North East Buses

(27 Jan 2019, 10:19 am)Stanleyone wrote [ -> ]Being that most of the streetlites at Riverside are 66 plate (49s) except the 4 on the X66 are different engined, these as the same with the Durham Diamond examples at Stanley are fast, warm and fairly comfortable, which i would expect for their age. However the Diamond examples on the X30 when they appear they struggle with gear choice on Dunston Bank which the red Kite examples don't. I have experience in driving the earlier Streetlites from the C & C and Red Kites, which i find are very uncomfortable, cab rattles, cab window rattles, heating is on some examples intermittent (turn some off after 2 hours driving and the heating goes completely cold, taking 30-45 mins to return), slow on the hills and the reversing is nothing short of embarrassing.

Luckily, the idea is to drive forwards, not backwards 

The saltwell park ones we have are probably the best mechanically. They don't even have door locks!

Some of the prince bishops streetlites gear selection really is shocking, not only on hills but also on the flat they over rev and clunk into gear, another thing about the streetlites which is annoying is when you switch the ignition off some of them automatically switch the batteries off shutting down the whole bus, the rest give 2 mins before having to hit the battery reset switch, which when you have a 5-10 min layover, is really annoying having to restart the bus just to turn the lights back on if you have passengers on board and defeats the purpose of turning the engine off to save fuel

(27 Jan 2019, 3:00 pm)N1cholas wrote [ -> ]Some of the prince bishops streetlites gear selection really is shocking, not only on hills but also on the flat they over rev and clunk into gear, another thing about the streetlites which is annoying is when you switch the ignition off some of them automatically switch the batteries off shutting down the whole bus, the rest give 2 mins before having to hit the battery reset switch, which when you have a 5-10 min layover, is really annoying having to restart the bus just to turn the lights back on if you have passengers on board and defeats the purpose of turning the engine off to save fuel

The battery protect system is universally in place to stop buses running flat. Batteries are really quite terrible. Take it from someone who has to cold start old london deckers every morning that it's a lot better to have to press a button than get engineers to charge it back up. Stops it running flat.

(27 Jan 2019, 3:08 pm)Jamie M wrote [ -> ]The battery protect system is universally in place to stop buses running flat. Batteries are really quite terrible. Take it from someone who has to cold start old london deckers every morning that it's a lot better to have to press a button than get engineers to charge it back up. Stops it running flat.

it certainly is but 2 mins is a bit short, why not 5 mins it wouldn't be as annoying

(27 Jan 2019, 3:12 pm)N1cholas wrote [ -> ]it certainly is but 2 mins is a bit short, why not 5 mins it wouldn't be as annoying

Because that can be the difference between being able to start up again or needing charging. It really does make a difference on batteries.

Any truth in, that rest of the Brighton Omnidekka's will start to come up next month?


They'll Probables see:

6010, 6017, 6033, 6935 - 6941 all withdrawn, as they're the oldest deckers in the fleet.

(27 Jan 2019, 3:54 pm)Michael wrote [ -> ]Any truth in, that rest of the Brighton Omnidekka's will start to come up next month?


They'll Probables see:

6010, 6017, 6033, 6935 - 6941 all withdrawn, as they're the oldest deckers in the fleet.

But 6010 is a great bus, no problems at all! No way can this be true. I find it upsetting you even propose this.

Seen on Facebook some OmniCitys have arrived from London and are parked at Riverside Depot


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(27 Jan 2019, 7:28 pm)TEN 6083 wrote [ -> ]Seen on Facebook some OmniCitys have arrived from London and are parked at Riverside Depot

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Former Metrobus Scania OmniCitys:
- 564 (YN08 OAW)
- 566 (YN08 OAY)
- 567 (YN08 OAZ)

No plans for these to enter service in the region.

(27 Jan 2019, 7:30 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Former Metrobus Scania OmniCitys:
- 564 (YN08 OAW)
- 566 (YN08 OAY)
- 567 (YN08 OAZ)

No plans for these to enter service in the region.

Why are they here?

(27 Jan 2019, 7:55 pm)Michael wrote [ -> ]Why are they here?

Eleven year old ex-London dual-door single-deck buses, so they're nice and cheap and can be stripped for spare parts to keep Go North East's own similarly-aged OmniCitys afloat.

(27 Jan 2019, 8:00 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Eleven year old ex-London dual-door single-deck buses, so they're nice and cheap and can be stripped for spare parts to keep Go North East's own similarly-aged OmniCitys afloat.

Ahh, never thought of that haha

(27 Jan 2019, 7:30 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Former Metrobus Scania OmniCitys:
- 564 (YN08 OAW)
- 566 (YN08 OAY)
- 567 (YN08 OAZ)

No plans for these to enter service in the region.

Shame would had love to see it replace mercs on 27 with problems metro has on the route.

5204 and 5216 joined 5201 at Percy Main over the weekend (5205 is still VOR at Chester-le-Street). Both are on 309/310 today, with 5201 on the 11.

6102 has now departed for Bus & Coach World, should be 6103 tomorrow.

(28 Jan 2019, 11:52 am)Dan wrote [ -> ]5204 and 5216 joined 5201 at Percy Main over the weekend (5205 is still VOR at Chester-le-Street). Both are on 309/310 today, with 5201 on the 11.

6102 has now departed for Bus & Coach World, should be 6103 tomorrow.

5201 is at depot now

(27 Jan 2019, 7:30 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Former Metrobus Scania OmniCitys:
- 564 (YN08 OAW)
- 566 (YN08 OAY)
- 567 (YN08 OAZ)

No plans for these to enter service in the region.

Are they to receive fleetnumbers on paper or are they just going to be referred to by their Metrobus numbers.

(28 Jan 2019, 2:31 pm)Rapidsnap wrote [ -> ]Are they to receive fleetnumbers on paper or are they just going to be referred to by their Metrobus numbers.

They're not going to be allocated fleet numbers at Go North East, as they're only being stripped for spare parts.

Anyone know where Hybrid Versa 9084 is?

3968 thinks it should be on X66 as 5393

(28 Jan 2019, 5:18 pm)pbjd wrote [ -> ]Anyone know where Hybrid Versa 9084 is?

Currently at Optare undergoing PSV test.