I've browsed these forums for a while without creating an account, and I've always wondered why I do so. I've always been interested in transport to some extent, but recently I've been able to get out more and have more time to myself, which has largely been spent travelling around the area on day tickets. I'm yet to discover why I do this, and why I have now decided to enter the community. Apart from being the daily commute into work, why do we spend our time going places via Bus, and why is it a hobby for you (if that's the correct thing to call it)? I struggle to answer these questions, but I'd like to hear some opinions/thoughts  

http://www.go-ahead.com/en/media/news/20...arket.html

Here is a question for you folks:

- Due to increasing traffic congestion around Cobalt Business Park, how can all bus operators adapt to the very high levels of traffic around the park and still run a commercially viable service?

Now, I know that one of the routes that serves the Cobalt is my local as well as a certain other bus service ran by green / blue double deckers (or whatever they allocate). But, given to the fact that Arriva had to withdraw their 53 service through the Cobalt owing to increased congestion, how will Stagecoach (22, 22x), Go North East (309, 310, X39, 58X) and Arriva (X6 with knock on effects to the 306) adapt to the high levels of traffic for a road infrastructure that was designed when all that existed was a big Siemens factory?

Obviously you've got to bear in mind that the PVR requirements of the above services during the afternoons are nowhere near needed for the rest of the times and generally, the morning journeys towards Cobalt Park seem to run fine. However, it has become a daily occurance of buses getting stuck and ending up running severely late during the afternoons and evenings having a knock on effect elsewhere. Stagecoach's 22 according to several passengers has suffered reliability issues as a result and despite GNE adding more time to the 309/310/X39 and even curtailing the 58X at the Cobalt Travelcentre, reliability issues are still affecting these services and Arriva, well the X6 is basically a gesture token to Arriva ticket holders so nothing new there.

Do you think operators will operate a hub and spoke model with shuttle operating to and from the Cobalt connecting to and from their main services without causing disruption to the rest of the networks which exist?

There isn't a general thread for this, so thought it was worth creating one.

Lots of local stuff goes on (and long may it continue) but this caught my attention.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-34775283
A party bus has been rediscovered in France. A group a hoping to take it back to Cardiff and restore it to its former glory.


 

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Tomorrow I will post my first Tyne and Wear metro videos

This event is on the 14th November for anyone intrested, I will hope to attend this.

More info here: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/FarewelltotheB10.aspx

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