North East Buses

6150 now in old fleet livery

(05 Jan 2026, 4:10 pm)WestDurhamSwift wrote [ -> ]6150 now in old fleet livery

2019 Fleet livery!? Wonder why. Do we think Saltmeadows haven’t got the new style of roadstripes yet?

Guessing they won’t have bothered with black window surrounds or headlight surrounds either?

(05 Jan 2026, 4:49 pm)ne14ne1 wrote [ -> ]2019 Fleet livery!? Wonder why. Do we think Saltmeadows haven’t got the new style of roadstripes yet?

Guessing they won’t have bothered with black window surrounds or headlight surrounds either?

Image from discord. The roadstripes are further forward than usual, image this is so they can update the livery with ease.

6151 next in the paintshop

Be interesting to see if it comes out in the New Livery.

(17 Jan 2026, 10:54 am)WestDurhamSwift wrote [ -> ]6151 next in the paintshop

Be interesting to see if it comes out in the New Livery.

Has came out in old livery

(21 Jan 2026, 10:24 am)NL62WVW wrote [ -> ]Has came out in old livery

Out today on the 58. Bus times has it down as the old livery but no photos tet.

(21 Jan 2026, 10:59 am)WestDurhamSwift wrote [ -> ]Out today on the 58. Bus times has it down as the old livery but no photos tet.

Bus times is correct, i drove it this morning

5372 now in fleet livery

(23 Jan 2026, 5:10 pm)WestDurhamSwift wrote [ -> ]5372 now in fleet livery

As is 5373

5360 now in Fleet livery

(26 Jan 2026, 9:05 pm)WestDurhamSwift wrote [ -> ]5360 now in Fleet livery

Seems a strange one to paint as I thought the Mercs would be going. Mind you it's nothing new for Go Ahead to repaint a vehicle and then dispose of it soon afterwards.

(28 Jan 2026, 11:11 am)ian foster wrote [ -> ]Seems a strange one to paint as I thought the Mercs would be going. Mind you it's nothing new for Go Ahead to repaint a vehicle and then dispose of it soon afterwards.

Possibly because they are dropping the  4 brand as they have the Drifter.

(28 Jan 2026, 11:11 am)ian foster wrote [ -> ]Seems a strange one to paint as I thought the Mercs would be going. Mind you it's nothing new for Go Ahead to repaint a vehicle and then dispose of it soon afterwards.

Let's hope they are not going for a while of being painted up there with one of the best types of buses GNE have had in recent years in my opinion absolute flying machines. Although I do appreciate they are ageing and becoming a bit more unreliable. Would rather travel on a merc any day of the week over a streetlite

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(29 Jan 2026, 2:34 pm)Swiny1 wrote [ -> ]Let's hope they are not going for a while of being painted up there with one of the best types of buses GNE have had in recent years in my opinion absolute flying machines. Although I do appreciate they are ageing and becoming a bit more unreliable.  Would rather travel on a merc any day of the week over a streetlite

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Looks like at the moment they're finishing off repaints on the vehicles allocated to Connections 4, Drifter 60, Country Ranger 8, East Gateshead Rider 58 and Voltra Q3 before they move onto doing Angel & X-Lines Streetdecks and CityRider 56's as they don't seem to have released anything else for repaint following entry into service of some of the new buses. 

I could see them using the East Gateshead Rider B9's once repaints are completed as a "Float Fleet" to cover Buses that then go for Repaint/Refurbishment in the coming months.