North East Buses

(27 Aug 2021, 9:50 am)ne14ne1 wrote [ -> ]Can’t tell if the bit about the blue is a joke or not.

Maybe it’s because the sky is blue and the bus passes under the sky?

If it was lighter blue, I'd say yes. But with that shade of blue, I reckon it's more about the Metro Centre.

If you think about it, the X22 & X66 have the same shade of blue and they both serve the Metro Centre. Obviously the Tyne Valley Ten is GNE's major service from Newcastle to the Metro Centre.

From Hexham & Corbridge, perhaps they're thinking of the following too.....
- XLines = Fast to Newcastle
- Tyne Valley Ten = Links to the Tyne Valley and Metro Centre

(27 Aug 2021, 10:04 am)L469 YVK wrote [ -> ]If it was lighter blue, I'd say yes. But with that shade of blue, I reckon it's more about the Metro Centre.

If you think about it, the X22 & X66 have the same shade of blue and they both serve the Metro Centre. Obviously the Tyne Valley Ten is GNE's major service from Newcastle to the Metro Centre.

From Hexham & Corbridge, perhaps they're thinking of the following too.....
- XLines = Fast to Newcastle
- Tyne Valley Ten = Links to the Tyne Valley and Metro Centre

You’d hope to God people wouldn’t be getting paid to come up with crap like that. Do you seriously think Joe Public would look at the back of the bus and think oh that blue bit must represent the blue mall in the Metrocentre.
Just, no.

I even seriously doubt X66 passengers have considered the different coloured ex-EYMS vehicles relate to the different colours of the malls. Why would they, they won’t give two hoots and other than to please a few spotters who like to spot different coloured buses, I don’t know by GNE/the design agency even bothered.

(27 Aug 2021, 10:04 am)L469 YVK wrote [ -> ]If it was lighter blue, I'd say yes. But with that shade of blue, I reckon it's more about the Metro Centre.

If you think about it, the X22 & X66 have the same shade of blue and they both serve the Metro Centre. Obviously the Tyne Valley Ten is GNE's major service from Newcastle to the Metro Centre.

From Hexham & Corbridge, perhaps they're thinking of the following too.....
- XLines = Fast to Newcastle
- Tyne Valley Ten = Links to the Tyne Valley and Metro Centre

It's not Metrocentre's shade of blue

I'm not sure whether colour blindness is been taken in account but green and orange is a big no and so is blue and green when using them both light or dark for blue/green.

(27 Aug 2021, 11:29 am)Storx wrote [ -> ]I'm not sure whether colour blindness is been taken in account but green and orange is a big no and so is blue and green when using them both light or dark for blue/green.

Quite a few of the liveries aren't accessible to people with visual impairments.

From Dan's twitter

Our first two freshly repainted and refurbished Tyne Valley 10 double-decks hit the roads today. These bright  green/blue buses are sure to stand out! The white/orange stripe combo is in keeping with our X-lines buses which offer faster journey times between Newcastle & Hexham.

https://twitter.com/Dan3942/status/1441298183171104776



Despite my previous reservations, they do actually look rather smart, although I'll have to reserve judgement until I see them in person.

I wonder how thorough the refurbishment has been, I'm guessing it was just reupholstering the seats and nothing more since I can't see USB ports in the backs of the seats.
If that is the case, hopefully they did something about the sockets that rarely ever worked, even when they were new!

6071 at Blaydon on the 10A this morning
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(24 Sep 2021, 8:05 am)Xlines 6335 wrote [ -> ]6071 at Blaydon on the 10A this morning
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The Metrocentre banner on the front looks bloody awful!
Although I guess that's down to Metrocentre's 'minimalist' branding more than anything

(24 Sep 2021, 8:13 am)streetdeckfan wrote [ -> ]The Metrocentre banner on the front looks bloody awful!
Although I guess that's down to Metrocentre's 'minimalist' branding more than anything

I was more apposed to the banner placement as when the coast road deckers previously had them when sat at the front it felt like you could only look ahead further into the distance, and the view down closer towards the front of the bus was obstructed.

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I’ll reserve final judgment of the colours til I see it in person. From the photos it all looks a bit garish.

(24 Sep 2021, 8:13 am)streetdeckfan wrote [ -> ]The Metrocentre banner on the front looks bloody awful!
Although I guess that's down to Metrocentre's 'minimalist' branding more than anything

I think that lies in the hands of the designer of the banner rather than Metrocentre. I don't think GNE have used any elements of Metrocentre's branding apart from their logo (of which this banner is the first time they've not edited it!).

