(22 Jul 2022, 5:08 pm)Unber43 wrote Just look at the 21, there is about 50% of the vehicles on that there should be.A cynic may say the list of published cancellations vs unannounced or 'unscheduled' cancellations is done deliberately and has all sorts of things to do with funding eligibility.
From Newcastle: 05:15, 19:02, 20:06, 21:26, 23:26.
From Brandon: 18:35, 19:05.
From Durham: 06:13, 07:00, 22:27.
From Chester-le-Street to Newcastle: 04:37, 18:18, 20:44.
Considering that was all that was listed, why won't GNE give us the full cancellation? Are they too embarrassed at them?
Of course, I'm not a cynical chap. So wouldn't dare suggest it.
(22 Jul 2022, 5:19 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Interesting the level of unanimity here in terms of preference for reduced but predictable timetable (approach of SNE and apparently soon to be ANE) to the attempt to run a full timetable unreliably (GNEs approach for several months now).I think most want some sort of stability or predictability.
It seems obvious to me which would be preferable to customers and appears to be borne out here too … but does anyone take the opposite view?
And if not, and it is as obvious as it appears that operating emergency timetables is better than – to use the phrase of the day – the shitshow that is GNE’s offering, why have GNE persisted with this failing approach for so long?
Would introduction of emergency timetables across the board have reduced inconvenience to customers and potentially done less damage to the GNE brand?
Seems really odd they took the emergency timetable approach to a minority of services but not the rest, despite very obvious chronic failures in delivery across the business.
It means they can make plans and can actually achieve something, rather than end up like Rob44 and half cut!