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(25 Jul 2018, 6:47 am)Dan Not very keen myself.

Go North East: 6914 / LX06EBU by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

Go North East: 6914 / LX06EBU by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

Looks quite smart

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Michael

25 Jul 2018, 11:25 am #225

(25 Jul 2018, 6:47 am)Dan Not very keen myself.

Go North East: 6914 / LX06EBU by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

Go North East: 6914 / LX06EBU by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

Looks quite smart

Ooo Friend, Bus Friend.

JM03

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25 Jul 2018, 5:28 pm #226

Are any presidents getting kept?

JM03

25 Jul 2018, 5:28 pm #226

Are any presidents getting kept?

TEN 6083

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25 Jul 2018, 5:29 pm #227

Go North East: 9089 / YJ16DDA by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

Edited 25 Jul 2018, 6:21 pm by TEN 6083.

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25 Jul 2018, 5:29 pm #227

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25 Jul 2018, 6:22 pm #228

(25 Jul 2018, 5:29 pm)TEN 6083 Go North East: 9089 / YJ16DDA by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

9089 at Saltmeadows yesterday, and was delivered to Washington Depot today.

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25 Jul 2018, 6:22 pm #228

(25 Jul 2018, 5:29 pm)TEN 6083 Go North East: 9089 / YJ16DDA by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

9089 at Saltmeadows yesterday, and was delivered to Washington Depot today.

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25 Jul 2018, 6:49 pm #229

(25 Jul 2018, 11:02 am)TEN 6083 6902 is in the paint shop at Saltmeadows
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6902 out of the paintshop this morning, and 6901 went in in its place this afternoon (had red and black sections painted today, will have the blue done tomorrow).

6914 was returned to Riverside yesterday, with 6912 taking its place at Saltmeadows Road for repaint also. This one has largely been prepped now, so will be the next one to be sprayed (likely to be early next week now).

Handful of other B7s at Saltmeadows Road too - 6905/06/20/24/25 are the fleet numbers off memory - with 6920 the furthest progressed out of the Presidents in having the Hanover LEDs fitted.

(25 Jul 2018, 5:28 pm)JM03 Are any presidents getting kept?

Yes, all 34 of the ex-London B7s which were acquired for the Tall Ships event are being retained. Only the 19 '06' plate Geminis are being repainted in fleet livery, but all are having Hanover LED destinations fitted prior to starting their role in the scholars fleet from September.

All of the serviceable B7s acquired from London and EYMS will be out in force over the Airshow weekend. Subject to change, but the current plan is for all of the EYMS examples to operate out of Deptford and be allocated to the A1 service. Three of Riverside's OmniDekkas are currently planned to be loaned to Washington for the weekend to operate the A2 service on Saturday.

(25 Jul 2018, 6:22 pm)TEN 6083 9089 at Saltmeadows yesterday, and was delivered to Washington Depot today.

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Slightly better shot than my one from yesterday:

Go North East: 9089 / YJ16DDA by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

Dan

25 Jul 2018, 6:49 pm #229

(25 Jul 2018, 11:02 am)TEN 6083 6902 is in the paint shop at Saltmeadows
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(25 Jul 2018, 5:28 pm)JM03 Are any presidents getting kept?

(25 Jul 2018, 6:22 pm)TEN 6083 9089 at Saltmeadows yesterday, and was delivered to Washington Depot today.

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Slightly better shot than my one from yesterday:

Go North East: 9089 / YJ16DDA by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

Michael

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25 Jul 2018, 6:56 pm #230

(25 Jul 2018, 6:49 pm)Dan 6902 out of the paintshop this morning, and 6901 went in in its place this afternoon (had red and black sections painted today, will have the blue done tomorrow).

6914 was returned to Riverside yesterday, with 6912 taking its place at Saltmeadows Road for repaint also. This one has largely been prepped now, so will be the next one to be sprayed (likely to be early next week now).

Handful of other B7s at Saltmeadows Road too - 6905/06/20/24/25 are the fleet numbers off memory - with 6920 the furthest progressed out of the Presidents in having the Hanover LEDs fitted.

