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RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - Ryan99 - 14 Nov 2016
Solo srs for the X6/7 ? You having my life
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - Michael - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 3:29 pm)Ryan99 Solo srs for the X6/7 ? You having my life
The new timetable for the X6/X7 indicates they'll be allocated Solo Sr's.
Likely to be the 4 to arrive soon from Thames Travel, least they'll have WIFI.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - Ryan99 - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 3:34 pm)Michael The new timetable for the X6/X7 indicates they'll be allocated Solo Sr's.
Likely to be the 4 to arrive soon from Thames Travel, least they'll have WIFI.
Before December the 4th , don't think this will happen on time but wait and see
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - Jimmi - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 3:26 pm)Michael Probables spares.Solo SR's are too big for the contract specification for the 168. Did wonder if one of the ex Thames Travel old bodied Solo's could have gone on the 168 as they are M880's examples meaning they are just okay for the contract specification for the 168.
Most of the Peterlee Depot will be Solo, hopefully 603 will be moved so it allows it to be full Solo.
(14 Nov 2016, 3:29 pm)Ryan99 Solo srs for the X6/7 ? You having my lifeMy fear is the loadings on this new X6/X7 with Solo SR's, with two buses an hour between Peterlee and Sunderland, the loadings could be spread out across both services meaning a Solo SR would be big enough to take the loadings but at the same time I fear that the increased frequency may bring more passengers to the service and the capacity may not be enough. I feel Solo SR's would be able to take the loadings though and they should perform perfectly fine on the A19.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - Ryan99 - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 3:38 pm)Jimmi Solo SR's are too big for the contract specification for the 168. Did wonder if one of the ex Thames Travel old bodied Solo's could have gone on the 168 as they are M880's examples meaning they are just okay for the contract specification for the 168.Older bodied ones are going for 238 which when done the 33/39/238 under the same brand
My fear is the loadings on this new X6/X7 with Solo SR's, with two buses an hour between Peterlee and Sunderland, the loadings could be spread out across both services meaning a Solo SR would be big enough to take the loadings but at the same time I fear that the increased frequency may bring more passengers to the service and the capacity may not be enough. I feel Solo SR's would be able to take the loadings though and they should perform perfectly fine on the A19.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - Michael - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 3:44 pm)Ryan99 Older bodied ones are going for 238 which when done the 33/39/238 under the same brand
Hopefully the Scania allocated to the 38 is repainted "Red" too.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - Tom - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 1:41 pm)JP6004 But surely the most important thing is.........where will the citaros go!
19 makes sense to me - unless they can go somewhere and be swapped with Omnicities to make Percy Main a more consistent allocation with regards to vehicle type.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - cbma06 - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 3:29 pm)Ryan99 Solo srs for the X6/7 ? You having my life
https://assets.goaheadbus.com/media/cms_page_media/2016/11/14/X6_X7_December2016_WEB.pdf
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - S813 FVK - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 3:58 pm)Michael Hopefully the Scania allocated to the 38 is repainted Red too.
Unless the buses are going to be generically branded with no specific route branding (which i think is likely based on indiGo), it wouldn't be worth repainting a solar.
Is the Tynedalexpress a possibility for the Citaros that will be coming off the WTX? They could keep 5229 as the spare or repaint the extra Seeit Doit branded Citaro and send that over too.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - Michael - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 4:44 pm)S813 FVK Unless the buses are going to be generically branded with no specific route branding (which i think is likely based on indiGo), it wouldn't be worth repainting a solar.
Is the Tynedalexpress a possibility for the Citaros that will be coming off the WTX? They could keep 5229 as the spare or repaint the extra Seeit Doit branded Citaro and send that over too.
Still think it would be repainted the same shade of red, it might not even get branded, the solar allocation to the 38 might be temporary.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - Tom - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 4:44 pm)S813 FVK Unless the buses are going to be generically branded with no specific route branding (which i think is likely based on indiGo), it wouldn't be worth repainting a solar.
Is the Tynedalexpress a possibility for the Citaros that will be coming off the WTX? They could keep 5229 as the spare or repaint the extra Seeit Doit branded Citaro and send that over too.
Yeah that makes sense to me and send the Solars to Percy Main for the 19. - never thought of that!
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - Adrian - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 3:29 pm)Ryan99 Solo srs for the X6/7 ? You having my life
What kind of loadings have you observed on the X7 like Ryan?
Frequency between Sunderland and Peterlee, down that corridor, is doubled? So smaller buses but more seats per hour.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - LivingOnGNE - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 5:21 pm)Adrian What kind of loadings have you observed on the X7 like Ryan?
Frequency between Sunderland and Peterlee, down that corridor, is doubled? So smaller buses but more seats per hour.
The x7s are usally full anyway.
Good point Adrian!
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - Cobalt271 - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 3:36 pm)Ryan99 Before December the 4th , don't think this will happen on time but wait and see
Think I read on here somewhere that 691-694 are due to be delivered sometime this week.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - South Tyne Lad - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 5:21 pm)Adrian What kind of loadings have you observed on the X7 like Ryan?
Frequency between Sunderland and Peterlee, down that corridor, is doubled? So smaller buses but more seats per hour.
I agree, While a Solo is not a great bus for fast speeds, The size reduction has enabled a extra service per hour to be added.
Though im personally expecting a bit of overcrowding on some services, I think the addition of a direct, Limited stop service from Dalton Park to both Peterlee and Sunderland will attract a few more people.
Still surprised by the Wingate - Middlesbrough section being dropped from the X7, The last 2 services off Middlesbourgh and Stockton were always heavily used, Though some daytime services were hit and miss.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - Ryan99 - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 5:21 pm)Adrian What kind of loadings have you observed on the X7 like Ryan?
Frequency between Sunderland and Peterlee, down that corridor, is doubled? So smaller buses but more seats per hour.
Every time on the X7 I have had full load with like 5/10 seats left
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - Jimmi - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 6:49 pm)Ryan99 Every time on the X7 I have had full load with like 5/10 seats leftThing is, Citaro's can seat about 40 passengers, if there's something between 5-10 seats still free, then that's anything upto 30 passengers being on the bus at any one time, can't remember the seating capacity on Go North East's Solo SR's but it's roughly 30, so it shouldn't really be a problem downsizing to a Solo SR when there will now be two GNE Express buses between Peterlee, Seaham and Sunderland each hour, unless passenger numbers significantly rise owing to the increase in frequency.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - Michael - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 5:43 pm)Cobalt271 Think I read on here somewhere that 691-694 are due to be delivered sometime this week.
Dan mentioned it a few days ago on here.
I thought the brand was lazy at first but the brand style suits the Solo SR's.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - S813 FVK - 14 Nov 2016
(14 Nov 2016, 5:43 pm)Cobalt271 Think I read on here somewhere that 691-694 are due to be delivered sometime this week.
(14 Nov 2016, 7:09 pm)Michael Dan mentioned it a few days ago on here.
I thought the brand was lazy at first but the brand style suits the Solo SR's.
http://www.northeastbuses.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=1895&pid=185695#pid185695 - Bottom paragraph
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - November 2016 - Ambassador - 14 Nov 2016
45 minute wait for a 21 this evening...called GNE who vaguely said there was an incident on a bus, which didn't quite explain the other 5 that didn't turn up!