(11 hours ago)Rapidsnap wrote I looked at Bus Times on Saturday gone, and Arriva had 2 Enviro 400MMCs out on rail replacements that being 7715 and 7718. Not sure if anything else was being used.
The work being done is to the Bridge over the Coast Road which has been reduced to one lane in either direction causing chaos there whilst they work on the bridge above.
Arriva had two mmc, Garnetts have a Levante 2, Mario had a Irizar & Evora & DM had the decker thats stored up here
(11 hours ago)Storx wrote Must say I don't understand why anyone would use the rail replacement bus to get to Newcastle.
The X7, X10/X11, X8, X21, X22 serve each of the stations and is a hell of a lot quicker than going on a mystery tour on the replacement bus even without changing to the Metro.
Cutting it short at Northumberland Park was the right move imo.
That defeats the objective of the Northumberland Line even being here if theres bus services that run to Newcastle.
The rail replacement is there to replace the train that people use to Newcastle. Cutting it at Northumberland Park is a stupid idea. Especially when the metro cant be trusted