(05 Sep 2023, 9:53 am)Michael Info about the Great North Run:

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Go North East

https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/greatnorthrun


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Stagecoach:

Newcastle: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-04/09/2023-12:31:33:861

South Shields/Sunderland (E1/E2/E6) : https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-04/09/2023-10:16:32:183


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Arriva:

Can't find ant on the website... but tbf, the website is a mess

(05 Sep 2023, 2:27 pm)RobinHood Are there even any direct impacts on Arriva services that they need to advise about? I dont think there is.

(05 Sep 2023, 3:41 pm)Busu284 Bar the X12 that's about it but tbh I don't think they will care about 1 stop being missed

(05 Sep 2023, 2:27 pm)RobinHood Are there even any direct impacts on Arriva services that they need to advise about? I dont think there is.

(11 Sep 2023, 4:29 pm)stagecoachbusdepot Does anyone know which open topper was in use at mile 6 for Guide Dogs charity?  Think I saw most of the others but there was no sign of anything along there when I passed just before the roads closed.

Also is 6900 still in use with GNE?  Havent seen it since Santa Bus guise and there's been a decent number of closed toppers on the Toon Tour this summer so presumably there's been limited open top availability?

(11 Sep 2023, 6:05 pm)Busu284 12 open toppers attend these being 
East Yorkshire BX55 XMJ 
Gne 6997/6998/6999
Stagecoach 17239,40,17645
York Pullman X588 EGK 
Nebpt H669 BNL & KBB 118D 
Yesteryear BFS 14L & BUF 267C

Someone told me the East Yorkshire one was a replacement for 6900

(11 Sep 2023, 6:25 pm)stagecoachbusdepot  Cheers 6998 must have been the missing one at mile 6 as I think I saw the rest along the route.

(11 Sep 2023, 6:53 pm)Dan 6998 arrived later than the rest.


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(11 Sep 2023, 8:32 pm)stagecoachbusdepot Thanks for confirming, must have been cutting it fine to get through as it wasn't long before 0930 that I was heading along that way and no sign of it.

Couldn't help but wonder as well at the Shields end why staff arent selling tickets to the punters as they queue rather than everyone having to pay on board (unless they have advance tickets etc) - it seemed to take ages for everyone to board and the majority appeared to be buying tickets from the driver.  Surely that would enable the buses to fill much quicker if everyone was ticketed before boarding, and clear the queues more quickly (at least until they run out of vehicles and need to wait for ones to return from Newcastle)?