The Travelling GRID

The bus, train, and anything transport-y account of @MevaThePuyoOne, aspires to travel aboard every bus and train company on the UK's entire transport system.

[The Travelling GRID @GRIDThatTravels]

@Dannye663 You have multiple routes on this? Interesting! Well played.

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@Dannye663 Curious as to your route, Danny? I would see GNE X10, Arriva X93 (Scarborough), Transdev Coastliner to Leeds, then a local from there to Halifax.

[The Travelling GRID @GRIDThatTravels]

@lynxrnli @OfficialTfGM may be of some help, in this instance, Wayne. @gnwmatt or @FirstManchester may also be able to help? If First Manchester, have any staff on Twitter, besides the main account, I do not have an immediate record of them.

[The Travelling GRID @GRIDThatTravels]

@arrivanortheast New social media team, who dis.

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@gonortheast So a statistic back from one of my crew, says that there’s a good attitude ‘and a good vibe’ out of whoever’s driving the 28 that left Newcastle at 16:55. Sounds like a good driver to me, so if you can give them a Well Done from us, that would be great. Thanks. 👍

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@JaneRDavies This might be of interest to @ JCPinSEWales if Swansea is where I think it is?

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@DoppelGSchezo @DoppelGArle What do you two think? This looks like a ‘Day Tripper’ bus, if anything.

[Go North East @gonortheast]

@GRIDThatTravels Hi there, yes, the X11 service will commence in April, you can find the times here https://t.co/etwWkTKNjP

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@TheGaryTrotter @MartijnGNE @gonortheast @EYBuses Well colour me intrigued! Thank You Gary.

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@MartijnGNE @gonortheast @EYBuses There are some ‘hard to believe, but possible’ rumours of an ‘X11’ service between Newcastle and Scarborough. Do any of you, know of any truth to this, if any?

[The Travelling GRID @GRIDThatTravels]

Can some Arriva North East travellers or staff, answer something for me?

I’ve got a guy, who claims he’s used the X12 between Gateshead and Newcastle twice, and both times, the drivers have had something to say about him using a Network One ticket...

What’s the problem, guys?

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@thomasmanship Sounds like a reskin of Tier Three when you put it that way.

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Of course, if you have snow in your sector, you’re pretty brave to be driving in it, and kudos to you, if you are.

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I’m getting reports across Teesside, Tyne and Wear, and Northumberland, of the slippery stuff. @gonortheast @StagecoachNE @arrivanortheast I’ve gotta give your drivers a lotta respect today, especially the long distance drivers (GNE X9/X10, and Arriva X15 / X93, for example)

[Doppelganger Arle @DoppelGArle]

</There’s snow everywhere around me! I can’t even IMAGINE driving today! Bus drivers you have BALLS to be driving today! I can’t even- If you’re a driver and you’re out in the snow, holy Christmas well Done!/>

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@MartijnGNE @gonortheast One of my crew, says he saw this earlier today! Reckons it was about... Quarter past eight, at Gateshead?

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@darloscott @gonortheast Can only imagine the looks on the faces of Arriva drivers, when GNE first rocked these up into M’Boro!

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@GAGNigel No protest problems for two weeks now, judging by the tweets from the company. Glad to see you’ve figured things out. Keep up the good work!

[Go North West @gnwbus]

⚠️ The incident has now finished and buses are able to leave our depot.

There will be disruption to all routes on our network throughout the morning as we work to get buses and drivers into the right places.

@OfficialTfGM

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@My_Metro Hello team. An associate of mine, up your way, is after a 4 week Metro ticket. Done through the travelshops(?) before National Lockdown, they now need another way to get one. What can you advise?

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@gonortheast An associate up in NCL confirms that traffic is FINALLY starting to move. The 16:00 X10 service has apparently just took off from Newgate Street. Godspeed to that driver. He’ll probably have the 16:30 X9 overtaking him, the poor guy!

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@AvantiWestCoast Just put a fridge in the driver’s cabin. Problem solved.

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@MartijnGNE Not gonna lie, I DID wonder what GNE’s approach was going to be. No big bus companies are really shook by this, when you think about it. Arriva and Stagecoach have operations in Teesside, and you’ve got EY to fall things back on, if need be.