(09 Jan 2022, 2:01 am)OrangeArrow49 wrote Well I haven't been inspired to use Arriva, despite some good buses on the 306/308 and others (maybe 44/52?). They serve Killingworth, Silverlink, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Blyth and Tynemouth which I visit but I've always used the 42/42A, 309/310 and the Coaster as I stuck with my 2005 thoughts I'd never travel with Arriva ever again, they looked better and I've used GNE tickets since 2019.The only arguement i have with that is there is the 553,but its frequency is hourly
Perhaps if Arriva had a service to Wallsend, ideally linked with the 306/308 I'd use them more. Metrocentre doesn't have Arriva services either. GNE covers my travel destinations, namely a few places in Gateshead (like Saltwell Park, Blaydon, Rowlands Gill etc), Metrocentre, Consett, South Shields, Wallsend, the Cobalt and those shared with Arriva so I obviously use them more than I'd ever use any other company. Arriva just doesn't serve where I want to go exclusively, so I've stuck with my 2005 commitment, but if they did run somewhere I wanted to go as the sole operator there I'd use them. Unfortunately they withdrew the 9/9X service I used when I was younger and no longer operate the 32/32A so I don't have particularly easy access to Arriva tickets.
RE: Fleet Changes
Just had 718,a rare treat of having a talking bus on the 41 again,just like the old times
Kind Regards
Tez
Tez