Tender Discussion Thread
Tender Discussion Thread
(22 Feb 2015, 10:19 pm)aureolin Any such discussions can't happen to my knowledge, as it's collusion and anti competitive. The latter certainly can't happen, as nexus need to select the most economically advantageous tender.So what would the Go North East and Arriva Hexham/Ashington Depot/Service/Vehicle Swap a few years back be classed as then, if that was able to go ahead then I cant see an issue in a merger of the GNE 40/41 and SNE 40 with GNE getting a Stagecoach Service in exchange to sweeten the Deal, Plus if Quality Contracts come into play would these Services not get merged anyway.
(22 Feb 2015, 10:19 pm)aureolin Any such discussions can't happen to my knowledge, as it's collusion and anti competitive. The latter certainly can't happen, as nexus need to select the most economically advantageous tender.So what would the Go North East and Arriva Hexham/Ashington Depot/Service/Vehicle Swap a few years back be classed as then, if that was able to go ahead then I cant see an issue in a merger of the GNE 40/41 and SNE 40 with GNE getting a Stagecoach Service in exchange to sweeten the Deal, Plus if Quality Contracts come into play would these Services not get merged anyway.
(22 Feb 2015, 10:44 pm)Malarkey So what would the Go North East and Arriva Hexham/Ashington Depot/Service/Vehicle Swap a few years back be classed as then, if that was able to go ahead then I cant see an issue in a merger of the GNE 40/41 and SNE 40 with GNE getting a Stagecoach Service in exchange to sweeten the Deal, Plus if Quality Contracts come into play would these Services not get merged anyway.
(22 Feb 2015, 10:44 pm)Malarkey So what would the Go North East and Arriva Hexham/Ashington Depot/Service/Vehicle Swap a few years back be classed as then, if that was able to go ahead then I cant see an issue in a merger of the GNE 40/41 and SNE 40 with GNE getting a Stagecoach Service in exchange to sweeten the Deal, Plus if Quality Contracts come into play would these Services not get merged anyway.
(23 Feb 2015, 7:08 pm)tyresmoke Just to clear up any confusion I've had confirmation from Nexus that the tenders awarded for March were indeed to Stagecoach (15/15A) and Go North East (17/17A/40/41)
(23 Feb 2015, 7:08 pm)tyresmoke Just to clear up any confusion I've had confirmation from Nexus that the tenders awarded for March were indeed to Stagecoach (15/15A) and Go North East (17/17A/40/41)
(23 Feb 2015, 9:36 pm)Michael Expect for the 15/15A, which are going up to euro 5, is the euro specification changing for the 17/17A/40/41?
(23 Feb 2015, 9:42 pm)Tom They seem to be using the B10BLE's more now as opposed to the MPDs for some reason.
(23 Feb 2015, 9:42 pm)Tom They seem to be using the B10BLE's more now as opposed to the MPDs for some reason.
(23 Feb 2015, 9:49 pm)Dan Should still be 6x MPD allocated... As 5247 - 5249 and 5274 are something of a rarity on the 9, as Percy Main consider them to be spare buses opposed to forming part of the 9's allocation, I dread to think what the reason may be!
(23 Feb 2015, 9:49 pm)Dan Should still be 6x MPD allocated... As 5247 - 5249 and 5274 are something of a rarity on the 9, as Percy Main consider them to be spare buses opposed to forming part of the 9's allocation, I dread to think what the reason may be!
Northumberland Council have/are rewarding WATbus (Wansbeck Accessible Transport) with a new revised Ashington A2 service. Passengers have to pay £10 for a card that will give them unlimited travel on the service, this means that Concessionary Passes are not valid on the route.
(07 Mar 2015, 12:09 pm)Tommy_1581 Northumberland Council have/are rewarding WATbus (Wansbeck Accessible Transport) with a new revised Ashington A2 service. Passengers have to pay £10 for a card that will give them unlimited travel on the service, this means that Concessionary Passes are not valid on the route.
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(07 Mar 2015, 12:09 pm)Tommy_1581 Northumberland Council have/are rewarding WATbus (Wansbeck Accessible Transport) with a new revised Ashington A2 service. Passengers have to pay £10 for a card that will give them unlimited travel on the service, this means that Concessionary Passes are not valid on the route.
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Reprieve for Hadrian's Wall AD122 tourism bus:-
http://www.hexhamcourant.co.uk/news/repr...-1.1198205
Keep meaning to share this, but have managed to forget every time until today... Details of latest Nexus contracts are given on the attached document.
(15 Mar 2015, 2:54 pm)Dan Keep meaning to share this, but have managed to forget every time until today... Details of latest Nexus contracts are given on the attached document.
(15 Mar 2015, 2:54 pm)Dan Keep meaning to share this, but have managed to forget every time until today... Details of latest Nexus contracts are given on the attached document.
(15 Mar 2015, 3:07 pm)Tommy_1581 I would love to know the difference between Go Northern and Go North East
(15 Mar 2015, 3:07 pm)Tommy_1581 I would love to know the difference between Go Northern and Go North East
(15 Mar 2015, 5:13 pm)idiot I wish bus companies would show on timetables like they used to which journeys are secured by Nexus. Seems a lot of Stagecoach are operated commercially where as GNE won't take the commercial risk.
(15 Mar 2015, 5:13 pm)idiot I wish bus companies would show on timetables like they used to which journeys are secured by Nexus. Seems a lot of Stagecoach are operated commercially where as GNE won't take the commercial risk.
(16 Mar 2015, 7:40 pm)Andreos1 They often used to be.
The last indicator, was the 'Nexus pipes' logo, placed above the specific run on the paper timetables.
Before then, there was a long flip over oblong, which had different stickered images on each of the 4 fronts.
The 'secured service' sticker was on one of the sides.
Think some of the others were 'transfer bus' or something like that.
Not sure why it stopped being common practice on the timetables like. Would be a huge political gain for Nexus to insist on them appearing again.
Would show exactly which services (including busier runs), are being paid for out of taxpayer pockets.
(16 Mar 2015, 7:40 pm)Andreos1 They often used to be.
The last indicator, was the 'Nexus pipes' logo, placed above the specific run on the paper timetables.
Before then, there was a long flip over oblong, which had different stickered images on each of the 4 fronts.
The 'secured service' sticker was on one of the sides.
Think some of the others were 'transfer bus' or something like that.
Not sure why it stopped being common practice on the timetables like. Would be a huge political gain for Nexus to insist on them appearing again.
Would show exactly which services (including busier runs), are being paid for out of taxpayer pockets.