(02 Oct 2013, 10:49 am)Michael From the GNE FB page:
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Due to an incident at Blackett Street in Newcastle, services are diverting via St Mary's Place.
Not sure if Arriva run that way but a heads up!
(02 Oct 2013, 10:49 am)Michael From the GNE FB page:
Go North East
Due to an incident at Blackett Street in Newcastle, services are diverting via St Mary's Place.
Not sure if Arriva run that way but a heads up!
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Management visited Wrights last week and the Sapphire fleet has now been accepted and should be delivered in the coming 2 weeks ready for a launch in early November.
Cascades as a result should see a number of DAF SB220 withdrawn across the fleet.
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(03 Oct 2013, 10:07 am)tyresmoke Management visited Wrights last week and the Sapphire fleet has now been accepted and should be delivered in the coming 2 weeks ready for a launch in early November.
Cascades as a result should see a number of DAF SB220 withdrawn across the fleet.
(03 Oct 2013, 10:07 am)tyresmoke Management visited Wrights last week and the Sapphire fleet has now been accepted and should be delivered in the coming 2 weeks ready for a launch in early November.
Cascades as a result should see a number of DAF SB220 withdrawn across the fleet.
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Sapphire brings a number of enhancements to service 7 between Darlington and Durham, via Newton Aycliffe and Ferryhill.
11 new VDL SB200 / Wright Pulsar 2 vehicles are due to be delivered in the next few weeks.
They'll have:
- "luxury" leather seats (believe these will be the Civic seats with headrests, as seen in the current Omnicities and the 05 reg MPD's)
- Free wi-fi
- Charging points (sockets)
- Next Stop Announcements (audio-visual)
From 27th October the route of service 7 will be changing very slightly to incorporate the DurhamGate development at Thinford, between Ferryhill and Durham, with slightly increased running time as a result.
An additional morning journey and afternoon return journey (giving 3 return journeys) will extend to/from Framwellgate Moor for New College Durham students following comments about overcrowding.
Further simplification of the route see's 0623 journey starting at Coxhoe re-formed to start at Ferryhill at 0650, with a new connecting journey on service 56 starting in Coxhoe at 0621 arriving in Ferryhill at 0642.
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Just looking at points raised on the page before, how could a Durham county week ticket cover Peterlee-Sunderland & Sunderland-Peterlee. When Sunderland isn't Durham? From Ryhope you're in Tyne & Wear. Is there some way around this? Is that part of the ticket?
(03 Oct 2013, 10:16 pm)CatsFast101 Just looking at points raised on the page before, how could a Durham county week ticket cover Peterlee-Sunderland & Sunderland-Peterlee. When Sunderland isn't Durham? From Ryhope you're in Tyne & Wear. Is there some way around this? Is that part of the ticket?
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(03 Oct 2013, 10:16 pm)CatsFast101 Just looking at points raised on the page before, how could a Durham county week ticket cover Peterlee-Sunderland & Sunderland-Peterlee. When Sunderland isn't Durham? From Ryhope you're in Tyne & Wear. Is there some way around this? Is that part of the ticket?
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First of the Sapphire Pulsars have Arrived
NL63 VRG
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77351420@N04/10086162243/
(04 Oct 2013, 4:06 pm)Adam Malarkey First of the Sapphire Pulsars have Arrived
NL63 VRG
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77351420@N04/10086162243/
(04 Oct 2013, 4:06 pm)Adam Malarkey First of the Sapphire Pulsars have Arrived
NL63 VRG
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77351420@N04/10086162243/
(04 Oct 2013, 6:32 pm)busman101 Looking forward to the "no quibble" money back guarantee !
(04 Oct 2013, 6:32 pm)busman101 Looking forward to the "no quibble" money back guarantee !
(04 Oct 2013, 7:10 pm)VolvoMarkII A little bit like Go North East's 'Gold Standard' offering on the X9/X10.
Nice pretty words, but a bit like trying to get blood out of a stone.
