(21 Dec 2023, 6:45 pm)Andreos1 wrote I'm glad it's not just me who spotted this.
Imagine travelling from Chester le Street to Quorum in the car normally and then deciding to follow the guidance in parking the car in the Metrocentre and then paying to sit on a bus in to the town and then struggle on changing bus to get to Quorum.
Throw in a handful of people doing a similar journey, but from Washington or Wrekenton and it really rams home how daft this proposal is.
Then throw in the mix all those people traveling north to south. How does it work for them?
Regardless of that, I'm baffled as to how the funding is actually being utilised and who approved it.
If the bus was free, then I can see where some of the money is going.
As it stands, it just looks like it's paying to hire the car parking space.
(11 Jan 2024, 7:37 pm)mb134 wrote You'd think, given the nature of GNE's network and how often they move vehicles around, that they'd want all of the service fleet to be able to do 50 mph too...
Imagine what new starters think after training in a vehicle capable of 50 mph, then being slapped onto an express with some ex-London decker that can barely do 40!
I was on 6970 on the 58 earlier. It is a terrible bus and was struggling even on the not steep bits.