(19 Dec 2021, 7:53 pm)ifm001 wrote On what grounds have Stagecoach been "relatively shit" for you.
You keep saying that you never use Stagecoach services you deliberately use other operators mainly GNE 74 amd others so that you don't have to use Stagecoach.
In the past few months are you able to advise how many times you have used Stagecoach? Oh and can you advise just what the actual issue / problems you incur whilst using the Stagecoach services
I avoided Stagecoach as much as possible starting in 2019. Particularly when travelling into Gateshead, beyond Gateshead Town Centre, and requiring a GNE ticket. Using the 74 or X84/X85 was the best option. Since last year I have stopped using Stagecoach altogether.
Back in 2011 Stagecoach resulted in missing the Coaster to Wallsend.
2017 I lost my job at the Metrocentre due to how unreliable the 6 and 7 were (and still are, I see them regularly, particularly changing drivers and delaying the bus).
Volunteering in Byker between 2018 and 2020 the 12 was often delayed and I used the 1 in the morning and Q3 in the afternoon, much better.
Last year I volunteered in Westerhope and the 72 wasn't even running and neither was the 87 but luckily I was using the 74.
Countless times Stagecoach has let me down and I've lost jobs because of it.
Just to clarify this is Stagecoach in Newcastle. No problems in South Shields. But I use a GNE ticket in order to get to South Shields, and so can't use Stagecoach.
The biggest issue with Stagecoach for me is that I need GNE tickets and GNE offer a wide range of tickets, and Stagecoach doesn't allow competition. GNE would run in Slatyford if Stagecoach allowed it. Yes Stagecoach is fine if travelling in Newcastle for the day, but otherwise there are better options (808 for £1 in the morning and walk home in the afternoon for one example.