(24 Sep 2021, 10:35 am)ne14ne1 wrote [ -> ]I was more apposed to the banner placement as when the coast road deckers previously had them when sat at the front it felt like you could only look ahead further into the distance, and the view down closer towards the front of the bus was obstructed.

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I’ll reserve final judgment of the colours til I see it in person. From the photos it all looks a bit garish.

Go North East 6071 / NK62 FAA by kieron mathews, on Flickr

It is quite garish when I took a photo of it about half an hour ago. It’s very bright like 3941 is especially when the sun is out.


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I don't know who designed that but it comes across very amateur with some noticeable bad design such as:

• The random gap between the window and the into x
  
• The font on the into Newcastle, Metro Centre and Hexham is way too big that it overshadows the branding.
  
• The font from Crawcrook etc on the other hand is way too small and looks weird.
  
• The mobile phone is chopped in half with no bottom border and looks weird ie the green bar across.
  
• There's a random from the app store buttons for websites randomly placed.
  
• The orange is random and doesn't fit the livery for gold to be used for all the talking bus icons (why not Orange?) and doesn't really do anything bar trying to force the Hexham colour onto it (or the Arriva Max turquoise otherwise)
  
• The Tyne Valley Ten is jammed in a small gap, why not use the space underneath and also looks weird.
  
• The from GoNorthEast is too low.
  
• The angles are either too shallow or start way to far back and it again looks weird.
  

Not a fan at all and idm the colours even known it's a bit bright.

Is it just me or has the new TVT livery (and also cityrider now i've took another look at it) been designed to have adboards fitted but doesnt have them? they have a clear space where an adboard would go unlike other decker repaints, and also having the phone on the side of 6071 cut in half to fit under an adboard and not poke out, such as the Crusader. Also, where's the mention of the 10A and 10B on the new livery, It only seems to have via points for the 10 beyond ryton and crawcrook. Is there plans to split the routes or something? Also it doesn't seem like these are going to be fitted with USBs, as the wording has been changed on the front and side to say "power" instead of the usual "USB", indicating that they're just going to rely on the existing plug sockets.

Go North East 6074 / NK62 FDM by kieron mathews, on Flickr

6074 is back in service today.


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Go North East 6073 / NK62 FCC by kieron mathews, on Flickr

Go North East 6075 / NK62 FDN by kieron mathews, on Flickr

Both back in service today


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How many more are left?

(11 Nov 2021, 6:09 pm)Keeiajs wrote [ -> ]How many more are left?

6071 - 6075 are complete, 6076 - 6085 are left to do.

(11 Nov 2021, 7:14 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]6071 - 6075 are complete, 6076 - 6085 are left to do.

Then 6043-6048 are for the 47?

(11 Nov 2021, 7:20 pm)Keeiajs wrote [ -> ]Then 6043-6048 are for the 47?

Yes.

6076 is back from repaint and is waiting to be branded


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(30 Dec 2021, 7:12 pm)TEN 6083 wrote [ -> ]6076 is back from repaint and is waiting to be branded


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Go North East 6076 / NK62 FEU by kieron mathews, on Flickr

Back in service


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Go North East 6077 / NK62 FGJ by kieron mathews, on Flickr

This is back from repaint and retrim ready for branding.


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(15 Jan 2022, 11:39 pm)TEN 6083 wrote [ -> ]Go North East 6077 / NK62 FGJ by kieron mathews, on Flickr

This is back from repaint and retrim ready for branding.


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Go North East 6077 / NK62 FGJ by kieron mathews, on Flickr

Back in service today


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Go North East 6080 / NK62 FJE by kieron mathews, on Flickr

back in service

Go North East 6078 / NK62 FHE by kieron mathews, on Flickr

also back in service

The livery style of 6078 above is not dissimilar to some First liveries.

Go North East 6081 / NK62 FKG by kieron mathews, on Flickr

6081 back from repaint parked at Riverside

Go North East 6079 / NK62 FHY by kieron mathews, on Flickr

back in service today

Go North East 6082 / NK62 FLF by kieron mathews, on Flickr

Go North East 6081 / NK62 FKG by kieron mathews, on Flickr

both back in service

6084 (NL63 XBS) has been repainted into Tyne Valley Ten livery - https://www.flickr.com/photos/62607125@N...9994816200 - Photo By Chris Hinds who has captioned photo incorrectly as 6083 (NK13 EJO) which I believe could be the one to the left.