(19 Jun 2015, 10:21 am)pdiddy What other demo deckers are out there except for the Streetdecker!!!

(19 Jun 2015, 7:22 am)Davie Does anybody know if Stanley based Dennis Trident/Plaxton Presidents 3886-3889 will be withdrawn in the next 12-18 months?

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• The current Q1 will be connected to Orbit service 51/52 at Gateshead, providing new direct links from Newcastle City Centre and the Quayside to many residential areas of Gateshead. The service will be numbered Q1 towards Newcastle and Q2 from Newcastle towards Gateshead – this means that when travelling from Newcastle City Centre towards Baltic, Sage and Gateshead, you’ll need to catch service number Q2.
  

(19 Jun 2015, 3:59 pm)S813 FVK Why? Whats wrong with having the Q1 and Q2 going in both directions rather than the service carrying a service number in each direction. Thats providing the services dont do a circular of newcastle (which i think there might because there is homestly no point in having different service numbers going in each direction). So basically, Q1 enters Newcastle via Quayside and exits via High Level Bridge and Q2 enters via Tyne Bridge and exits via Quayside.

(19 Jun 2015, 4:07 pm)JP6004 It will follow the same route in and out of Newcastle as it does now. I imagine once the service gets to Central, it will change to the Q2 and follow the same route as it did going into town. What has made you think its going over the High Level and Tyne bridges?

Quote: The service will be numbered Q1 towards Newcastle and Q2 from Newcastle towards Gateshead

(19 Jun 2015, 4:10 pm)S813 FVK Because it has different service numbers going in and out along the Quayside according to the GNE website:


I can't see the point of that unless they do a circular route around newcastle.

(19 Jun 2015, 4:10 pm)S813 FVK Because it has different service numbers going in and out along the Quayside according to the GNE website:


I can't see the point of that unless they do a circular route around newcastle which would involve going over the bridges.

(19 Jun 2015, 4:27 pm)Arcticrossy92 One of the recently repainted  Quaylink Versa display isn't working correctly, it isn't showing the number, didn't get a fleet number as I couldn't see one. It was on the Q2 about an hour ago.

(19 Jun 2015, 4:23 pm)S813 FVK People are missing my point...

A 52 service (Q2) comes to Gateshead from Heworth (and indeed everywhere else on the current 52 route), it will have to change to service Q1 at Gateshead to continue to Newcastle. Likewise a bus does service Q2 from Newcastle but is scheduled to do a service 51 (Q1) from Gateshead around the current 51 route. It will need to change to service Q1 from Q2 at Gateshead. It is confusing and the only way to get around that problem is have the services do a circular route around Newcastle using the High Level and Tyne Bridges aswell as the Quayside.

(19 Jun 2015, 4:32 pm)JP6004 Its not confusing

The Q1 will travel from Heworth to Gateshead as per the current 51 and continue to Newcastle Central via Baltic - Quayside - Central as per the current Q1 route.
The Q2 will travel from Newcastle Central to Gateshead via Quayside - Baltic - Gateshead and continue to Heworth as per current 52 route

Beat me to it Citaro

Quote: The service will be numbered Q1 towards Newcastle and Q2 from Newcastle towards Gateshead

(19 Jun 2015, 4:37 pm)S813 FVK Now its not since Citaro resolved the issue. What the Go North East website was saying was that the service would be numbered service Q1 going into Newcastle and service Q2 going out which would mean the service would need to change numbers if it has done a Q2 around Gateshead and to Q1 if coming back from Newcastle. Re-read the quote and you'll see what i mean: