North East Buses

For anyone who is interested (I doubt there be any) full list Go North East vehicles (not including the demos) I need photos are as follows...

Optare Solo SR - 719 / 720 / 721
Mercedes Benz Citaro - 5486
Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 - 6157 / 6160 / 6161
Scania N94UD / ELC Omnidekka (not all have been delivered yet) - 6162 / 6163 / 6164 / 6165 / 6166 / 6167 / 6170 / 6171 / 6172 / 6173 / 6174 / 6175 / 6177 / 6178 / 6179
Wright Streetdeck - 6331
NatEx Coaches - 7107 / 7111 / 7122 / 7133 / 7138 / 7139 / 7140 / 7141 / 7142

As a side note I only need to photo 25 Arriva NE vehicles and 9 Stagecoach NE Vehicles.

Thanks for the tip off regarding two of them, sadly I'm at work tomorrow morning. 

For future refererence, what are the GNE departures or arrivals on NatEx in the Tyne and Wear area. Cheers

(15 Feb 2019, 5:21 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Bus transfers this weekend will include 6136 from Chester-le-Street to Percy Main, and 6017 becoming a float/reserve bus allocated to Washington.

Thats ashame 6017 is a good bus and if I remember correctly 6136 is rattly as heck would prefer an omnidekka being a float viechle and have low use than a president

(15 Feb 2019, 5:46 pm)Rapidsnap wrote [ -> ]For future refererence, what are the GNE departures or arrivals on NatEx in the Tyne and Wear area. Cheers

Weekday Departures are as follows - I expect Saturdays will be pretty similar:

07:15 426 x Sunderland

08:30 426 x South Shields
13:40 426 x South Shields
22:05 436 x South Shields

06:30 531 x Newcastle
06:40 580 x Newcastle
07:30 425 x Newcastle
08:30 530 x Newcastle
10:00 580 x Newcastle
10:30 332 x Newcastle
13:20 326 x Newcastle
15:45 425 x Newcastle
17:30 380 x Newcastle

Is there any booked odd workings on at Saturday morning in Newcastle?

(15 Feb 2019, 6:04 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Weekday Departures are as follows - I expect Saturdays will be pretty similar:

07:15 426 x Sunderland

08:30 426 x South Shields
13:40 426 x South Shields
22:05 436 x South Shields

06:30 531 x Newcastle
06:40 580 x Newcastle
07:30 425 x Newcastle
08:30 530 x Newcastle
10:00 580 x Newcastle
10:30 332 x Newcastle
13:20 326 x Newcastle
15:45 425 x Newcastle
17:30 380 x Newcastle

Any ideas on which boards the new Levante III's will be allocated to and if any will be in service tomorrow Dan?

(15 Feb 2019, 10:01 pm)Malarkey wrote [ -> ]Any ideas on which boards the new Levante III's will be allocated to and if any will be in service tomorrow Dan?

They're not being allocated to set boards. Currently none are scheduled to be allocated today.

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5204 just came off A19 at Holystone. Pending transfer to Percy Main?

(16 Feb 2019, 3:32 pm)JM03 wrote [ -> ]5204 just came off A19 at Holystone. Pending transfer to Percy Main?

Don't know why. It's already at percy main

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(16 Feb 2019, 3:32 pm)JM03 wrote [ -> ]5204 just came off A19 at Holystone. Pending transfer to Percy Main?

Don't know why. It's already at percy main

(15 Feb 2019, 6:04 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Weekday Departures are as follows - I expect Saturdays will be pretty similar:

07:15 426 x Sunderland

08:30 426 x South Shields
13:40 426 x South Shields
22:05 436 x South Shields

06:30 531 x Newcastle
06:40 580 x Newcastle
07:30 425 x Newcastle
08:30 530 x Newcastle
10:00 580 x Newcastle
10:30 332 x Newcastle
13:20 326 x Newcastle
15:45 425 x Newcastle
17:30 380 x Newcastle

National Express timetables are generally the same every day, apart from some minor adjustments to timetables on a Saturday and Sunday to reflect reduced congestion.

The 1320 x 326 and 1730 x 380 only run on Fridays and Sundays.

Interesting Ten Minute Bill by Matt Western on Regulation of Bus Drivers Hours on Local as well as Long distance routes. He also mentions the practice of some operators dividing a route into 2 or 3 to avoid EU regulations of routes over certain lengths (50km?)- Note Newcastle Express to Middlesbrough via Peterlee and Newcastle to Carlisle via Hexham. In his Bill which has been passed to proceed to next stage on 22nd March, he expresses this practice should no longer be allowed. Some further interesting points expressed, which may affect operations by bus operators

- Link to Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5aGzuD5tos

- Link to BBC iPlayer version: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0...l-15022019

(17 Feb 2019, 3:58 pm)Venturego wrote [ -> ]Interesting Ten Minute Bill by Matt Western on Regulation of Bus Drivers Hours on Local as well as Long distance routes. He also mentions the practice of some operators dividing a route into 2 or 3 to avoid EU regulations of routes over certain lengths (50km?)- Note Newcastle Express to Middlesbrough via Peterlee and Newcastle to Carlisle via Hexham. In his Bill which has been passed to proceed to next stage on 22nd March, he expresses this practice should no longer be allowed. Some further interesting points expressed, which may affect operations by bus operators

- Link to Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5aGzuD5tos

- Link to BBC iPlayer version: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0...l-15022019

The 685 should be split with Arriva on Newcastle to Hexham and Stagecoach Hexham to Carlisle.