Yes, all 34 of the ex-London B7s which were acquired for the Tall Ships event are being retained. Only the 19 '06' plate Geminis are being repainted in fleet livery, but all are having Hanover LED destinations fitted prior to starting their role in the scholars fleet from September.

All of the serviceable B7s acquired from London and EYMS will be out in force over the Airshow weekend. Subject to change, but the current plan is for all of the EYMS examples to operate out of Deptford and be allocated to the A1 service. Three of Riverside's OmniDekkas are currently planned to be loaned to Washington for the weekend to operate the A2 service on Saturday.

Slightly better shot than my one from yesterday:

Go North East: 9089 / YJ16DDA by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

Like the deckers from East Yorkshire, are the presidents only temporary, are they down for replacement already, since they won't be repainted?

Edited 25 Jul 2018, 7:01 pm by Michael.

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Michael

25 Jul 2018, 6:56 pm #230

(25 Jul 2018, 6:49 pm)Dan 6902 out of the paintshop this morning, and 6901 went in in its place this afternoon (had red and black sections painted today, will have the blue done tomorrow).

6914 was returned to Riverside yesterday, with 6912 taking its place at Saltmeadows Road for repaint also. This one has largely been prepped now, so will be the next one to be sprayed (likely to be early next week now).

Handful of other B7s at Saltmeadows Road too - 6905/06/20/24/25 are the fleet numbers off memory - with 6920 the furthest progressed out of the Presidents in having the Hanover LEDs fitted.

Yes, all 34 of the ex-London B7s which were acquired for the Tall Ships event are being retained. Only the 19 '06' plate Geminis are being repainted in fleet livery, but all are having Hanover LED destinations fitted prior to starting their role in the scholars fleet from September.

All of the serviceable B7s acquired from London and EYMS will be out in force over the Airshow weekend. Subject to change, but the current plan is for all of the EYMS examples to operate out of Deptford and be allocated to the A1 service. Three of Riverside's OmniDekkas are currently planned to be loaned to Washington for the weekend to operate the A2 service on Saturday.

Slightly better shot than my one from yesterday:

Go North East: 9089 / YJ16DDA by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

Like the deckers from East Yorkshire, are the presidents only temporary, are they down for replacement already, since they won't be repainted?

Ooo Friend, Bus Friend.

Dan

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25 Jul 2018, 7:04 pm #231

(25 Jul 2018, 6:56 pm)Michael Like the deckers from East Yorkshire, are the presidents only temporary, are they down for replacement already?

No plans to replace the '54' plate ex-London B7s as of yet - but as these contracts are only for one year, it doesn't make a lot of sense to go to a lot of cost to repaint all 34 of the ex-London B7s, and from a time perspective, there's only a 6-week gap to get these buses up to specification which isn't really a lot of time to begin with.

Should Go North East be as successful in winning all of these contracts again next year, I'd say it's likely that the '54' plate ones will be repainted then. Until that time comes, the bodywork condition of the '06' plate ones is much worse so really they needed a repaint.

If Go North East aren't as successful in winning these contracts in 12 months time, then it's quite likely that the '06' plate ones would be retained in the fleet anyway (there's V-reg, 02-reg and 54-reg to withdraw before any 06-reg!)

Dan

25 Jul 2018, 7:04 pm #231

(25 Jul 2018, 6:56 pm)Michael Like the deckers from East Yorkshire, are the presidents only temporary, are they down for replacement already?

Tom

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25 Jul 2018, 7:04 pm #232

(25 Jul 2018, 6:49 pm)Dan 6902 out of the paintshop this morning, and 6901 went in in its place this afternoon (had red and black sections painted today, will have the blue done tomorrow).

6914 was returned to Riverside yesterday, with 6912 taking its place at Saltmeadows Road for repaint also. This one has largely been prepped now, so will be the next one to be sprayed (likely to be early next week now).

Handful of other B7s at Saltmeadows Road too - 6905/06/20/24/25 are the fleet numbers off memory - with 6920 the furthest progressed out of the Presidents in having the Hanover LEDs fitted.

