Bank Holiday Services
Bank Holiday Services
(02 May 2016, 10:59 am)citaro5284 Yeah they are.
(02 May 2016, 10:59 am)citaro5284 Yeah they are.
(02 May 2016, 10:46 am)GX03 SVC What do the signs say?
(02 May 2016, 10:46 am)GX03 SVC What do the signs say?
(02 May 2016, 10:34 am)Michael NEXUS putting signs up?, wow this is new!
(02 May 2016, 10:34 am)Michael NEXUS putting signs up?, wow this is new!
(02 May 2016, 11:34 am)Ambassador To be fair nexus are very proactive in Eldon Square. As are GNE when there's an incident. They regularly update the digital boards with scrolling live info
(02 May 2016, 11:34 am)Ambassador To be fair nexus are very proactive in Eldon Square. As are GNE when there's an incident. They regularly update the digital boards with scrolling live info
Noticed that Hodgsons Coaches were running their service 79 between Barnard Castle and Richmond today. I heard nothing suggesting that this service would be running today and it certainly showed as I saw it enter and leave Richmond Market Place with no passengers.
Not really certain how many passengers the services Dales & District ran today carried.
With Newcastle playing at home on Good Friday at 19:45, do you think the big three will consider operating a Saturday service with or without the Night Buses (in GNE's case) as a result of this?
Bearing in mind that it is also a Friday night and a lot of later journeys which normally run on a Friday / Saturday night (excluding night buses) or Monday to Saturday evening for that matter including some offering a more frequent service or running later than a Sunday evening.
Anything less than a Saturday service on Good Friday given the circumstances would be a disgrace in my opinion as buses would end up running stupidly late not only having to deal with high numbers coming out of the Town, but also high numbers going into the Town irrespective of the weather or sales etc.
(03 Mar 2017, 10:54 pm)L469 YVK With Newcastle playing at home on Good Friday at 19:45, do you think the big three will consider operating a Saturday service with or without the Night Buses (in GNE's case) as a result of this?
Bearing in mind that it is also a Friday night and a lot of later journeys which normally run on a Friday / Saturday night (excluding night buses) or Monday to Saturday evening for that matter including some offering a more frequent service or running later than a Sunday evening.
Anything less than a Saturday service on Good Friday given the circumstances would be a disgrace in my opinion as buses would end up running stupidly late not only having to deal with high numbers coming out of the Town, but also high numbers going into the Town irrespective of the weather or sales etc.
(03 Mar 2017, 10:54 pm)L469 YVK With Newcastle playing at home on Good Friday at 19:45, do you think the big three will consider operating a Saturday service with or without the Night Buses (in GNE's case) as a result of this?
Bearing in mind that it is also a Friday night and a lot of later journeys which normally run on a Friday / Saturday night (excluding night buses) or Monday to Saturday evening for that matter including some offering a more frequent service or running later than a Sunday evening.
Anything less than a Saturday service on Good Friday given the circumstances would be a disgrace in my opinion as buses would end up running stupidly late not only having to deal with high numbers coming out of the Town, but also high numbers going into the Town irrespective of the weather or sales etc.
(03 Mar 2017, 10:59 pm)Michael
It'll be Sunday service because they'll be "no demand"... Haha
(03 Mar 2017, 10:59 pm)Michael
It'll be Sunday service because they'll be "no demand"... Haha
(03 Mar 2017, 10:54 pm)L469 YVK With Newcastle playing at home on Good Friday at 19:45, do you think the big three will consider operating a Saturday service with or without the Night Buses (in GNE's case) as a result of this?
Bearing in mind that it is also a Friday night and a lot of later journeys which normally run on a Friday / Saturday night (excluding night buses) or Monday to Saturday evening for that matter including some offering a more frequent service or running later than a Sunday evening.
Anything less than a Saturday service on Good Friday given the circumstances would be a disgrace in my opinion as buses would end up running stupidly late not only having to deal with high numbers coming out of the Town, but also high numbers going into the Town irrespective of the weather or sales etc.
(03 Mar 2017, 10:54 pm)L469 YVK With Newcastle playing at home on Good Friday at 19:45, do you think the big three will consider operating a Saturday service with or without the Night Buses (in GNE's case) as a result of this?
Bearing in mind that it is also a Friday night and a lot of later journeys which normally run on a Friday / Saturday night (excluding night buses) or Monday to Saturday evening for that matter including some offering a more frequent service or running later than a Sunday evening.
Anything less than a Saturday service on Good Friday given the circumstances would be a disgrace in my opinion as buses would end up running stupidly late not only having to deal with high numbers coming out of the Town, but also high numbers going into the Town irrespective of the weather or sales etc.
One hopes that they'll chase the obvious money on offer (they normally do)
Or even Newcastle may fund transport....or north east bus companies enter the 21st century
ABSOLUTELY STUPID OR WHAT!
SUNDAY SERVICE ON THE DAY OF SATURDAY LEVELS OF PASSENGERS PLUS ONE OF THE BIGGEST FOOTBALL MATCHES OF THE SEASON?????????????
Eldon Square will be chaos; control room will be mental and there'll be plenty of buses with "NOT IN SERVICE" kicking about with 30 - 60 min delays.