Are GCT going to be doing route learning for the 32A? GNE did for a few weeks before taking over the service from Arriva.

I am disappointed GNE has lost the contract. I will now have no GNE services on a Sunday. I will use the GCT 32A to and from the City Centre on Sundays though. I just won't have the same ticket acceptance I sometimes enjoyed with GNE. I usually stuck with a Day Rover anyway, but it was good to have the options.

(17 Feb 2019, 3:58 pm)Venturego wrote [ -> ]Interesting Ten Minute Bill by Matt Western on Regulation of Bus Drivers Hours on Local as well as Long distance routes. He also mentions the practice of some operators dividing a route into 2 or 3 to avoid EU regulations of routes over certain lengths (50km?)- Note Newcastle Express to Middlesbrough via Peterlee and Newcastle to Carlisle via Hexham. In his Bill which has been passed to proceed to next stage on 22nd March, he expresses this practice should no longer be allowed. Some further interesting points expressed, which may affect operations by bus operators

- Link to Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5aGzuD5tos

- Link to BBC iPlayer version: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0...l-15022019

Stagecoach do this practice quite a bit, the amount of routes in Scotland this would affect would be quite high.  Services 10 and 35 in the Aberdeen area are just a couple that get split more than once. 

https://tiscon-maps-stagecoachbus.s3.ama...%20Web.pdf

https://tiscon-maps-stagecoachbus.s3.ama...%20Web.pdf

GNE gemini 2 just passed my house on the Holystone slip road now. Does anyone have a clue which one it is and where it is going? CC going back to percy main?

(18 Feb 2019, 12:39 am)JM03 wrote [ -> ]GNE gemini 2 just passed my house on the Holystone slip road now. Does anyone have a clue which one it is and where it is going? CC going back to percy main?

Metro replacements finishing in Benton, might've been me if it was a Fab 56, heading back to Deptford.

(17 Feb 2019, 5:03 pm)S830OFT wrote [ -> ]The 685 should be split with Arriva on Newcastle to Hexham and Stagecoach Hexham to Carlisle.

From a historical viewpoint the route was always operated 2/3 by Arriva and 1/3 Stagecoach. 

The halfway point of the route is near Bardon Mill.

How come were still in january thread. More than halfway thru feb

(18 Feb 2019, 12:03 pm)Jordan2104 wrote [ -> ]How come were still in january thread. More than halfway thru feb

There's an issue with creating new threads at the moment.

In terms of real news (  ), Streetlite 9087 has transferred to Chester-le-Street and is now in use on services 8/78.

Go North East 626 / NK61 DBX by kieron mathews, on Flickr

626 is on loan to Hexham to cover for 670.

Currently on the 309 and every time someone gets on the driver speeds away right after they scan their pass/ticket or get there change with out giving them a chance to walk a metre.... i nearly fell twice when I got on because he gave me my change then as soon as I got my ticket he sped off without giving me a chance to move.... he done it agin in the middle of this post a man got on, and as soon as he got on he sped off again not giving him a chance to move.

670 out of VOR and on 12 now so don’t expect 626 to be at Hexham for long now

(18 Feb 2019, 1:57 pm)GNE6312 wrote [ -> ]Currently on the 309 and every time someone gets on the driver speeds away right after they scan their pass/ticket or get there change with out giving them a chance to walk a metre.... i nearly fell twice when I got on because he gave me my change then as soon as I got my ticket he sped off without giving me a chance to move.... he done it agin in the middle of this post a man got on, and as soon as he got on he sped off again not giving him a chance to move.

Must have been the same driver that's driving this X21. Nearly got launched down the bus when he started moving! He started pulling away as someone was still walking down the stairs

(18 Feb 2019, 12:04 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]There's an issue with creating new threads at the moment.

In terms of real news (  ), Streetlite 9087 has transferred to Chester-le-Street and is now in use on services 8/78.

When will it be in service?

(18 Feb 2019, 6:11 pm)Michael wrote [ -> ]When will it be in service?

Been out today




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(18 Feb 2019, 5:18 pm)JM03 wrote [ -> ]670 out of VOR and on 12 now so don’t expect 626 to be at Hexham for long now

I don't think it was VOR, as it was on the 33 last Thursday.

Have the displays on the 42A been updated recently journeys bound for Kingston Park now say Kingston Park likewise going to North Shields it says North Shields im sure it said something along the lines of Dinnington for Kingston Park

(18 Feb 2019, 7:42 pm)V514DFT wrote [ -> ]Have the displays on the 42A been updated recently journeys bound for Kingston Park now say Kingston Park likewise going to North Shields it says North Shields im sure it said something along the lines of Dinnington for Kingston Park

No. Sounds like drivers using the wrong displays.

(18 Feb 2019, 7:40 pm)pbjd wrote [ -> ]I don't think it was VOR, as it was on the 33 last Thursday.

Was on the Q1/Q2 (very briefly) this morning.

I think bus drivers want to leave on the appropriate time I was standing at South Shields bus station waiting for the 50 it was due 17.24 went past without stopping it was 17.18 hadto wait nearly 25 mins for the crap 5

Was it possibly the earlier one running late?

Dont think it was i got to shields about half 2 and seen a 5 and ano time that gets to North shields and back its the 17.24 50