(24 Sep 2015, 7:52 pm)NK53 TKT wrote [ -> ]I know someone who does not want that on the 35, it is not me
Me lol
Talking of Google Maps, the birds-eye view has been updated. It looks like the day when there was a training day at Ashington depot, with the cars parked in the bus parking area.
(29 May 2016, 6:49 pm)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]I originally sent this link to big'un for the Orbit Versa in the most recent photo - should have looked back a few years - Kingfisher branded MPD!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.948825...312!8i6656
Continue towards the crossing and you see a few more varieties of long gone branding.
(01 Jun 2016, 10:13 pm)Ambassador wrote [ -> ]Shudder....an Omnicity Pink Angel....the worst of combinations!
That's the original Quaylink Olymbus electric hybrid bus you've got from when Stagecoach ran the Qs. It's 11 years this summer since they were introduced!
Some of the worst buses ever built... They were terrible...
(01 Jun 2016, 10:13 pm)Ambassador wrote [ -> ]Shudder....an Omnicity Pink Angel....the worst of combinations!
That's the original Quaylink Olymbus electric hybrid bus you've got from when Stagecoach ran the Qs. It's 11 years this summer since they were introduced! (And 6 since they replaced by the less interesting Versas)
(01 Jun 2016, 10:16 pm)Michael wrote [ -> ]Some of the worst buses ever built... They were terrible...
Clearly they've not stuck around. I don't think I've ever seen a picture of one before.
I like (good) Omnicities for the quirky ride experience but, capacity issues aside, I can't imagine them having been any sort of fun on a ploddy route like the Angel, apart from on the A167 between CLS and Pity Me.
(01 Jun 2016, 10:25 pm)KBusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]Clearly they've not stuck around. I don't think I've ever seen a picture of one before.
I like (good) Omnicities for the quirky ride experience but, capacity issues aside, I can't imagine them having been any sort of fun on a ploddy route like the Angel, apart from on the A167 between CLS and Pity Me.
Capacity was an issue with Omincities, they didn't last long at all. A huge mistake that GNE made there.
There's lots of pics around of the Electrics from the Quaylink, I enjoyed the ride but couldn't cope with Grey St or Dean St. They've all been scrapped now
(02 Jun 2016, 12:09 am)James101 wrote [ -> ]It looks like on of the RxxxCOO darts which were passed around pretty much every NE depot around 2008-2011. They look like a styling mid stage between the step entrence Dash Dart and and SPD. Link:
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/68628359@N...242621/in/
That'll be it. Googling darts, not precisely knowing the various types is a remarkably fruitless task.
(01 Jun 2016, 10:45 pm)Ambassador wrote [ -> ]Capacity was an issue with Omincities, they didn't last long at all. A huge mistake that GNE made there.
There's lots of pics around of the Electrics from the Quaylink, I enjoyed the ride but couldn't cope with Grey St or Dean St. They've all been scrapped now
They are now airport buses in Illinois after extensive modification
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