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RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - S813 FVK - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 1:04 pm)danpick There's now 7 indigo Solo SR's at Saltmeadows 8328 is now in red saw as every shutter at Saltmeadows is up 8303 is parked in front of the 2 new Solos theres also a simplicity present.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - Malarkey - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 12:50 pm)G-CPTN The 'indigo' colour is growing on me - even though they aren't indigo (which is a deep blue / violet colour).
I agree, but the word "Indigo" on the Route Branding itself will be "Indigo", the Vehicle Colour is simply just a Colour in which Go North East has chosen to apply this New Branding on top of to make the Brand stand out more.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - DanPicken - 23 Jul 2015
Positive it was 8329 the reg was NK11 HBC.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - S813 FVK - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 1:28 pm)danpick Positive it was 8329 the reg was NK11 HBC.
NK11 HDN is 8329: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nebp2/19730980780/in/dateposted/
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - DanPicken - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 1:29 pm)S813 FVK NK11 HDN is 8329: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nebp2/19730980780/in/dateposted/Must of been 8328 then.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - Michael - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 1:04 pm)danpick There's now 7 indigo Solo SR's at Saltmeadows 8329 is now in red saw as every shutter at Saltmeadows is up 8303 is parked in front of the 2 new Solos theres also a simplicity present.
Christ they're arriving quick, looks like they'll all be here by end of next week.
Anyone know when they'll start to brand them?
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - Davie - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 2:11 pm)Michael Christ they're arriving quick, looks like they'll all be here by end of next week.
Anyone know when they'll start to brand them?
Probably when the rest arrive.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - DanPicken - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 2:11 pm)Michael Christ they're arriving quick, looks like they'll all be here by end of next week.I believe they are early as I'm sure they were due in August think at the rate they're going at they could be in service by the end of August.
Anyone know when they'll start to brand them?
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - R852 PRG - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 2:15 pm)Davie Probably when the rest arrive.
They had all of the ''Coast & Country'' Streetlites branded up and in service by the time 5396 arrived at Saltmeadows Road. I'd say they should start as soon as they can.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - S813 FVK - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 2:11 pm)Michael Christ they're arriving quick, looks like they'll all be here by end of next week.
Anyone know when they'll start to brand them?
I think it was said that they were due to enter service in mid-August i think.
Branding should start very soon too i would imagine - don't think it would matter too much if not all of them had arrived.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - S813 FVK - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 2:18 pm)R852 PRG They had all of the ''Coast & Country'' Streetlites branded up and in service by the time 5396 arrived at Saltmeadows Road. I'd say they should start as soon as they can.
5396 arrived quite late compared to the others. As did 5410 for the Red Kites. Probably the case of not wanting them hanging around in Saltmeadows as it was starting to get quite busy with the omnidekkas etc.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - R852 PRG - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 2:21 pm)S813 FVK 5396 arrived quite late compared to the others. As did 5410 for the Red Kites. Probably the case of not wanting them hanging around in Saltmeadows as it was starting to get quite busy with the omnidekkas etc.
Fair enough, but if I was in charge of getting the buses branded, I would try and get them branded shortly after arrival to allow them to all enter service together, rather than have new buses that are ready to go into service floating around doing nothing while the rest are being branded. Get them sorted out, ready for service, as soon as possible.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - S813 FVK - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 2:26 pm)R852 PRG Fair enough, but if I was in charge of getting the buses branded, I would try and get them branded shortly after arrival to allow them to all enter service together, rather than have new buses that are ready to go into service floating around doing nothing while the rest are being branded. Get them sorted out, ready for service, as soon as possible.
By all means agree. You aren't going to be branding 12 buses (or however many there are) in 1 vinyl...
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - DanPicken - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 2:28 pm)S813 FVK By all means agree. You aren't going to be branding 12 buses (or however many there are) in 1 vinyl...I agree because I think they will be the same as Venture with different taglines on each side.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - R852 PRG - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 2:28 pm)S813 FVK By all means agree. You aren't going to be branding 12 buses (or however many there are) in 1 vinyl...
I'm sure they stick the vinyls on undercover, don't they? You also have to consider the room inside Saltmeadows itself; while you can store the 14 buses outside, you can't fit them all inside undercover. I can't understand why you would wait for all 14 of them to arrive before starting to brand them up; if the vinyls are ready and there is room and staff available, I'd have thought they'd take advantage of that.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - Malarkey - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 2:34 pm)R852 PRG I'm sure they stick the vinyls on undercover, don't they? You also have to consider the room inside Saltmeadows itself; while you can store the 14 buses outside, you can't fit them all inside undercover. I can't understand why you would wait for all 14 of them to arrive before starting to brand them up; if the vinyls are ready and there is room and staff available, I'd have thought they'd take advantage of that.
But what your forgetting is that the branding is applied by a 3rd Party Company, and not by Go North East themselves in house at Saltmeadows, so Go North East will have to wait until said company is available for it to be applied, no doubt this would be arranged when the Vinyls are Ordered and GNE have a Timetable for when the New Vehicles from the Manufactures arrive etc.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - Michael - 23 Jul 2015
Still wondering why NEXUS has decided against putting any more services on stand D, the X66 isn't that special to get its own set down stand, that stand could of being used to split the congested stands.
Stand B and J is an example of congested stands, sure some from stand B could of being put on stand A and at least 1 service from stand J could of moved to stand K.............
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - BusLoverMum - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 10:17 am)pdiddy Last day tomora.... goes back to ADL via Chester and Saltmeadows tomora afternoon/evening
Hopefully they track down the wing mirror the E400 just lost leaving Gateshead bus station. We're all having to wait for a replacement bus. Stuck outside the Civic Centre.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - Malarkey - 23 Jul 2015
(23 Jul 2015, 2:59 pm)Michael Still wondering why NEXUS has decided against putting any more services on stand D, the X66 isn't that special to get its own set down stand, that stand could of being used to split the congested stands.
Stand B and J is an example of congested stands, sure some from stand B could of being put on stand A and at least 1 service from stand J could of moved to stand K.............
Maybe because they are missing quite a substantial amount of brain cells as a collective, or maybe Gateshead Interchange like other Interchanges across the region is simply poorly designed.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - omnicity4659 - 23 Jul 2015
(22 Jul 2015, 2:55 pm)Diamond One Bye bye East Durham hello indigo
Got to be the most simplistic livery on a new bus. Which pillock designed that.