(15 Aug 2022, 3:03 pm)Storx wrote I might be missing something here but how on earth are you supposed to know which way the Q3 does the loop when they're both the same number...

I thought exactly the same thing when I read that... people told us it was too confusing having services lettered A and B to denote which way they go round a loop.  So, we are still going to go round the loop in different directions, just make it even harder for you to guess which.  The poorly designed changes which we're seeing all too often at the minute, which are then reversed or tinkered with (and made worse) only a few weeks later is laughable.  The whole management of the operation at GNE currently screams amateurish - there's no other way to describe it.

Wholeheartedly agree with others that there's something rotten about the outfit when they are taking on more and more contract work while leaving passengers stranded, or frontline services stripped right back.  Yesterday for example they managed to find the drivers to rake in the profit from running the 900/901...meanwhile 'short notice cancellations' left right and centre on the main network.  I get that there is a balance to strike re income streams but this balance looks awfully unbalanced from a regular passenger perspective.

Temporary timetables are doubtless better than the current (and several months if not year long) shambles on a daily basis.  However, this should be an absolute last resort and while they are taking on more and more contract work it clearly isn't just a driver shortage.  It is how the company are choosing to prioritise the deployment of that resource.  Interesting that with the X11 going (which I fully support) GNE socials claimed it was due to low passenger numbers (despite at the time being just about to head into peak season) whereas MG made public comments that it was because they needed to priortise regular services - great if it was true, however clearly utter hogwash given X75, Toon Tour, Kynren, multitude of other contracts all being prioritised over those core routes they sacrificed X11 for.