Gate openings - NE Coach

[ljsnookie]

I should have looked into this before I bought my National Express coach tickets but alas, I didn't.

In people's experience, do the gates ever open earlier than 8am? I've booked a coach that is due to arrive at 4:30am and I'm just wondering how long I can expect to be queuing outside.

[incident]

Yes - usually earlier (any time from ~6:15 onwards is realistic), but sometimes later if there's a H&S issue preventing the gate/site from being signed off.

[ljsnookie]

Great, I can cope with queuing if I know it's not likely to be a 3 and a half hour wait for the site to open.

[Tranquility of Solitude]

In 2017, NE Bus from Edinburgh arrived around 07:45, gate A was open.

[jfaragher]

On 5/16/2019 at 10:59 AM, incident said:

Yes - usually earlier (any time from ~6:15 onwards is realistic), but sometimes later if there's a H&S issue preventing the gate/site from being signed off.

Gate teams shifts start at ~0545 and they have to be in place at all gates, the site has to be signed off (though that should have happened the night before) and all gates have to be signed off as ready (stocked with wristbands, safe, fully staffed etc.)

They tend to open around 7am.