North East Buses

6325 just did quite an impressive fuel (?) dump outside of The Canon on Low Fell.
Plenty of smoke and some very shrivelled vinyls on the engine cover.

(17 Apr 2026, 8:40 am)Richyyk wrote [ -> ]6325 just did quite an impressive fuel (?) dump outside of The Canon on Low Fell.
Plenty of smoke and some very shrivelled vinyls on the engine cover.

Will be coolant, back out now on the 93.

6194 spent some time on the X10 today.

(17 Apr 2026, 8:17 pm)WestDurhamSwift wrote [ -> ]6194 spent some time on the X10 today.

6315 replaced 6362 in Eldon Square, made it as far as High Level Bridge before expiring, 6193 replaced it some 40mins late, unsure if there was a issue with 6193 at Peterlee then 6194 replaced it

8324 is now at Deptford on the 65/X20 today.

6376 is now at Riverside.

Had the pleasure of watching 5412 try to reverse off the stand at South Shields earlier. I think I died of old age by the time it had.

The White Display upgrade on the CityRider Gemini 2 looks really nice and suits it.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/148814847@N06/55228415814

(24 Apr 2026, 4:26 pm)F114TML wrote [ -> ]Had the pleasure of watching 5412 try to reverse off the stand at South Shields earlier. I think I died of old age by the time it had.

Streetlites use their retarder whilst in reverse for some reason, so if you've got an emissions light on they really struggle to go backwards, it's always fun.

8349 has had a white destination blind fitted, as it's original orange blind has been scrambled ever since it arrived from First...

6328 has been abandoned at the Eighton lodge roundabout stop heading southbound since about 1 this afternoon

(25 Apr 2026, 4:42 am)Retro Nero wrote [ -> ]8349 has had a white destination blind fitted, as it's original orange blind has been scrambled ever since it arrived from First...

8349 is ex Thamesdown - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...1612048093

Also I think it's only been doing that since around November 2025, as I've got photos of it before then and the blind was displaying normally.

(24 Apr 2026, 4:26 pm)F114TML wrote [ -> ]Had the pleasure of watching 5412 try to reverse off the stand at South Shields earlier. I think I died of old age by the time it had.

5412 was always a problem bus when i was there,had to drive it one day on the 55 to wingate it crawled out onto the A19 at Hutton Henry, Was clear when i pulled out and got to about 20/25mph foot to the floor with waggons and a megabus interdeck
flying up behind me was definitely not safe was quite relived when i got back and seen a citaro for the 2nd trip.lets just say it couldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

(29 Apr 2026, 8:48 pm)Theboyle92 wrote [ -> ]5412 was always a problem bus when i was there,had to drive it one day on the 55 to wingate it crawled out onto the A19 at Hutton Henry, Was clear when i pulled out and got to about 20/25mph foot to the floor with waggons and a megabus interdeck
flying up behind me was definitely not safe was quite relived when i got back and seen a citaro for the 2nd trip.lets just say it couldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Was on 5401 on an X70 mid morning last week and it was painfully slow with no power at all. It left Eldon sq on time and was 10 mins late into Consett.

6083 has been wrapped into a Metrocentre 40 Years Livery
https://ibb.co/vCwpz9Vr