Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - May 2018
Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - May 2018
It wud have better size for crusader to have omnidekkers and move mers to replace some of older scainas in the fleet.
(11 May 2018, 5:10 pm)Panasonic44 It wud have better size for crusader to have omnidekkers and move mers to replace some of older scainas in the fleet.
(11 May 2018, 5:10 pm)Panasonic44 It wud have better size for crusader to have omnidekkers and move mers to replace some of older scainas in the fleet.
I was having a bit of small talk with an Angel21 driver today when boarding at Eldon Sq bus station and asked if he knew the destination still said Newcastle, rather than Chester-Le-St or Durham. He said he knew but it's supposed to change itself, and that if it didn't he'd change it manually in a minute.
Have the Angel Streetdecks had this feature all along or is it a recent upgrade?
A slight pet peeve of mine is the destinations being changed to Chester-Le-St or Durham on Newcastle bound services that haven't yet announced 'Next stop, Eldon Sq', or in some cases even before Blackett St has been announced/reached. I always presumed it was the drivers changing the destination screen for the return journey too early. Do you think thats probably the case, or has the automatic system been randomly changing it too soon sometimes?
No such feature in place on any Go North East bus at Chester-le-Street. The only buses which have that enabled are the indiGo Solos at Washington on 81/2/3/4.
Don't know why the driver would suggest any different - odd they'd know about it at all really, given it was previously trialled at Riverside.
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(12 May 2018, 4:17 am)Dan No such feature in place on any Go North East bus at Chester-le-Street. The only buses which have that enabled are the indiGo Solos at Washington on 81/2/3/4.You know yourself that driver talk is about as reliable as PCL travel
Don't know why the driver would suggest any different - odd they'd know about it at all really, given it was previously trialled at Riverside.
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(12 May 2018, 4:17 am)Dan No such feature in place on any Go North East bus at Chester-le-Street. The only buses which have that enabled are the indiGo Solos at Washington on 81/2/3/4.You know yourself that driver talk is about as reliable as PCL travel
Don't know why the driver would suggest any different - odd they'd know about it at all really, given it was previously trialled at Riverside.
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(12 May 2018, 4:17 am)Dan No such feature in place on any Go North East bus at Chester-le-Street. The only buses which have that enabled are the indiGo Solos at Washington on 81/2/3/4.
Don't know why the driver would suggest any different - odd they'd know about it at all really, given it was previously trialled at Riverside.
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(12 May 2018, 4:17 am)Dan No such feature in place on any Go North East bus at Chester-le-Street. The only buses which have that enabled are the indiGo Solos at Washington on 81/2/3/4.
Don't know why the driver would suggest any different - odd they'd know about it at all really, given it was previously trialled at Riverside.
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Does anyone know if Go North East is planning on using the new Wright Bus
Hybrid Electric?
(11 May 2018, 6:13 am)Michael On the busnortheast Facebook page, someone called Finlay Whelan posthttps://www.flickr.com/photos/134741049@...999618912/
"This is being replaced with one of the 12 metre OmniDekka’s due up from Brighton & Hove I believe"
"There are 3 currently WD. 907/8/15 and they are apparently being prepped to be sent up to GNE (well what I’ve heard from fitters). All of the 12M OmniDekka’s are apparently going to GNE because they aren’t wanted in Brighton due to their size and awkwardness on 99% of Brighton routes"
Not sure how true but thought i would share.
The 12m ones (looks like 901-918 are all 12M), could replace the current Omnidekka's so they can move to in to the special service fleet to remove some/all of the Vykings and the last few presidents from active service.
(11 May 2018, 6:13 am)Michael On the busnortheast Facebook page, someone called Finlay Whelan posthttps://www.flickr.com/photos/134741049@...999618912/
"This is being replaced with one of the 12 metre OmniDekka’s due up from Brighton & Hove I believe"
"There are 3 currently WD. 907/8/15 and they are apparently being prepped to be sent up to GNE (well what I’ve heard from fitters). All of the 12M OmniDekka’s are apparently going to GNE because they aren’t wanted in Brighton due to their size and awkwardness on 99% of Brighton routes"
Not sure how true but thought i would share.
The 12m ones (looks like 901-918 are all 12M), could replace the current Omnidekka's so they can move to in to the special service fleet to remove some/all of the Vykings and the last few presidents from active service.
Ex Brighton & Hove 907/8/15 have been spotted today on the M1 this morning making their way to Go North East
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(13 May 2018, 10:16 pm)idiot Should drivers of the streetlites rev the engine to stop it shutting off for the environment ?You have to turn the engine off and the passenger lights then cut out rather soon after -- dark bus or idle engine that's doing next to nothing (all modern engines operate extremely efficiently at idle.. since they're well... idle, so there is not really an argument for turning them off anymore). Euro 6 engines definitely don't need to cut engines out.
(13 May 2018, 10:16 pm)idiot Should drivers of the streetlites rev the engine to stop it shutting off for the environment ?You have to turn the engine off and the passenger lights then cut out rather soon after -- dark bus or idle engine that's doing next to nothing (all modern engines operate extremely efficiently at idle.. since they're well... idle, so there is not really an argument for turning them off anymore). Euro 6 engines definitely don't need to cut engines out.
(13 May 2018, 10:16 pm)idiot Should drivers of the streetlites rev the engine to stop it shutting off for the environment ?
(14 May 2018, 7:56 am)Jamie M Did 4899's MOT get renewed? It's on 29 today, was due to be withdrawn inline with it expiring yesterday
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(14 May 2018, 8:10 am)Dan 4899's MOT expires on 25/05/2018.Ah thanks, I remember Andrew's photo said 13th May. They were quick to replace it however, replaced by a decker after a small handful of runs.
3819's MOT expired on 11/05/2018 - possible reason for the mix-up.
(14 May 2018, 8:10 am)Dan 4899's MOT expires on 25/05/2018.Ah thanks, I remember Andrew's photo said 13th May. They were quick to replace it however, replaced by a decker after a small handful of runs.
3819's MOT expired on 11/05/2018 - possible reason for the mix-up.
Martijn Gilbert appointed as Go North East MD from August 2018
https://twitter.com/MartRDG/status/995987857385885697
(13 May 2018, 10:16 pm)idiot Should drivers of the streetlites rev the engine to stop it shutting off for the environment ?
(14 May 2018, 6:00 am)LeeCalder I'd assume they're doing what happens with most of the buses. If a bus has been idling for a few minutes, RIBAS will cut the bus off, unless you put your foot down.
(13 May 2018, 10:16 pm)idiot Should drivers of the streetlites rev the engine to stop it shutting off for the environment ?
(14 May 2018, 6:00 am)LeeCalder I'd assume they're doing what happens with most of the buses. If a bus has been idling for a few minutes, RIBAS will cut the bus off, unless you put your foot down.
(14 May 2018, 11:31 am)Dan Martijn Gilbert appointed as Go North East MD from August 2018
https://twitter.com/MartRDG/status/995987857385885697
(14 May 2018, 11:31 am)Dan Martijn Gilbert appointed as Go North East MD from August 2018
https://twitter.com/MartRDG/status/995987857385885697
(14 May 2018, 11:31 am)Dan Martijn Gilbert appointed as Go North East MD from August 2018
https://twitter.com/MartRDG/status/995987857385885697
(14 May 2018, 11:31 am)Dan Martijn Gilbert appointed as Go North East MD from August 2018
https://twitter.com/MartRDG/status/995987857385885697
