That North East Bus Driver

@misterdotjay Sad to see you go, all the best for the future! You’ve certainly been treated this week! ☺️

It's been a long week and we're finally on the last trip... Certainly can't argue with 6965 as my last Go North East bus... See you on the other side 😁

@misterdotjay No way man! You’ll be a huge miss! All the best with the future, whatever you have planned!

Well I wasn't expecting to be saying this so soon, but I have just two weeks left at Go North East. One week of regular service and a week of Metro replacement to finish with. It's a proper treat to have 8809 on my 49s to kick off my last week of regular service for a while...

Helping out today with an extra shift! Feels slightly odd only doing 7 hours rather than my normal 10+! #helpingout #extrashift #busdriver

@liv_rayment They are such a dream to drive!

It’s only 09:36 in the morning and so far today I’ve already achieved driving a citaro for the first time in my life and also driving a route that I was sort of winging and didn’t get lost😂

2 new routes learned and driven in service ✅ Recent rota changes has seen a few new scholars services added to my rota, one of which is the 873, a very busy one from my experience this morning! #busdriver #scholars #busymorning #routelearning

One of Washington’s finest!Congratulations! She has done ever so much for our little community!

I’m “Getting my bum back on board”! After a break for my wedding last month & our first holiday as a married couple I’m back at work today. Been a hectic year of planning & sorting our perfect day, so looking forward to a nice calm end to 2024! #getyourbumonboard #busdriver

@misterdotjay Oh the memories, such a great little run up north of Newcastle, shame it’s going to change

About to leave Great Park for what could be the final time, as Stagecoach take over services in the area this weekend 😢

For my last shift pre-wedding I have the delightful Chester town service, or the 700s as there unofficially known. This time without 709 but 688! #solo #minibus #busdriver #chester #townservice

Late shift today, been a while! Very much enjoying @liamhall24 updated displays with the destination on the top screen rather than the bottom. 6374 for my second half today! #busdriver #desination #xlines

@liamhall24 @StagecoachNE Just for the day I hope! 😅

I’ve joined the dark side…. 🚌😉 @StagecoachNE

Last 6 shifts before I get married! As you can imagine the past few weeks have been very busy preparing for the big day so apologies of lack of posts! 8325 joins me for my first trip (and last trip later this afternoon). Stay safe out there folks! #busdriver #versa #redbus

@northstarbuses Great to see it all come together for you! Best of luck on your first day of operations! 🎉

✨ DAY ONE ✨ After months of hard work and preparation, we’re ready for day one of operations on our new services. Our drivers will soon be leaving the depot to start services 599, 643 and 939. Give them a wave if you see them out and about today! 🤩

@misterdotjay What’s this on Jacob?

For those interested, got it all the way down to 16°C ❄️ Passengers loved it 😁

I win today, already down from 27 😍

Had a couple of lads on my bus today getting photos and videos of some of the days activities! They managed to get this fabulous recording of one of my trips on the Little Pinks 84 to Concord! Go give it a watch, feels very odd watching myself driving! youtu.be/NUD8jryzd1o?si…

Been a while! Busy time atm both at work and home so not been able to get any snaps recently! However, this week we have a visitor from Deptford to assist, 5372. Just had to get a snap of this rather odd allocation this morning! #busdriver #oddallocation #rareworking #bluebus

@Dan_Christensen They are a beast of a bus!

Wish we had these in Portland

Another #scholars service to start this morning, the 887, with 6371. One of my favourite little routes! #busdriver #murky #wheresthesun

@misterdotjay We’ve nabbed it back 😅😂

@thatNEbusdriver Realised the other day that it's been quite a while since I last saw this one

Had our resident poppy bus this morning for my scholars, 6333. This Saturday we are offering #freetravel to any veterans, serving personnel or cadets, the 29th June!