Yes, all 34 of the ex-London B7s which were acquired for the Tall Ships event are being retained. Only the 19 '06' plate Geminis are being repainted in fleet livery, but all are having Hanover LED destinations fitted prior to starting their role in the scholars fleet from September.

All of the serviceable B7s acquired from London and EYMS will be out in force over the Airshow weekend. Subject to change, but the current plan is for all of the EYMS examples to operate out of Deptford and be allocated to the A1 service. Three of Riverside's OmniDekkas are currently planned to be loaned to Washington for the weekend to operate the A2 service on Saturday.

Slightly better shot than my one from yesterday:

Go North East: 9089 / YJ16DDA by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

Are the ex-London deckers going to most depots or just staying at one or two with Omnidekkas going to Percy Main/Washington for example with the ex London buses staying at Riverside.

Tom

25 Jul 2018, 7:04 pm #232

(25 Jul 2018, 6:49 pm)Dan 6902 out of the paintshop this morning, and 6901 went in in its place this afternoon (had red and black sections painted today, will have the blue done tomorrow).

6914 was returned to Riverside yesterday, with 6912 taking its place at Saltmeadows Road for repaint also. This one has largely been prepped now, so will be the next one to be sprayed (likely to be early next week now).

Handful of other B7s at Saltmeadows Road too - 6905/06/20/24/25 are the fleet numbers off memory - with 6920 the furthest progressed out of the Presidents in having the Hanover LEDs fitted.

Yes, all 34 of the ex-London B7s which were acquired for the Tall Ships event are being retained. Only the 19 '06' plate Geminis are being repainted in fleet livery, but all are having Hanover LED destinations fitted prior to starting their role in the scholars fleet from September.

All of the serviceable B7s acquired from London and EYMS will be out in force over the Airshow weekend. Subject to change, but the current plan is for all of the EYMS examples to operate out of Deptford and be allocated to the A1 service. Three of Riverside's OmniDekkas are currently planned to be loaned to Washington for the weekend to operate the A2 service on Saturday.

Slightly better shot than my one from yesterday:

Go North East: 9089 / YJ16DDA by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

Are the ex-London deckers going to most depots or just staying at one or two with Omnidekkas going to Percy Main/Washington for example with the ex London buses staying at Riverside.

Dan

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25 Jul 2018, 7:15 pm #233

(25 Jul 2018, 7:04 pm)Tom Are the ex-London deckers going to most depots or just staying at one or two with Omnidekkas going to Percy Main/Washington for example with the ex London buses staying at Riverside.

With fleet standardisation in mind, similar bus types will be grouped as closely as possible... So the EYMS ones are likely to be grouped together at one depot (most likely Saltmeadows Road to keep them isolated from the main service fleet), the 02-plate dual-door Vykings are likely to be grouped together at one depot, etc.

I'd expect Chester-le-Street to standardise their double-deck fleet with OmniDekkas, and Washington to standardise their fleet with native B7/Gemini (currently at Chester-le-Street). This gives these smaller depots with fewer spare vehicles some flexibility in using the scholars buses during the day if needs be. It'd be less practical having the ex-London stock at either Chester-le-Street or Washington as it's quite likely that they'd be out in frontline service on a daily basis (as has been the case with the 02-plate Vyking Special Events fleet this year!) Depots such as Deptford and Riverside tend to be a bit more disciplined with scholars buses, only using them as a very last resort.

Dan

25 Jul 2018, 7:15 pm #233

(25 Jul 2018, 7:04 pm)Tom Are the ex-London deckers going to most depots or just staying at one or two with Omnidekkas going to Percy Main/Washington for example with the ex London buses staying at Riverside.

Jamie M

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25 Jul 2018, 7:30 pm #234

(25 Jul 2018, 7:15 pm)Dan With fleet standardisation in mind, similar bus types will be grouped as closely as possible... So the EYMS ones are likely to be grouped together at one depot (most likely Saltmeadows Road to keep them isolated from the main service fleet), the 02-plate dual-door Vykings are likely to be grouped together at one depot, etc.

