(31 Mar 2023, 1:34 pm)Unber43 wrote Severe Delays on 56/27, they should turn at Gateshead, allow people to use any service from Gateshead to newcastle, and 1/58/57 from Newcastle to Gateshead

Or have 2 vehicles at Gateshead for 27, and 2 at Sunderland for active vehicle replacement therefore you've got a 30 min layover for each bus to stop delayed operations

(31 Mar 2023, 1:59 pm)Unber43 wrote Not plus two drivers, every 56 changes so it will literally cause no difference, just two buses will just park up. And the driver will just take 1 which is there and drive it into the stand for their duty.

(31 Mar 2023, 1:59 pm)Unber43 wrote Not plus two drivers, every 56 changes so it will literally cause no difference, just two buses will just park up. And the driver will just take 1 which is there and drive it into the stand for their duty.

(31 Mar 2023, 8:39 pm)mb134 wrote Aye just have 2 deckers parked up ready to go at all times, won't add any cost to the route at all.

(31 Mar 2023, 8:40 pm)Unber43 wrote If they're parked at the Depot, and two engineeres just drive them up and get the shuttle back no not really.

(31 Mar 2023, 8:45 pm)mb134 wrote But you're still needing to add 2 deckers to the fleet allocation of the depot to ensure 2 are always sat spare?

(31 Mar 2023, 8:51 pm)Unber43 wrote Just when the Metro is off, but i dont think it would be a bad idea to add a PVR 1 to have a longer layover as they do struggle throughout the day aswell

(31 Mar 2023, 8:53 pm)mb134 wrote You'd need to allow for that in fleet planning though, and you're not going to tax/maintain/fuel 2 extra buses just on the off chance the Metro happens to be off for a day.

(31 Mar 2023, 8:54 pm)Unber43 wrote There should always be 2-3 spare deckers at Deptford, more on weekends

(31 Mar 2023, 9:31 pm)Unber43 wrote The 27 being hourly isn't helping either

(31 Mar 2023, 10:01 pm)BusLoverMum wrote What difference would that make in Sunderland? There is hardly any common route at all, save market street to Gateshead interchange and a tiny bit beyond.

(01 Apr 2023, 5:28 pm)Unber43 wrote What happened here

https://twitter.com/gonortheast/status/1642212285379649540?s=20

(01 Apr 2023, 5:33 pm)NEbushopper wrote Someone soiled on a bus? I am scared for the future of the world! I mean it was probably just a small child like but still.

(11 Apr 2023, 8:38 am)Unber43 wrote Why do the 10As go down Chopwell South Road its very tight, both 6082/ 5381 got stuck this morning. 5381 is much longer than 6082 feel bad for the drivers, guarentee they got a lot of stick from the people around the streets.

(14 Apr 2023, 1:04 pm)omnicity4659 wrote Unless people are parked on the yellow lines then I can't see any issues.

(29 Apr 2023, 8:22 pm)Unber43 wrote I know I've complained about this before but seriously something hast to be done about the 56 on match days, its every week.

Today there was buses 24/15/31/29/20 mins late, I was on a 56 and 4/5 in a row all Said Gateshead, thats no buses for well over an hour. There needs to be two deckers or atleast single deckers parked to do active replacement to try and keep the buses on time.

(30 Apr 2023, 12:35 pm)V514DFT wrote Wait a min, so one minute you moan about wrong buses being allocated, then in the same breath you're effectively saying 'stick any bus on the 56 to help it on matchdays', but then the next day you'd be back to moaning about wrong branded buses being on the 56 the previous day?, yeah cus thats logic right there

(07 May 2023, 9:42 pm)Ambassador wrote Hello dear Friends

I’m back,

Just a quick note to say I cannot wait for franchising and accountability to come down on these GNE charlatans as soon as it can. Another match day, another boat load of non existent buses. Another day of fully loaded standing upstairs angels.

It’s even worse since Chester closed. Morning service reliability is horrendous

God save the featham

(07 May 2023, 10:00 pm)busmanT wrote I assume that you have sent a detailed complaint to Go North East regarding these alleged failures to deliver a service - its no use complaining on here!

(07 May 2023, 10:03 pm)Ambassador wrote I have indeed, I’ve included photos of the full top deck. On multiple occasions, as anyone who loves in low fell will attest, I even tweeted Nigel, no reply yet sadly. At least MG admitted his failings and got back to you, 

just left Eldon square. No angel for an hour, tip top service,

(07 May 2023, 10:50 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Big and frequent gaps on the x21 all day, too. On Sunday, that means 2 hours without a service. Was glad I checked the app while waiting for the 12:33 from Eldon Square. We were fine with the 21 but those travelling beyond had to buy another ticket for an arriva service.