North East Buses

Has anymore arrived?

(08 Jul 2022, 6:54 pm)streetdeckfan wrote [ -> ]Realistically, does the spare even need to be electric?
It makes more sense to have the spare be a regular diesel as even a brand new one is half the price of an electric.

What you haven't realized or probably heard is that the Clean Air Zone for Newcastle/Gateshead comes in later this year, so no it doesn't make sense for the spare to be diesel.

(04 Aug 2022, 11:06 am)adavies3774 wrote [ -> ]What you haven't realized or probably heard is that the Clean Air Zone for Newcastle/Gateshead comes in later this year, so no it doesn't make sense for the spare to be diesel.

Except a Euro 6 diesel is exempt?

I hope they don't rebrand QA/QB Voltra 2, it is an awful name

(04 Aug 2022, 12:56 pm)Unber43 wrote [ -> ]I hope they don't rebrand QA/QB Voltra 2, it is an awful name

Nah it wont have 2 in it. This is just advertised as the 2nd Voltra hence the name 'Voltra 2'.

(04 Aug 2022, 1:32 pm)KingSlayerRBLX wrote [ -> ]Nah it wont have 2 in it. This is just advertised as the 2nd Voltra hence the name 'Voltra 2'.

Better not be Voltra again. Just keep it QuayCity

(04 Aug 2022, 1:32 pm)KingSlayerRBLX wrote [ -> ]Nah it wont have 2 in it. This is just advertised as the 2nd Voltra hence the name 'Voltra 2'.

Voltra to Wallsend

Fancy a drink? Voltra to the Quayside.

etc etc etc

(04 Aug 2022, 1:59 pm)Unber43 wrote [ -> ]Turn to Wallsend 

Fancy a drink? Turn to the Quayside. 

(voltra means turn)

That's volta not voltra

(04 Aug 2022, 1:56 pm)Aaron21 wrote [ -> ]Better not be Voltra again. Just keep it QuayCity

For the sake of its poor passengers I agree.

(04 Aug 2022, 1:56 pm)Aaron21 wrote [ -> ]Better not be Voltra again. Just keep it QuayCity

QuayVoltra .....

(04 Aug 2022, 1:59 pm)Unber43 wrote [ -> ]Turn to Wallsend 

Fancy a drink? Turn to the Quayside. 

(voltra means turn)

Voltra are actually a voluntary non-governmental organization, registered as a charitable institution in Hong Kong

https://www.voltra.org/

Bet web traffic from the Bensham area rocketed when the voltra bus company started operating services along Coatsworth Road!

(04 Aug 2022, 3:22 pm)Ianthegoon wrote [ -> ]QuayVoltra .....

Dear God no. VoltraQuay sounds a bit better but I'd just prefer they leave it as Voltra but this is gne

call it something simple like ElectriCity. Promotes the zero emission part of it and keeps the city part of QuayCity indicating its doing that route if that makes sense. Voltra is overrated now. Fine for the first as it was the first electric bus route with GNE but using it again kills the feeling. Route needs a unique name since its big upgrade.

One of the Yutongs is registered NL72 EUE. https://twitter.com/MartijnGNE/status/15...S9LQmhbXjA&s=19

(04 Aug 2022, 6:06 pm)KingSlayerRBLX wrote [ -> ]call it something simple like ElectriCity. Promotes the zero emission part of it and keeps the city part of QuayCity indicating its doing that route if that makes sense. Voltra is overrated now. Fine for the  first as it was the first electric bus route with GNE but using it again kills the feeling. Route needs a unique name since its big upgrade.

I just hope the name stays the same. And the branding looks a loads better than the current Voltra branding without a few stickers slapped on

(04 Aug 2022, 6:31 pm)Aaron21 wrote [ -> ]I just hope the name stays the same. And the branding looks a loads better than the current Voltra branding without a few stickers slapped on

Yeah, QuayCity would be nice to see even if in Voltra Font. I agree, Yellow/Orange looks much nicer

(04 Aug 2022, 6:20 pm)wibblejunior wrote [ -> ]One of the Yutongs is registered NL72 EUE. https://twitter.com/MartijnGNE/status/15...S9LQmhbXjA&s=19

McKenna brothers look to be having Christmas in Corfu based on the Go Ahead/Best Impressions work!

(04 Aug 2022, 8:43 pm)Ambassador wrote [ -> ]McKenna brothers look to be having Christmas in Corfu based on the Go Ahead/Best Impressions work!

All those liveries and not a single bit of variety between them bar the colours. Good grief.

Having said that, those open top deckers on the left look nice.

Tbh I'm more annoyed that its gonna be exactly the same as Voltra. If the silver had have been done yellow like the QuayCity livery. Then I would have been fine with it

(04 Aug 2022, 8:43 pm)Ambassador wrote [ -> ]McKenna brothers look to be having Christmas in Corfu based on the Go Ahead/Best Impressions work!

As far as I'm aware they designed them, copying BI work. I know MCR definitely isn't Best Impressions as it got slated for pretty much ripping their work.

(04 Aug 2022, 9:25 pm)Storx wrote [ -> ]As far as I'm aware they designed them, copying BI work. I know MCR definitely isn't Best Impressions as it got slated for pretty much ripping their work.

Majority of the designs there are BI.

Go North West's original livery was designed by Buzz Marketing before the Marketing and Communications Director for GNW took up his position and changed it into a Stenning style MCR livery.

McKenna produce the vinyls.

(05 Aug 2022, 4:00 am)omnicity4659 wrote [ -> ]Majority of the designs there are BI.

Go North West's original livery was designed by Buzz Marketing before the Marketing and Communications Director for GNW took up his position and changed it into a Stenning style MCR livery.

McKenna produce the vinyls.

Aye that's fair mix up from me.

Call them " shes electric" and get noel or Liam to ride on the first one in service

There's 2 at Riverside on the charging points

(05 Aug 2022, 12:10 pm)NL62WVW wrote [ -> ]There's 2 at Riverside on the charging points

Have they been vinyled up yet?

(05 Aug 2022, 12:14 pm)streetdeckfan wrote [ -> ]Have they been vinyled up yet?

No not yet, still in base colours

(05 Aug 2022, 1:40 pm)NL62WVW wrote [ -> ]No not yet, still in base colours

Are they still on dealer plates? Presumably since they're 'registered' with 72 plates they can't be driven with them until September

Here’s a photo posted on Facebook this afternoon by a group member on Go North East Buses Group


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Slightly unrelated, and not sure if it's been asked before, but since they just use standard CCS chargers, presumably those chargers can be used on any vehicles.

Therefore, could it not be a good idea to open them up for public use, for a charge of course? There might be more money in that than actually running buses!

(05 Aug 2022, 2:38 pm)streetdeckfan wrote [ -> ]Slightly unrelated, and not sure if it's been asked before, but since they just use standard CCS chargers, presumably those chargers can be used on any vehicles.

Therefore, could it not be a good idea to open them up for public use, for a charge of course? There might be more money in that than actually running buses!

Think health and safety would stop that ever happening, would also be a security risk for unknown people just popping in to charge the car