Nexus Cost Cutting on Bus Stop Timetables
Nexus Cost Cutting on Bus Stop Timetables
(15 Feb 2014, 2:23 pm)andreos1 Sorry, just re-read my post.
Those temporary, uncovered, exposed bus stops you mentioned are still there.
The covered shelters outside Lloyds Bank or the snooker hall are out of use.
What I should have said, was that to get cover/protection from the elements, you need to walk to the doctors etc
(15 Feb 2014, 2:23 pm)andreos1 Sorry, just re-read my post.
Those temporary, uncovered, exposed bus stops you mentioned are still there.
The covered shelters outside Lloyds Bank or the snooker hall are out of use.
What I should have said, was that to get cover/protection from the elements, you need to walk to the doctors etc
(16 Feb 2014, 2:17 pm)gtom I imagine the reasoning is the cost of installing a temporary bus shelter would probably be very high.
The stop where TB14 and M2/3 stop opposite the BP garage in Birtley doesn't have a bus stop either.
(16 Feb 2014, 2:17 pm)gtom I imagine the reasoning is the cost of installing a temporary bus shelter would probably be very high.
The stop where TB14 and M2/3 stop opposite the BP garage in Birtley doesn't have a bus stop either.
(16 Feb 2014, 2:25 pm)andreos1 There was something published a few years back, which outlined the need to improve temporary stops.
It obviously hasn't came to fruition.
Granted, a week or two couldn't justify a shelter, but in this example, the two on Birtley Front Street, the time of year and the duration of the works, could justify a more hard standing solution.
(16 Feb 2014, 2:25 pm)andreos1 There was something published a few years back, which outlined the need to improve temporary stops.
It obviously hasn't came to fruition.
Granted, a week or two couldn't justify a shelter, but in this example, the two on Birtley Front Street, the time of year and the duration of the works, could justify a more hard standing solution.
(16 Feb 2014, 2:28 pm)gtom afaik the stop going Northbound is due to move back to its original imminently as demolition work and footpath closure is about to commence on the old standing Sommerfield store
Southbound stop is moving because its current location is about to become a signalised junction
(16 Feb 2014, 2:28 pm)gtom afaik the stop going Northbound is due to move back to its original imminently as demolition work and footpath closure is about to commence on the old standing Sommerfield store
Southbound stop is moving because its current location is about to become a signalised junction
(16 Feb 2014, 2:37 pm)andreos1 Looking at the size of the hole and amount of pipework still be fitted, it will be a while before that one is reopened.
Southbound - the temporary stop is in the same location as the old one, just without a roof to protect you from the elements.
Both have been like that for a while now - evn if it is just temporary.
Somerfield?
Its still Presto man
(16 Feb 2014, 2:37 pm)andreos1 Looking at the size of the hole and amount of pipework still be fitted, it will be a while before that one is reopened.
Southbound - the temporary stop is in the same location as the old one, just without a roof to protect you from the elements.
Both have been like that for a while now - evn if it is just temporary.
Somerfield?
Its still Presto man
(16 Feb 2014, 2:42 pm)aureolin Blast from the past seem to remember a big one near Sunderland? Not entirely sure where that was! Us Washington lot thought we were top dogs having a Gateway foodmarket though...
(16 Feb 2014, 2:42 pm)aureolin Blast from the past seem to remember a big one near Sunderland? Not entirely sure where that was! Us Washington lot thought we were top dogs having a Gateway foodmarket though...
(16 Feb 2014, 2:42 pm)aureolin Blast from the past seem to remember a big one near Sunderland? Not entirely sure where that was! Us Washington lot thought we were top dogs having a Gateway foodmarket though...
(18 Feb 2014, 11:24 am)Dan The bus shelter opposite the cemetery on Hylton Road has gone! A little flag pole hooked onto a street light to act as the bus stop now.
Granted it was an old-style brick shelter before, but I am surprised a new one wasn't implemented.
(18 Feb 2014, 11:24 am)Dan The bus shelter opposite the cemetery on Hylton Road has gone! A little flag pole hooked onto a street light to act as the bus stop now.
Granted it was an old-style brick shelter before, but I am surprised a new one wasn't implemented.
(18 Feb 2014, 11:24 am)Dan The bus shelter opposite the cemetery on Hylton Road has gone! A little flag pole hooked onto a street light to act as the bus stop now.
Granted it was an old-style brick shelter before, but I am surprised a new one wasn't implemented.
