(Yesterday, 3:04 pm)tvd wrote So, who is it that actually plans any new routes and timetable changes, is it one person or a team working together?
Are they people who know the area very well, or is it done by the same staff who will also do the same for Arriva operations everywhere else in the country? Would the local depot manager have any say whatsoever?
It’s a small team working together that know the area very very well. They work together with the local authorities (TVCA and NECA in this case) and the local depot managers don’t particularly have a say but feedback from drivers does reflect on minor timetable changes. Every Arriva region has their own dedicated commercial team with “Network Managers”
(Yesterday, 10:50 am)I’m Superman wrote Everyone losing their mind before they even see the timetable is mad. I have seen a draft internally that was shared with the trade union and extra runtime is everywhere, including some of the layovers at Marske are significant enough to have a nap in. People jumping to conclusions need to calm down.
A question I asked our rep that nobody seems to have even considered on here is yet to be answered. Maybe I'm cynical but getting everything back Boro, including the Sunday 3 by interworking the 62 feels like an agenda for something else. I might be wrong though.
There has long been talk of merging Stockton and Redcar together as a superdepot but it always falls through when it’s pushed. I can’t help but feel it’s just operational ease, allowing for Redcar drivers to have breaks at Middlesbrough for example.
(Yesterday, 9:16 am)IStorx wrote Not sure there mind, on paper maybe, but on paper and reality are two different things. Seems to be around 1 hour 45 minutes for the whole route, but then there's Dixon Bank and Marton Road which are an absolute nightmare at the best of times, especially with the summer coast traffic.
I'd be pretty pissed if I'm waiting for a bus from Redcar to Marske Estate and it's 15 minutes late because it got stuck there.
And that's before some roadworks in Redcar, or what not - you'd have to expect some somewhere by the sheer length of the route.
Your arguement doesn’t make any sense as there’s already much longer routes in existence. I don’t see you petitioning for the X4, X12, X14, X15, X18, X93/4 to be sliced because they’re too long…
(11 Jan 2026, 5:28 pm)Storx wrote Talking about Heworth, there badly needs to be some serious discussion about how to serve Central Station coming from the South.
Since the Northumberland Line has opened, it hasn't half opened up my eyes how diabolical the links are to pretty much everywhere which isn't the Metrocentre.
Changing at Gateshead for one stop, isn't the answer either as it's a huge inconvience and nor is walking 15 minutes from John Dobson Street inbound either. It's very different
The ironic thing is already do a loop which has a bus stop nearby at the High Level Bridge but we've got an obsession of terminating everything at a bus station or the middle of nowhere which imo isn't needed for turn up and go services like the 21, 56, 58, X1 etc.
They could easily do something like:
Which would give links to every part of Newcastle ie. someone who works at the new HMRC, can get on the bus outside for Low Fell rather than having to trail across half of Newcastle, similar for Central the opposite way.