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Seems a fairly pointless exercise that might excite enthusiasts but mean absolutely nothing to the travelling public Priorities all over the shop…

I’d assume metro makes its money on match days and through the central core were you either want as much space as humanely possible to get people moving or you’re not on long enough to care.

My take on this. I’m a people manager for a very large organisation whose base is in Newcastle and part of our green remit is to encourage folk to use public transport. We pay above the real living wage but transport costs were cited as an issue for entry level colleagues The £2 cap has been a...

I think operating hours is a big one. Go North East run their twitter feed 9-5 - they've pretty much abandoned any sort of update on social media and point passengers towards their somewhat clunky app (which often gives less than clear updates)

Yes, I'd say the Unions are losing the PR war - if it's of any importance to them. Unions tend to be generally poor at PR but they are against a wave of generally centre right public opinion to begin with. I agree with others that the current Government won't act now especially if we have an...

Slightly OT but a question on Lothian bus etiquette of sorts. I travelled a few times last week and the bus pulled into a bus stop behind a bus, indicated and stopped but the doors didn’t open and passengers waited until the bus in front departed and the bus pulled in line with the bus stop...

My thoughts and prayers are with you. I was on the 14.30 ex Edinburgh and they swapped Dine for Dish due to shortages then…brace yourself…they ran out of tea cakes and the New York deli sarnie so I had to have that awful vegetable massala thing. Train was also pretty dead until we got to...

Go North Esst operate an Easy Access taxi guarantee. If they cant take the wheelchair they’ll order you a taxi through control to your end destination. Seen it happen quite a lot of times, mainly due to massive buggies laden with shopping blocking the spaces

Many thanks all for the suggestions and help so far. I am assigned to support the colleague as an advocate (we don’t have a union agreement). I’ll be honest, a lot of excellent suggestions from here put towards the colleague like google, bank statements etc are being batted away or dismissed...

Thanks everyone for the replies. Apologies for my vagueness. In essence. Colleague A missed an all colleague in person briefing and follow up event - they maintain this is because they were travelling to a conference in Edinburgh taking place the next day but left Berwick early to meet some...

I am currently supporting a Colleague with a misconduct case against them and reaching out to you fine folk. The Colleague is alleging they travelled on an LNER train from Berwick to Edinburgh at the same time there is an allegation that they didn't carry out their duties (with witnesses) The...

The Greggs isn’t a franchise, it’s a main chain but does operate at travel hub pricing

By far the worst windy weather we've had in Northumberland in decades but it looks like Network Rail, their partners and even local councils were prepared and mitigations in place has kept disruption to a minimum. 99mph winds inland around the Alnwick area No idea how they've kept the Tyne...

I'm not sure this new fleet is going to be the golden bullet that many are hoping for. Looking at the recent disruption issues Flooding (a long term problem in parts of the network, particularly Callerton area and Bede) Ill passengers (the Nexus policy appears to be leave them on the train and...

TPE are running Newcastle to Durham shuttles, calling at Chester Le Street which will aid the bus strike passengers

I find the Tube just as easy for the football events I've been to, queued no more than 40 minutes and a quick ride back to the City It's very well managed and controlled

Speaking of drivers - another one has posted this response to the Chronicle's latest article on the strikes - outlining how we got to here.

Why would passenger assistance be at risk? LNER said it would be fully staffed from close to end? This all feels delaying the inevitable in some areas and cuts will just come from somewhere else, especially in a station where just 4% of tickets are bought at the office

I believe Stagecoach NE operate the no pay until in service but this is outweighed by other favourable t&cs (and their depots tend to be nearer starting points) Imagine running an X21 to Bishop or a 21 to Durham/CLS from Dunston

From a driver on the old social media