I'd expect Chester-le-Street to standardise their double-deck fleet with OmniDekkas, and Washington to standardise their fleet with native B7/Gemini (currently at Chester-le-Street). This gives these smaller depots with fewer spare vehicles some flexibility in using the scholars buses during the day if needs be. It'd be less practical having the ex-London stock at either Chester-le-Street or Washington as it's quite likely that they'd be out in frontline service on a daily basis (as has been the case with the 02-plate Vyking Special Events fleet this year!) Depots such as Deptford and Riverside tend to be a bit more disciplined with scholars buses, only using them as a very last resort.

And stanley has done and seen it all

Mind, I can't see those huge omnidekkas getting onto tesco buses, that's all I can see never happening for at least the next few weeks...!

There was one day last week with the trees meaning that more or less the durham diamond 6A boards were all Red Kite buses and the Red Kite boards were all durham diamonds. That was confusing a little, felt like it was 30 mins later or earlier

Talking of all this tree branch inflicted chaos -- when are our branchy friends at Rowlands getting the cut?

And I'll slip this here - having deckers on 6As has been good. I really think they need to put them on with sundays or split it into 30 mins for the evening. The Streetlites get absolutely packed on Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday evenings, consistently.

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Jamie M

25 Jul 2018, 7:30 pm #234

(25 Jul 2018, 7:15 pm)Dan With fleet standardisation in mind, similar bus types will be grouped as closely as possible... So the EYMS ones are likely to be grouped together at one depot (most likely Saltmeadows Road to keep them isolated from the main service fleet), the 02-plate dual-door Vykings are likely to be grouped together at one depot, etc.

I'd expect Chester-le-Street to standardise their double-deck fleet with OmniDekkas, and Washington to standardise their fleet with native B7/Gemini (currently at Chester-le-Street). This gives these smaller depots with fewer spare vehicles some flexibility in using the scholars buses during the day if needs be. It'd be less practical having the ex-London stock at either Chester-le-Street or Washington as it's quite likely that they'd be out in frontline service on a daily basis (as has been the case with the 02-plate Vyking Special Events fleet this year!) Depots such as Deptford and Riverside tend to be a bit more disciplined with scholars buses, only using them as a very last resort.

And stanley has done and seen it all

Tom

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25 Jul 2018, 7:33 pm #235

(25 Jul 2018, 7:15 pm)Dan With fleet standardisation in mind, similar bus types will be grouped as closely as possible... So the EYMS ones are likely to be grouped together at one depot (most likely Saltmeadows Road to keep them isolated from the main service fleet), the 02-plate dual-door Vykings are likely to be grouped together at one depot, etc.

I'd expect Chester-le-Street to standardise their double-deck fleet with OmniDekkas, and Washington to standardise their fleet with native B7/Gemini (currently at Chester-le-Street). This gives these smaller depots with fewer spare vehicles some flexibility in using the scholars buses during the day if needs be. It'd be less practical having the ex-London stock at either Chester-le-Street or Washington as it's quite likely that they'd be out in frontline service on a daily basis (as has been the case with the 02-plate Vyking Special Events fleet this year!) Depots such as Deptford and Riverside tend to be a bit more disciplined with scholars buses, only using them as a very last resort.

Ah right cheers, that's not a bad idea. Hopefully Percy Main get more OmniDekkas as I can't see dual door buses going down well on the 1 and 11.

Tom

25 Jul 2018, 7:33 pm #235

(25 Jul 2018, 7:15 pm)Dan With fleet standardisation in mind, similar bus types will be grouped as closely as possible... So the EYMS ones are likely to be grouped together at one depot (most likely Saltmeadows Road to keep them isolated from the main service fleet), the 02-plate dual-door Vykings are likely to be grouped together at one depot, etc.