(18 Feb 2014, 11:24 am)Dan The bus shelter opposite the cemetery on Hylton Road has gone! A little flag pole hooked onto a street light to act as the bus stop now.
Granted it was an old-style brick shelter before, but I am surprised a new one wasn't implemented.
(18 Feb 2014, 1:36 pm)andreos1 Was it one of the ones with the green, concrete painted roof?
They were all supposed to come down years ago.
Both Gateshead and South Tyneside councils have had meetings about them over the years with regard to safety concerns.
Wonder if something is going to happen now?
(18 Feb 2014, 1:36 pm)andreos1 Was it one of the ones with the green, concrete painted roof?
They were all supposed to come down years ago.
Both Gateshead and South Tyneside councils have had meetings about them over the years with regard to safety concerns.
Wonder if something is going to happen now?
(18 Feb 2014, 1:44 pm)Dan Shown on Google Maps below.
http://goo.gl/maps/1Bfk8
Still a number of them kicking about in Sunderland - think there's quite a few of them on the Sunderland end of the 56 route, in fact?
(18 Feb 2014, 1:44 pm)Dan Shown on Google Maps below.
http://goo.gl/maps/1Bfk8
Still a number of them kicking about in Sunderland - think there's quite a few of them on the Sunderland end of the 56 route, in fact?
(18 Feb 2014, 2:49 pm)CatsFast101 Isn't there one on the 60 route? Grangetown at Toll Bar Stop, Marine Drive?
Edit: Yes, photo attached.
(18 Feb 2014, 2:49 pm)CatsFast101 Isn't there one on the 60 route? Grangetown at Toll Bar Stop, Marine Drive?
Edit: Yes, photo attached.
The issue I was aware of, was based on the concrete roof falling onto a car which crashed into the shelter in the early 90s.
That shelter was only a few years old at the time, so was repaired (and is still in use).
I think there is a programme to replace them all (just under 100 replacements a year), but dangerous, unsafe shelters will take priority. Guessing age and anti-social behaviour along with the location of an alternative shelter will play a part too.
edit: Here is the Gateshead Council policy https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Transport%2...c/bus.aspx
Concrete shelters are rife in Washington. Especially around the older parts such as Donwell, Albany, Concord, Village, and Blackfell. I'd hate to see these completely disappear to be honest. The modern shelters have no character whatsoever.
I appreciate this probably isn't Nexus fault, but couldn't find anywhere more appropriate. Feel free to move if there is!
Driving over the crossing in to the Sunderland portion of Fencehouses tonight, I noticed a set of temporary lights rendering two stops out of action. The Houghton bound stop being one.
As per the norm, a temporary stop had been 'installed'.
What caught my attention, was that it wasn't a Nexus flag.
I recognised the italicised 't' and purple colouring behind it, but can't think which LA/PTE it belongs to.
I'm guessing the contractors had brought it with them.
With driving and being caught in a flow of traffic, I couldn't get a snap unfortunately.
Any ideas who the 't' is?
(10 Jun 2018, 9:13 pm)Andreos1 I appreciate this probably isn't Nexus fault, but couldn't find anywhere more appropriate. Feel free to move if there is!
Driving over the crossing in to the Sunderland portion of Fencehouses tonight, I noticed a set of temporary lights rendering two stops out of action. The Houghton bound stop being one.
As per the norm, a temporary stop had been 'installed'.
What caught my attention, was that it wasn't a Nexus flag.
I recognised the italicised 't' and purple colouring behind it, but can't think which LA/PTE it belongs to.
I'm guessing the contractors had brought it with them.
With driving and being caught in a flow of traffic, I couldn't get a snap unfortunately.
Any ideas who the 't' is?
(10 Jun 2018, 9:13 pm)Andreos1 I appreciate this probably isn't Nexus fault, but couldn't find anywhere more appropriate. Feel free to move if there is!
Driving over the crossing in to the Sunderland portion of Fencehouses tonight, I noticed a set of temporary lights rendering two stops out of action. The Houghton bound stop being one.
As per the norm, a temporary stop had been 'installed'.
What caught my attention, was that it wasn't a Nexus flag.
I recognised the italicised 't' and purple colouring behind it, but can't think which LA/PTE it belongs to.
I'm guessing the contractors had brought it with them.
With driving and being caught in a flow of traffic, I couldn't get a snap unfortunately.
Any ideas who the 't' is?