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Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018

Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018

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Dan
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06 Aug 2018, 4:14 pm

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(04 Aug 2018, 6:02 pm)Pulsar Has anybody done the X18 sightseeing tour and is it any good? I have been trying but have failed on 4 attempts as 7529 (with both screen and speakers) as well as 7530 (with speakers only) were not working and 7532 does not have either the screen or speakers installed. I was also on 7517 which does not have the equipment.

I've not done the tour, but I've heard that only certain buses were retrofitted with the Next Stop Announcement system. Seems a bit of a bizarre thing to do, and really limits the amount of buses which can be allocated to the X18 to give this 'guided tour'. After a bit of digging of photos online, I found that 7530 had a TFT monitor upstairs originally but seems to have been removed, and 7532 has never seemingly had one fitted.

Also heard that the speakers are only upstairs, not downstairs, with the justification that locals sit on the bottom-deck who don't want to hear next stop announcements and any tourists would always go to the top deck.

I'm told the reason why the guided tour may not have been available on buses which are fitted with a Next Stop Announcement system is down to the drivers inputting the wrong destination - apparently they have to select code 'T18' in the destination list opposed to 'X18' as normal, which mightn't have been communicated to all of the drivers.

Dan

06 Aug 2018, 4:14 pm #47

(04 Aug 2018, 6:02 pm)Pulsar Has anybody done the X18 sightseeing tour and is it any good? I have been trying but have failed on 4 attempts as 7529 (with both screen and speakers) as well as 7530 (with speakers only) were not working and 7532 does not have either the screen or speakers installed. I was also on 7517 which does not have the equipment.

I've not done the tour, but I've heard that only certain buses were retrofitted with the Next Stop Announcement system. Seems a bit of a bizarre thing to do, and really limits the amount of buses which can be allocated to the X18 to give this 'guided tour'. After a bit of digging of photos online, I found that 7530 had a TFT monitor upstairs originally but seems to have been removed, and 7532 has never seemingly had one fitted.

Also heard that the speakers are only upstairs, not downstairs, with the justification that locals sit on the bottom-deck who don't want to hear next stop announcements and any tourists would always go to the top deck.

I'm told the reason why the guided tour may not have been available on buses which are fitted with a Next Stop Announcement system is down to the drivers inputting the wrong destination - apparently they have to select code 'T18' in the destination list opposed to 'X18' as normal, which mightn't have been communicated to all of the drivers.

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Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Stuartphin1639 - 02 Aug 2018, 10:32 am

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Pulsar - 04 Aug 2018, 6:02 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Dan - 06 Aug 2018, 4:14 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Pulsar - 06 Aug 2018, 5:52 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Adrian - 04 Aug 2018, 7:37 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by pbjd - 04 Aug 2018, 7:39 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by omnicity4659 - 04 Aug 2018, 7:57 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Jimmi - 04 Aug 2018, 8:00 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Adrian - 04 Aug 2018, 8:43 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by RobinHood - 05 Aug 2018, 6:28 am

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Adrian - 05 Aug 2018, 12:13 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by omnicity4659 - 05 Aug 2018, 12:38 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Andreos1 - 05 Aug 2018, 2:10 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Adrian - 05 Aug 2018, 2:32 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by GNE6312 - 05 Aug 2018, 12:33 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by S830OFT - 05 Aug 2018, 12:35 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Cock Robin - 05 Aug 2018, 2:28 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by S830OFT - 05 Aug 2018, 1:35 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by mb134 - 05 Aug 2018, 3:42 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by S830OFT - 05 Aug 2018, 4:29 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Adrian - 05 Aug 2018, 8:04 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by S830OFT - 05 Aug 2018, 8:45 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Multi21 - 06 Aug 2018, 9:42 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by omnicity4659 - 05 Aug 2018, 2:45 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by RobinHood - 05 Aug 2018, 3:30 pm

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RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by mb134 - 05 Aug 2018, 9:08 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Jimmi - 06 Aug 2018, 6:24 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by RobinHood - 06 Aug 2018, 6:30 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by BeachBoy99 - 07 Aug 2018, 12:53 am

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by NewcastleOne - 07 Aug 2018, 4:32 am

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by tyresmoke - 07 Aug 2018, 9:34 pm

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RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by mb134 - 12 Aug 2018, 5:10 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by S813 FVK - 12 Aug 2018, 6:23 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by mb134 - 12 Aug 2018, 8:14 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by S813 FVK - 12 Aug 2018, 10:24 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Jimmi - 11 Aug 2018, 4:29 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Cock Robin - 12 Aug 2018, 12:13 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by peter - 12 Aug 2018, 12:45 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by omnicity4659 - 12 Aug 2018, 1:53 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by BusLoverMum - 12 Aug 2018, 6:52 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by S830OFT - 12 Aug 2018, 3:57 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by RobinHood - 12 Aug 2018, 4:08 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Multi21 - 12 Aug 2018, 4:41 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by S830OFT - 12 Aug 2018, 5:29 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Cock Robin - 13 Aug 2018, 5:00 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by S830OFT - 14 Aug 2018, 4:33 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Smarty93 - 16 Aug 2018, 8:38 am

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Cock Robin - 16 Aug 2018, 9:54 am

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Smarty93 - 17 Aug 2018, 8:17 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Cock Robin - 21 Aug 2018, 4:23 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by V514DFT - 17 Aug 2018, 9:03 am

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Stuartphin1639 - 17 Aug 2018, 12:54 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by NewcastleOne - 18 Aug 2018, 9:46 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by S830OFT - 18 Aug 2018, 10:25 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by tyresmoke - 19 Aug 2018, 12:13 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by Ianthegoon - 20 Aug 2018, 11:08 am

Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by JamesDunkley - 25 Aug 2018, 10:18 am

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by NewcastleOne - 25 Aug 2018, 9:04 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by GNE6312 - 27 Aug 2018, 6:36 am

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by JM03 - 28 Aug 2018, 4:16 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by RobinHood - 28 Aug 2018, 4:33 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018 - by V514DFT - 28 Aug 2018, 8:06 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by Cock Robin - 02 Aug 2018, 11:25 am

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by Stuartphin1639 - 02 Aug 2018, 12:44 pm

Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by TEN 6083 - 02 Aug 2018, 5:41 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by RobinHood - 02 Aug 2018, 6:36 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by BeachBoy99 - 02 Aug 2018, 8:33 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by 9920up - 02 Aug 2018, 8:33 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by Pulsar - 02 Aug 2018, 8:51 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by NewcastleOne - 02 Aug 2018, 9:58 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by Pulsar - 02 Aug 2018, 10:10 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by BeachBoy99 - 02 Aug 2018, 11:41 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by Stuartphin1639 - 03 Aug 2018, 11:26 am

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by James101 - 03 Aug 2018, 12:05 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by Cock Robin - 03 Aug 2018, 2:32 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by omnicity4659 - 03 Aug 2018, 6:34 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by GNE6312 - 03 Aug 2018, 8:38 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by mb134 - 03 Aug 2018, 8:40 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by omnicity4659 - 03 Aug 2018, 9:10 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by mb134 - 03 Aug 2018, 9:25 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by omnicity4659 - 03 Aug 2018, 9:51 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by BeachBoy99 - 03 Aug 2018, 10:15 pm

Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by Jimmi - 03 Aug 2018, 10:26 pm

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018 - by omnicity4659 - 04 Aug 2018, 1:09 am

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