(05 Oct 2013, 8:50 am)busman101 Got any examples or just doing a bit of trolling ? I've never had a problem with the X9/X10 when I've used it
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(05 Oct 2013, 8:50 am)busman101 Got any examples or just doing a bit of trolling ? I've never had a problem with the X9/X10 when I've used it
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(05 Oct 2013, 8:50 am)busman101 Got any examples or just doing a bit of trolling ? I've never had a problem with the X9/X10 when I've used it
(05 Oct 2013, 8:50 am)busman101 Got any examples or just doing a bit of trolling ? I've never had a problem with the X9/X10 when I've used it
Can't remember which Omnicity it was, think it was 4662, was seen Broken Down in Eldon Square at just after 2.30pm, which would of meant Passengers waiting for the 685 had to wait a further hour, maybe longer for the Stagecoach one to turn up depending on the Layover time in Newcastle.
I think most passengers ended up on GNE X84/X85 as the 15.10 and 15.40 Departures were pretty full.
(05 Oct 2013, 8:14 pm)Adam Malarkey Can't remember which Omnicity it was, think it was 4662, was seen Broken Down in Eldon Square at just after 2.30pm, which would of meant Passengers waiting for the 685 had to wait a further hour, maybe longer for the Stagecoach one to turn up depending on the Layover time in Newcastle.
I think most passengers ended up on GNE X84/X85 as the 15.10 and 15.40 Departures were pretty full.
(05 Oct 2013, 8:14 pm)Adam Malarkey Can't remember which Omnicity it was, think it was 4662, was seen Broken Down in Eldon Square at just after 2.30pm, which would of meant Passengers waiting for the 685 had to wait a further hour, maybe longer for the Stagecoach one to turn up depending on the Layover time in Newcastle.
I think most passengers ended up on GNE X84/X85 as the 15.10 and 15.40 Departures were pretty full.
(05 Oct 2013, 8:14 pm)Adam Malarkey Can't remember which Omnicity it was, think it was 4662, was seen Broken Down in Eldon Square at just after 2.30pm, which would of meant Passengers waiting for the 685 had to wait a further hour, maybe longer for the Stagecoach one to turn up depending on the Layover time in Newcastle.
I think most passengers ended up on GNE X84/X85 as the 15.10 and 15.40 Departures were pretty full.
(05 Oct 2013, 8:14 pm)Adam Malarkey Can't remember which Omnicity it was, think it was 4662, was seen Broken Down in Eldon Square at just after 2.30pm, which would of meant Passengers waiting for the 685 had to wait a further hour, maybe longer for the Stagecoach one to turn up depending on the Layover time in Newcastle.
I think most passengers ended up on GNE X84/X85 as the 15.10 and 15.40 Departures were pretty full.
(05 Oct 2013, 8:14 pm)Adam Malarkey Can't remember which Omnicity it was, think it was 4662, was seen Broken Down in Eldon Square at just after 2.30pm, which would of meant Passengers waiting for the 685 had to wait a further hour, maybe longer for the Stagecoach one to turn up depending on the Layover time in Newcastle.This one? http://www.flickr.com/photos/northern156/10105324593/
I think most passengers ended up on GNE X84/X85 as the 15.10 and 15.40 Departures were pretty full.
(05 Oct 2013, 8:14 pm)Adam Malarkey Can't remember which Omnicity it was, think it was 4662, was seen Broken Down in Eldon Square at just after 2.30pm, which would of meant Passengers waiting for the 685 had to wait a further hour, maybe longer for the Stagecoach one to turn up depending on the Layover time in Newcastle.This one? http://www.flickr.com/photos/northern156/10105324593/
I think most passengers ended up on GNE X84/X85 as the 15.10 and 15.40 Departures were pretty full.
(05 Oct 2013, 9:10 pm)northern156 This one? http://www.flickr.com/photos/northern156/10105324593/
Was on the 1554 ex-Carlisle, 15 minutes late at Longbyre where the pic was taken.
(05 Oct 2013, 9:10 pm)northern156 This one? http://www.flickr.com/photos/northern156/10105324593/
Was on the 1554 ex-Carlisle, 15 minutes late at Longbyre where the pic was taken.
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