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May 2020 Go North East Photograph by Lee Calder
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Following the return to service of Mercedes Citaro 0530N/Mercedes Citaro 5300 (NK08 CHF) and 5302 (NK08 CHH) at Hexham, this vehicle has transferred from Hexham Depot to Riverside.
May 2020 Go North East Photograph by Northern Bus Photos
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With an expected announcement from the UK Government on Sunday 10 May to relax some of the current "lockdown" restrictions in the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which could lead to an increased number of passengers travelling on Go North East's bus services, further re-allocations and service allocation revisions are being made, in order to increase social distancing on-board Go North East's bus services. This will include double-deck buses being allocated to services ordinarily allocated single-decks, and single-deck buses being allocated to those services which had been temporarily allocated minibuses for the duration of the crisis. Therefore this vehicle has transferred from Riverside Depot to Hexham.
March 2020 Go North East
In partnership with Gateshead Council; this vehicle has received exhaust modifications, increasing the Euro standard of this bus from Euro 5 to Euro 6.
February 2019 Go North East Photograph by kieron mathews
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This vehicle has transferred from Chester-le-Street Depot to Riverside, following completion of the investigation of the incident which took place back in December 2018.
December 2018 Go North East Photograph by R852PRG
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This vehicle has transferred from Riverside Depot to Chester-le-Street, on a temporary basis, in exchange for Optare Versa V1110/Optare 8324 (NK11 FXG) which is now at Riverside. The temporary exchange has taken place due to 5389 (NL63 YAX) being involved in an incident. While the investigation is ongoing, it has been moved away from the area.
May 2018 Go North East Photograph by Daniel Graham
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Having previously carried a promotional livery for Beamish Museum, this vehicle has now been repainted into Go North East's corporate livery. This example carries the tagline "Stay Connected | Many of our buses have free WiFi on board".
August 2016 Go North East Photograph by Rod Whitaker
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As part of an ongoing partnership with Beamish Museum, this vehicle has received a promotional livery to advertise Beamish. The livery promotes connections to the museum from all around the region.
February 2014 Go North East Photograph by Daniel Graham
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Following the closure of Gateshead and Winlaton depots, this vehicle has been transferred to the brand new Riverside Depot. Riverside Depot replaces the existing depots at Sunderland Road in Gateshead and Winlaton which date back to the days of the tramways.
November 2013 Go North East Photograph by Daniel Graham
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This vehicle has entered service at Gateshead Depot. Fitted with free passenger Wi-Fi and Next Stop Announcements, this vehicle is a dedicated spare vehicle for "Citylink" service 58, replacing the older articulated Mercedes Citaro vehicles previously allocated to the service. As a corporate liveried spare vehicle, it can also be used on other services, should the full compliment of "Citylink" branded Optare Versas be fit for service.
November 2013 Go North East
Ahead of its entry into service, this vehicle has received white Go North East fleet names.
November 2013 Go North East
This vehicle, which carries a red base livery, has arrived into the Go North East fleet. It is currently being prepared for service at Saltmeadows Road Depot. It will be transferred to Gateshead in due course to act as a corporate liveried reserve vehicle for "Citylink" service 58.
December 2009 Go North East
Having previously carried "Red Arrows" branding, this vehicle has been repainted into a plain red base livery. The vehicle re-gained "Red Arrows" branding at a later date.
December 2006 Go North East
Prior to new branding being launched, this vehicle has been repainted into a plain orange base livery.
December 2019 Go North East
Prior to entering service, this vehicle has been repainted into a four-colour charcoal/grey and gold base livery. This four-colour combination will be used for the spare vehicles to be used on "X-lines" specification services. It has also been fitted with a buggy bay, as well as having free passenger Wi-Fi, audio-visual announcement passenger information systems and USB charging points... see more
December 2018 Go North East
To allow greater flexibility of the Optare Versa allocations at Chester-le-Street Depot, the "See it, Do it, Sunderland" brand is being removed from the 36 service, following in the footsteps of the removal of the "Lambton Worm" brand from services 34/34A earlier this year. As such this vehicle has now been repainted into Go North East's corporate livery. This example... see more