(10 Dec 2021, 6:27 pm)Jimmi wrote Advertising connections seems to be a major weak point in bus operators and not just at GNE however I feel it is poor for example the evening 239 which was recently split into two services at Wingate/Station Town with GNE running Peterlee to Station Town and a small taxi company running Wingate to Sedgefield also with the number 239 doesn't have advertised connections despite the timetables being designed to do so, GNE only show their journeys in the 239 timetable, no mention whatsoever of a bus beyond Station Town to the Trimdons, Fishburn and Sedgefield, wouldn't be surprised if when contracts apparently go out for tender next year that the taxibus portion of the 239 to Sedgefield gets binned off with the classic phrase "due to low passenger numbers" being cited which could well be the case due to lack of knowledge of the service and passengers being put off using it due to being a taxi and having to change buses should they require the full route.
Anything to do with route or timetables or connections etc… for the 239 is up to the local authority and not GNE
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