I'd expect Chester-le-Street to standardise their double-deck fleet with OmniDekkas, and Washington to standardise their fleet with native B7/Gemini (currently at Chester-le-Street). This gives these smaller depots with fewer spare vehicles some flexibility in using the scholars buses during the day if needs be. It'd be less practical having the ex-London stock at either Chester-le-Street or Washington as it's quite likely that they'd be out in frontline service on a daily basis (as has been the case with the 02-plate Vyking Special Events fleet this year!) Depots such as Deptford and Riverside tend to be a bit more disciplined with scholars buses, only using them as a very last resort.

Ah right cheers, that's not a bad idea. Hopefully Percy Main get more OmniDekkas as I can't see dual door buses going down well on the 1 and 11.

Dan

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25 Jul 2018, 7:34 pm #236

(25 Jul 2018, 7:30 pm)Jamie M Talking of all this tree branch inflicted chaos -- when are our branchy friends at Rowlands getting the cut?

The council have spoken to the owner of the tree, and the tree branch is going to be cut back... But due to health and safety reasons, the stretch of road needs to be closed to facilitate this work. So slightly further forward, but not there just yet!

Dan

25 Jul 2018, 7:34 pm #236

(25 Jul 2018, 7:30 pm)Jamie M Talking of all this tree branch inflicted chaos -- when are our branchy friends at Rowlands getting the cut?

Jamie M

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25 Jul 2018, 7:37 pm #237

(25 Jul 2018, 7:34 pm)Dan The council have spoken to the owner of the tree, and the tree branch is going to be cut back... But due to health and safety reasons, the stretch of road needs to be closed to facilitate this work. So slightly further forward, but not there just yet!

Will hugging and chaining myself to the tree ensure B9s end up on 6As? It's a risk I'm willing to take!

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Jamie M

25 Jul 2018, 7:37 pm #237

(25 Jul 2018, 7:34 pm)Dan The council have spoken to the owner of the tree, and the tree branch is going to be cut back... But due to health and safety reasons, the stretch of road needs to be closed to facilitate this work. So slightly further forward, but not there just yet!

Will hugging and chaining myself to the tree ensure B9s end up on 6As? It's a risk I'm willing to take!

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25 Jul 2018, 10:00 pm #238

(25 Jul 2018, 7:04 pm)Tom Are the ex-London deckers going to most depots or just staying at one or two with Omnidekkas going to Percy Main/Washington for example with the ex London buses staying at Riverside.

Dan this light blue Solo would suit the 18s don't you think hahaha

pdiddy

25 Jul 2018, 10:00 pm #238

(25 Jul 2018, 7:04 pm)Tom Are the ex-London deckers going to most depots or just staying at one or two with Omnidekkas going to Percy Main/Washington for example with the ex London buses staying at Riverside.

Dan this light blue Solo would suit the 18s don't you think hahaha

Rapidsnap

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25 Jul 2018, 10:06 pm #239

(25 Jul 2018, 6:49 pm)Dan All of the serviceable B7s acquired from London and EYMS will be out in force over the Airshow weekend. Subject to change, but the current plan is for all of the EYMS examples to operate out of Deptford and be allocated to the A1 service. Three of Riverside's OmniDekkas are currently planned to be loaned to Washington for the weekend to operate the A2 service on Saturday.

Will they likely be out on the Sunday too on the A1?

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Rapidsnap

25 Jul 2018, 10:06 pm #239

(25 Jul 2018, 6:49 pm)Dan All of the serviceable B7s acquired from London and EYMS will be out in force over the Airshow weekend. Subject to change, but the current plan is for all of the EYMS examples to operate out of Deptford and be allocated to the A1 service. Three of Riverside's OmniDekkas are currently planned to be loaned to Washington for the weekend to operate the A2 service on Saturday.

Will they likely be out on the Sunday too on the A1?

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25 Jul 2018, 10:16 pm #240

(25 Jul 2018, 10:00 pm)pdiddy Dan this light blue Solo would suit the 18s don't you think hahaha

Aye them are able to turn corners... unlike what you currently have

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Jamie M

25 Jul 2018, 10:16 pm #240

(25 Jul 2018, 10:00 pm)pdiddy Dan this light blue Solo would suit the 18s don't you think hahaha

Aye them are able to turn corners... unlike what you currently have

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