From GNE Website:
Good Friday - 14 April
The majority of services will run to Sunday timetables.
21 - Sunday timetable, with the 11.12pm Durham Bus Station to Chester-le-Street journey extended to Newcastle Pilgrim Street.
49, 49A & 49C - will run to a special timetable.
AD122 - starts running from 14 April, find out how you can explore Hadrian's Wall Country with us.
N20/N21 - on Good Friday night / Saturday morning, the services will run the normal Night Bus timetable.
N56 - this service is cancelled on Good Friday.
X66 - will run to a special timetable.
X88 - will run to a special timetable.
All other services will run to Sunday timetables.
(28 Mar 2017, 7:46 pm)L469 YVK ABSOLUTELY STUPID OR WHAT!
SUNDAY SERVICE ON THE DAY OF SATURDAY LEVELS OF PASSENGERS PLUS ONE OF THE BIGGEST FOOTBALL MATCHES OF THE SEASON?????????????
Eldon Square will be chaos; control room will be mental and there'll be plenty of buses with "NOT IN SERVICE" kicking about with 30+ delays.
From GNE Website:
Good Friday - 14 April
The majority of services will run to Sunday timetables.
21 - Sunday timetable, with the 11.12pm Durham Bus Station to Chester-le-Street journey extended to Newcastle Pilgrim Street.
49, 49A & 49C - will run to a special timetable.
AD122 - starts running from 14 April, find out how you can explore Hadrian's Wall Country with us.
N20/N21 - on Good Friday night / Saturday morning, the services will run the normal Night Bus timetable.
N56 - this service is cancelled on Good Friday.
X66 - will run to a special timetable.
X88 - will run to a special timetable.
All other services will run to Sunday timetables.
(28 Mar 2017, 7:46 pm)L469 YVK ABSOLUTELY STUPID OR WHAT!
SUNDAY SERVICE ON THE DAY OF SATURDAY LEVELS OF PASSENGERS PLUS ONE OF THE BIGGEST FOOTBALL MATCHES OF THE SEASON?????????????
Eldon Square will be chaos; control room will be mental and there'll be plenty of buses with "NOT IN SERVICE" kicking about with 30+ delays.
From GNE Website:
Good Friday - 14 April
The majority of services will run to Sunday timetables.
21 - Sunday timetable, with the 11.12pm Durham Bus Station to Chester-le-Street journey extended to Newcastle Pilgrim Street.
49, 49A & 49C - will run to a special timetable.
AD122 - starts running from 14 April, find out how you can explore Hadrian's Wall Country with us.
N20/N21 - on Good Friday night / Saturday morning, the services will run the normal Night Bus timetable.
N56 - this service is cancelled on Good Friday.
X66 - will run to a special timetable.
X88 - will run to a special timetable.
All other services will run to Sunday timetables.
Lets not forget that the Newcastle game was only moved to Friday at the start of this month, which doesn't give the operators much scope to change shifts to add extra duties in.
The police actually asked for this game to be moved back in February, but the league refused, despite it clashing with Sunderland at home to West Ham on the Saturday. Funny how they can move it when megabucks Sky come running along with money.
At least moving it back in February would have allowed for some scope to plan duties.
It's amazing how bus companies up here do not learn at all on peak routes. With record high temps forecast there'll be more folk about.
The 21 hasn't coped for the past 2 years on every Bank Holiday. So they continue doing as they are. Completely oblivious to the world around them. And showing absolutely no forward thinking and complete and total disregard for their customers, who lets be honest, if there was competition would happily jump on a rival.
I don't even attempt to use a bus on a Bank Hol, I'd rather pay a premium and take a taxi.
(28 Mar 2017, 10:06 pm)James101 [quote pid='195967' dateline='1490731765']
At least moving it back in February would have allowed for some scope to plan duties.
(28 Mar 2017, 10:06 pm)James101 [quote pid='195967' dateline='1490731765']
At least moving it back in February would have allowed for some scope to plan duties.
(28 Mar 2017, 8:48 pm)Ambassador It's amazing how bus companies up here do not learn at all on peak routes. With record high temps forecast there'll be more folk about.
The 21 hasn't coped for the past 2 years on every Bank Holiday. So they continue doing as they are. Completely oblivious to the world around them. And showing absolutely no forward thinking and complete and total disregard for their customers, who lets be honest, if there was competition would happily jump on a rival.
I don't even attempt to use a bus on a Bank Hol, I'd rather pay a premium and take a taxi.
(28 Mar 2017, 8:48 pm)Ambassador It's amazing how bus companies up here do not learn at all on peak routes. With record high temps forecast there'll be more folk about.
The 21 hasn't coped for the past 2 years on every Bank Holiday. So they continue doing as they are. Completely oblivious to the world around them. And showing absolutely no forward thinking and complete and total disregard for their customers, who lets be honest, if there was competition would happily jump on a rival.
I don't even attempt to use a bus on a Bank Hol, I'd rather pay a premium and take a taxi.
(28 Mar 2017, 10:11 pm)Dan If it takes a month to plan a roster I'd guess GNE need a better scheduling department...
(28 Mar 2017, 10:11 pm)Dan If it takes a month to plan a roster I'd guess GNE need a better scheduling department...