(09 Jan 2022, 2:32 am)logidoodah wrote Do the passengers know that as the posters aren't up anymore and I've been on plenty of times where I've had to argue with a GNE driver on the 10/X47 (at the time)/10B to name a few where they wouldn't accept my ticket.
But also surely it's also easier to sit on 1 bus?
Hopefully as that is what the BSIP is for right?
No point in the 68 being utilised they should just use and extra bus or so to relieve capacity and send it maybe West Denton - Cowgate - Barrack Rd - Spitial Tongues - City Centre - Byker - Benton - Four Lane Ends - Forest Hall
Arriva would never run that service, plus stagecoach would never let them. It's their 'flagship' routes same with 39/40, and they ahve always been run by busways/stagecoach.
I would hope so, and it's disappointing the posters aren't up anymore. GNE drivers are quite frustrating in my experience, they don't make things easy when they are in the wrong.
Yes, I agree 100% it's easier sitting on 1 bus, however I lost my job because of the 7, nearly every Friday it arrived late at the Metrocentre, and I was therefore late for work. Direct buses to Byker wait in town making it quicker to change buses to continue on to Shields Road, so really direct services don't work. Even in the other direction, changing drivers in Slatyford is frustrating.
Honestly it's a shame we can't scrap the lot and start again. Our bus network is a mess. Good thing is now I walk more and I'm less anxious, stressed and frustrated and if GNE was the dominant operator in my area I'd be employed. Stagecoach makes leisure, employment, volunteering and visiting people impossible. Arriva running the 62/63 would create a nice Arriva network in Killingworth and provide a bus to Byker (42/42A/52/53/54/62/63). BSIP should make operators irrelevant, but for a better service they should have connected networks as if Stagecoach is late (as usual) you miss the next bus from Arriva/GNE (I had exactly this issue when briefly attending sixth form in Wallsend).