also on the GNE site, it seems they have decided to split the Tynedale Links timetables up so each service has their own, instead of loads of services being on one timetable.
For the U1, i'll imagine this is where some/all of the spare SOLO Sr's will go from the Venture, once changes happen with the V8 etc?, whats the PVR for the U1?
Maybe that's why 3859 is still in service then.