North East Buses

6309 on 61/62. Not seen a B5 on them before.

6995 on the X39 if bustimes is to be believed.

6375 (I think) has been on Sunderland Connect 701 today.

EG Rider on 63 today that took me by surprised when I saw it

(03 Sep 2025, 9:40 pm)Unber43 wrote [ -> ]EG Rider on 63 today that took me by surprised when I saw it

6149 according to Bustimes.

Deptford seem to be a bit short on deckers atm with 6375 still also on loan (only 3 B5TLs were out on X20, the rest being made up of 6375 and StreetLite's including rather confusingly, Prince Bishops liveried 5440).

(01 Sep 2025, 3:15 pm)thw1008 wrote [ -> ]6995 on the X39 if bustimes is to be believed.

tracking on the 307 today, not sure if its correct but i bet that was breezy!

(01 Sep 2025, 3:15 pm)thw1008 wrote [ -> ]6995 on the X39 if bustimes is to be believed.

Yes it was, there’s been a fair bit of streetlite use from GNE lately on some afternoon funs and some overcrowding and passengers left behind that’s been flagged…though not acknowledged.  Perhaps this was a token gesture! 

Stagecoach seemed to have swapped the 22X to nearly exclusive double deck runs following the same feedback (which they acknowledged and then replied to… )

Is 5400 a permanent transfer to Sunderland

So today I noticed solos on service 60. Far too small for that route. Why are go north east putting drifters on the 2 24 26 32 35 and 61 routes. Clueless and defeats the purpose of branding

(12 Sep 2025, 7:54 pm)Acky81 wrote [ -> ]So today I noticed solos on service 60. Far too small for that route. Why are go north east putting drifters on  the 2  24 26 32 35 and 61 routes. Clueless and defeats the purpose of branding

The Drifter branding no longer exists as a brand on website/App . When the audio next stop announcement is on the vehicle it announces "this is  the 60 service" and no longer "this is the Drifter 60 service.
These buses are due to be repainted into corporate livery but are slightly behind.

Slightly behind they announced drifter brand was dropped ages ago. Yet the branding continues to be out and about

At this rate the 60 might aswell be part of the prince bishops brand, so should the 61, the 63, the 2 heck why not just change the name to go prince bishops. I personally love route branding, when done right with companies like trent barton. I seen a solo on the 20 at durham bus station earlier around 5 oclock, peak rush hour and presumably there was a prince bishops streetlite on one of the Sunderland locals.

Totally agree with you. Prince bishops will always land on the evening runs elsewhere than actual Durham. Pointless

6375 on the 81 if bustimes is true.

Surprisingly passed 670 on the X5 this morning

(04 Sep 2025, 11:01 pm)Ambassador wrote [ -> ]Yes it was, there’s been a fair bit of streetlite use from GNE lately on some afternoon funs and some overcrowding and passengers left behind that’s been flagged…though not acknowledged.  Perhaps this was a token gesture! 

Stagecoach seemed to have swapped the 22X to nearly exclusive double deck runs following the same feedback (which they acknowledged and then replied to… )

It seems like the 301 board which starts on the X39 is always a double decker now. Not sure if it’s a coincidence, but has been for the last week or two.

5389 on Angelic duties

Doesn’t appear to be a decker shortage so an odd allocation indeed

(16 Sep 2025, 8:25 pm)Ambassador wrote [ -> ]5389 on Angelic duties

Doesn’t appear to be a decker shortage so an odd allocation indeed

Noticed that this evening. 
Noticed there was very little of anything green out there on the 21 either.

(16 Sep 2025, 9:34 pm)Andreos1 wrote [ -> ]Noticed that this evening. 
Noticed there was very little of anything green out there on the 21 either.

They’ve had a really good few weeks, can only assume the Streetdecks are now suffering the effects of erm…work

Currently on a very cosy 8328 on the 27

(23 Sep 2025, 8:04 am)morritt89 wrote [ -> ]Currently on a very cosy 8328 on the 27

Bad day for that with metro issues this morning!

(23 Sep 2025, 3:22 pm)Arriva7446 wrote [ -> ]Bad day for that with metro issues this morning!

Whilst Crusader 6051 has spent all day on the 21…

Presumably covering the 2 Angels that were on the X10 today

(23 Sep 2025, 8:04 am)morritt89 wrote [ -> ]Currently on a very cosy 8328 on the 27

Noticed a Versa out on there this evening. Haven't checked to see if it was the same one or if it had been out all day.

E200MMC's 5494/96/97 all on the 78 today.

For the first time in probably years, every angel streetdeck is (currently) on the road and on the 21.

(23 Sep 2025, 9:47 pm)Malarkey wrote [ -> ]E200MMC's 5494/96/97 all on the 78 today.

Some days they are ALL allocated to the 6, then other days allocated to anything. 

They've had a B9 on the Ventures today, while 2 of the Venture solos were on the 78 and the Corp Solo thats on loan on the 'X' lines services. 

When theres a shortage of E6 Engine deckers the Durham Diamonds seem to move onto the 6/47/X services whilst the gaps on the 16 are filled in with Voyager, EX GNW deckers and the remaining Yorkshire decker. 

Riversides Yorkshire deckers must be Euro 6 as they seem to appear on NEWCASTLE services from time to time. 

Clearly short of a couple of deckers that are Euro 6

6094 has been working for Consett today if bus times is to be believed.