Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - April 2017

[Jamie M]

The latest one on the website should be deemed correct, unless it contains known errors. Your time headings are different too, so it sounds like it is referring to a locally cached copy, rather than downloading the latest?

https://assets.goaheadbus.com/media/cms_...17_WEB.pdf

It was a march 2017 one, must have been unlucky when downloading it. I normally do a batch of downloads at once and don't touch them for a while.
Thanks.

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[S813 FVK]

649 carries the 'Never miss your stop' tagline:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/75698454@N08/34033181105/

On the subject of taglines, have we now seen all of the taglines applied to vehicles, or are there still a few different to come? I didn't expect them to create one for each individual bus in the corporate livery but i did think there would be more than the 6 that we have seen applied so far.

[dannygee]

Could you report directly to GNE please? It just ensures that things get logged, rather than lost in between forum posts. 

http://northeastbuses.co.uk/forum/showth...p?tid=1840

Already been done by few people off here too

[Michael]

8319 is looking smart in blue, just entered Park Lane on the 2A (i think).

[dannygee]

Seen a few buses down whitley bay today driving round with shuttle bus in big letters and T2K shuttle on the front. What were these doing?

[citaro5284]

Seen a few buses down whitley bay today driving round with shuttle bus in big letters and T2K shuttle on the front. What were these doing?

Buses for the North Tyneside 10k run

[dannygee]

Buses for the North Tyneside 10k run

Thought might of been but sure the T2k confused people

[Dan]

Thought might of been but sure the T2k confused people

They had a special North Tyneside 10K destination display to use for it!

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[Michael]

Did any more Citaro's arrive back in the North East before the bank holiday weekend?

[Jamie M]

They had a special North Tyneside 10K destination display to use for it!

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I wasn't even aware of a north tyneside run... even though I cycled to wallsend from stanley and back.

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[GX03]

They had a special North Tyneside 10K destination display to use for it!

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Like most destinations that are programmed, we only find out about them by finding out ourselves, no internal info given.

[Dan]

Did any more Citaro's arrive back in the North East before the bank holiday weekend?

5279 on Thursday - don't know if that one is on the news yet.

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[Michael]

5279 on Thursday - don't know if that one is on the news yet.

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Ye, thanks =)

[Jamie M]

6127 seen here in its new black base livery.
2320 V1 leave on sundays, after completing the short-short V7 to Tantobie and the previous 2130 leave 6 from Newcastle.

[/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/TVG6MR](Go North East) GX03SVA / 6127 - Scania Omnidekka by Jamie MP, on Flickr


A rather failed light-trails exercise resulted in just this, given the black vehicle in the dense fog. At least there's another Sunday service in order to fail on capturing a light-trail of a vehicle. Hopefully it'll be red, but knowing my luck it's going to be 6126.

[Jamie M]

Like most destinations that are programmed, we only find out about them by finding out ourselves, no internal info given.

Throwback to a short-short Sunday V7 where a certain driver wished for a slightly longer trip to Metrocentre.
Good ole Caveman 

[EL1TE]

5427 seems to be heading down to Saltmeadows.. with a smashed window.

[Dans_bus_photos]

6084 has gained a full size rear advert for Dalton Park

[LeeCalder]

The Blaydon Racers 12/12A..... gets my approval.

MetroCentre Mini M6/M7/M8......

[S813 FVK]

The Blaydon Racers 12/12A..... gets my approval.

MetroCentre Mini M6/M7/M8......

Yes, I don't usually criticise brands but this one doesn't particularly excite me. I'll give it a chance though.

[Michael]

The Blaydon Racers 12/12A..... gets my approval.

MetroCentre Mini M6/M7/M8......

I'm not keen on the "Metrocentre Mini", however thinking about it, is a minilink service to the Metrocentre (in some sort).

[Dan]

I'm not keen on the "Metrocentre Mini", however thinking about it, is a minilink service to the Metrocentre (in some sort).

Catch the Durham Diamond to Durham, Toon Link to the Toon, and Metrocentre Mini to the Metrocentre. It sells some pretty clear messages to the folk of Stanley, in my opinion.

Ex-Plymouth Solos 710 - 714 will be branded for the Metrocentre Mini, which is why they didn't receive branding at Saltmeadows Road prior to entering service.

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[RBZ 5459]

The Blaydon Racers 12/12A..... gets my approval.

MetroCentre Mini M6/M7/M8......

Thought that idea was binned when they went black. Glad to see it wasn't.

Ironically using the longer Solos the M6/M7/M8.

[Simmy]

Probably just a massive coincidence and that I am reading too much into it but.......... The M8 route on the route map displayed on the M6/M7/M8 timetable is coloured light blue.....a bit like 8319.

[Jamie M]

Probably just a massive coincidence and that I am reading too much into it but.......... The M8 route on the route map displayed on the M6/M7/M8 timetable is coloured light blue.....a bit like 8319.

I hope those horrible things stay where ever they are now! [SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH]

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[Venturego]

Noticed timetable for "Ten" 10/10A/10B is repeated when you scroll down with a Green header background with the service changed to "Tyne Valley Ten" No other changes seem apparent and bus branding image is the same as "Ten"
Wonder if this suggests a change in the pipeline!


https://assets.goaheadbus.com/media/cms_...17_WEB.pdf

[Jamie M]

Noticed timetable for "Ten" 10/10A/10B is repeated when you scroll down with a Green header background with the service changed to "Tyne Valley Ten" No other changes seem apparent and bus branding image is the same as "Ten"
Wonder if this suggests a change in the pipeline!


https://assets.goaheadbus.com/media/cms_...17_WEB.pdf

Something tells me we weren't meant to see that haha

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[RBZ 5459]

Noticed timetable for "Ten" 10/10A/10B is repeated when you scroll down with a Green header background with the service changed to "Tyne Valley Ten" No other changes seem apparent and bus branding image is the same as "Ten"
Wonder if this suggests a change in the pipeline!


https://assets.goaheadbus.com/media/cms_...17_WEB.pdf

Yes suggestion is they are due to go green, perhaps they've leaked that one a bit early... 
The full PVR was said to be achieved by the TTX B9s later on.

[missedbus]

The Blaydon Racers 12/12A..... gets my approval.

MetroCentre Mini M6/M7/M8......

Blaydon Racers will, once again, be gannin' along the Scotswood Road, so it's the appropriate route. The buses actually serve Blaydon Bus Station too.


As for MetroCentre Mini, I'm sure it's not lost on people that it's been done before (with Renault S56s and Optare Metroriders), just not in the Stanley area.

[James101]

Noticed timetable for "Ten" 10/10A/10B is repeated when you scroll down with a Green header background with the service changed to "Tyne Valley Ten" No other changes seem apparent and bus branding image is the same as "Ten"
Wonder if this suggests a change in the pipeline!


https://assets.goaheadbus.com/media/cms_...17_WEB.pdf

Tyne Valley Ten, Durham Diamond, Blaydon Racers etc etc - I'm liking the idea of incorporating Place names into route brands if that's the plan.

[Jamie M]

5234 on X31s today with the now out of date branding.

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