(06 Sep 2015, 7:19 pm)northern156 Was on a Red Arrows X1 yesterday from Newcastle to Washington. Before Wrekenton there was a guy came up to the driver wanting off; only to be advised that the next stop was the buslink and it was an express service.

Which begs the question. Why don't these destinations have 'Limited Stop' or 'Express' (or something of that nature) beneath Easington Lane/Newcastle?

Or even "Easington Lane" "Limited stop to Washington" (latter part scrolling bottom line).

(06 Sep 2015, 7:23 pm)citaro5284 Or.....people read the timetable 

(06 Sep 2015, 7:25 pm)Dan All services which are registered as limited stop are in the process of gaining "express via" on the scrolling part of the destination display. I may have forgotten to do it for the X1, as this already shows "Eldon Square via", but it'll gain it eventually. Think the same will apply for the X9/X10 too, but I may have thought about that one a bit more as being an express!

The new destinations for services X70/X71 definitely show "Newcastle" on the top line and "Eldon Square express via X - Y - Z" on the bottom line. You'll see this from October 25th.

(06 Sep 2015, 7:25 pm)Dan All services which are registered as limited stop are in the process of gaining "express via" on the scrolling part of the destination display. I may have forgotten to do it for the X1, as this already shows "Eldon Square via", but it'll gain it eventually. Think the same will apply for the X9/X10 too, but I may have thought about that one a bit more as being an express!

The new destinations for services X70/X71 definitely show "Newcastle" on the top line and "Eldon Square express via X - Y - Z" on the bottom line. You'll see this from October 25th.

(06 Sep 2015, 7:32 pm)northern156 I suppose that could work. Just put a paper banner below the desty, save time and money (and ultimately some poor soul typing up the destinations!)

(06 Sep 2015, 7:33 pm)Tom I think ''Newcastle fast'' looks quite good, like what the X85 has.

(06 Sep 2015, 7:32 pm)northern156 I suppose that could work. Just put a paper banner below the desty, save time and money (and ultimately some poor soul typing up the destinations!)

(06 Sep 2015, 7:35 pm)citaro5284 As someone said last week at work.....it gives him something to do.

(06 Sep 2015, 7:35 pm)citaro5284 As someone said last week at work.....it gives him something to do.

(06 Sep 2015, 7:33 pm)Dan Aye..! 



Yeah, that display looks quite good - obviously that was introduced to make more customers aware of the express nature of the route compared to competing services!

There's no chance you'd be able to fit in that special "fast" onto the Easington Lane display though (see below), so in the interests of standardisation, it probably won't get used on the X1.

Go North East: 6053 / NK12GDO by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

(06 Sep 2015, 7:11 pm)Dan Hope Robert approves of the new style of Metro Replacement destinations:

3969 PJ02PYV Regent Centre 901 by mdw9121, on Flickr

No more scrolling 'METRO Replacement' on the top line, but a smaller route number has to be used instead to compensate for the lack of scrolling. Of course, should anything with a colour route number display be allocated, it'll be white. Much easier from a driver's perspective now too, as every station is programmed and they're listed in order (ie South Hylton first, then Pallion, then Millfield, all the way to Airport). Only Deptford, Peterlee, Gateshead and Hexham have these destinations so far, but it'll be rolled out to the remaining depots in the coming weeks.

(06 Sep 2015, 7:58 pm)DanPicken Will the same be done for flipdots?

(06 Sep 2015, 7:58 pm)DanPicken Will the same be done for flipdots?

(06 Sep 2015, 8:00 pm)R852 PRG Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the company were trying to phase out flipdot displays in favour of LEDs?

(06 Sep 2015, 8:23 pm)park5354 5163 now withdrawn, with T/M base plate removed.  All non reburbished examples are w/d.

(06 Sep 2015, 9:33 pm)S813 FVK 6028 also made it onto service 902 today - again showing the generic destination:

Go North East 6028 V228LGC by Sean Blair, on Flickr

(07 Sep 2015, 5:48 am)Dan That looks like Regent Centre to me - on the 900, showing the generic destination...

Every station is programmed for the 900 and 901 so there's no real use for a generic destination. I will end up removing the generic ones at this rate, as it seems some drivers aren't going to bother scrolling through the stations to get to the right one...

(07 Sep 2015, 5:48 am)Dan That looks like Regent Centre to me - on the 900, showing the generic destination...

Every station is programmed for the 900 and 901 so there's no real use for a generic destination. I will end up removing the generic ones at this rate, as it seems some drivers aren't going to bother scrolling through the stations to get to the right one...