North East Buses

Does anyone know if the 50 is due new buses at any time soon? Some of the omnicites starting to look tired - but then again they run in durham alongside arriva so you could run an Olympian and it would fit in!

(12 Mar 2020, 11:13 pm)OW1762 wrote [ -> ]Does anyone know if the 50 is due new buses at any time soon? Some of the omnicites starting to look tired - but then again they run in durham alongside arriva so you could run an Olympian and it would fit in!

Must of them have been upgraded to Euro 6 and all have WiFi

(12 Mar 2020, 11:19 pm)Ds1197 wrote [ -> ]Must of them have been upgraded to Euro 6 and all have WiFi

I was not aware of this, thank you.

(12 Mar 2020, 11:13 pm)OW1762 wrote [ -> ]Does anyone know if the 50 is due new buses at any time soon? Some of the omnicites starting to look tired - but then again they run in durham alongside arriva so you could run an Olympian and it would fit in!

To be honest, I think with a refurb to the new internal standard and screwing the panels back together properly to get rid of some of the rattles they'd be as good as new!
I'd happily take a ride on an Omnicity over pretty much any of the other single deckers they have

(13 Mar 2020, 12:23 am)streetdeckfan wrote [ -> ]To be honest, I think with a refurb to the new internal standard and screwing the panels back together properly to get rid of some of the rattles they'd be as good as new!
I'd happily take a ride on an Omnicity over pretty much any of the other single deckers they have

Have to admit if they were to refurbish them, I have to agree that I would rather go on one of them than a streetlite.

(13 Mar 2020, 9:14 am)OW1762 wrote [ -> ]Have to admit if they were to refurbish them, I have to agree that I would rather go on one of them than a streetlite.

They are always an enjoyable ride, unless you sit near the engine in summer. I'd love to see them spruced up, internally.

(13 Mar 2020, 9:38 am)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]They are always an enjoyable ride, unless you sit near the engine in summer. I'd love to see them spruced up, internally.

My go-to seat on them is, like most buses, the one next to the emergency exit, which can get a bit toasty on the few days that it's warm!

(12 Mar 2020, 11:13 pm)OW1762 wrote [ -> ]Does anyone know if the 50 is due new buses at any time soon? Some of the omnicites starting to look tired - but then again they run in durham alongside arriva so you could run an Olympian and it would fit in!

The repaints for the Omnicities on the 50/5 last year, were the two-thirds update of the paintwork. As has already been mentioned, they have been upgraded to Euro 6 but there may be some reallocation in May depending on services changes.

(14 Mar 2020, 9:35 pm)6049 wrote [ -> ]The repaints for the Omnicities on the 50/5 last year, were the two-thirds update of the paintwork. As has already been mentioned, they have been upgraded to Euro 6 but there may be some reallocation in May depending on services changes.

I'm starting to think Mercs to go on 5/50 & 2/2A/39 & 16/16A but doesn't look good.