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grandad



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03 May 2019, 4:40 pm #41
(03 May 2019, 10:15 am)BusLoverMum The 500 group mentioned it in their program, last weekend.

Thanks
grandad
03 May 2019, 4:40 pm #41

(03 May 2019, 10:15 am)BusLoverMum The 500 group mentioned it in their program, last weekend.

Thanks

Andreos1



14,216
03 May 2019, 5:00 pm #42
(03 May 2019, 3:55 pm)V514DFT Well 1 thing for certain,i wont be using the Indigo North Tyne network,i'll be swapping to SNE to go to Wallsend and ANE to pick my son up from school,at a push i'll use the Metro

I must admit to thinking it strange the older examples are apparently going on a network where there is competition.
In your case you have 3 other alternatives to the older Solo's.

'Illegitimis non carborundum'
Andreos1
03 May 2019, 5:00 pm #42

(03 May 2019, 3:55 pm)V514DFT Well 1 thing for certain,i wont be using the Indigo North Tyne network,i'll be swapping to SNE to go to Wallsend and ANE to pick my son up from school,at a push i'll use the Metro

I must admit to thinking it strange the older examples are apparently going on a network where there is competition.
In your case you have 3 other alternatives to the older Solo's.


'Illegitimis non carborundum'

ne14ne1



1,514
03 May 2019, 5:11 pm #43
(03 May 2019, 4:30 pm)Arcticrossy92 I do like the revised livery, but the blue on the front just doesn't work for me.

Yeah same, revised livery is great - except for the blue front panel.
ne14ne1
03 May 2019, 5:11 pm #43

(03 May 2019, 4:30 pm)Arcticrossy92 I do like the revised livery, but the blue on the front just doesn't work for me.

Yeah same, revised livery is great - except for the blue front panel.

garym67



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03 May 2019, 5:23 pm #44
(03 May 2019, 5:11 pm)ne14ne1 Yeah same, revised livery is great - except for the blue front panel.

Agreed it's awful, but there doesn't seem to be a standard new corporate livery yet as they are all slightly different anyway.
garym67
03 May 2019, 5:23 pm #44

(03 May 2019, 5:11 pm)ne14ne1 Yeah same, revised livery is great - except for the blue front panel.

Agreed it's awful, but there doesn't seem to be a standard new corporate livery yet as they are all slightly different anyway.

Adrian



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03 May 2019, 5:50 pm #45
(02 May 2019, 6:06 pm)Andreos1 The others don't have a random colour on theirs though. It matches the rest of the front end.

It looks like a spare panel the way it is now. Needs something to separate the blue and the red for me, as per the rear.

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Adrian
03 May 2019, 5:50 pm #45

(02 May 2019, 6:06 pm)Andreos1 The others don't have a random colour on theirs though. It matches the rest of the front end.

It looks like a spare panel the way it is now. Needs something to separate the blue and the red for me, as per the rear.


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GNE6312



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03 May 2019, 6:48 pm #46
6107 us now refurbished 

Here are all my photos:

https://flic.kr/p/25akLfP

https://flic.kr/p/S1qhY8

https://flic.kr/p/S1qhXr
GNE6312
03 May 2019, 6:48 pm #46

6107 us now refurbished 

Here are all my photos:

https://flic.kr/p/25akLfP

https://flic.kr/p/S1qhY8

https://flic.kr/p/S1qhXr

GNE6312



1,091
03 May 2019, 7:03 pm #47
How long has 9083 git left with Gne. They should buy it from optare (probably has the ammount of time it has been here) repaint it into the new corporate livery and do the interior like the cobalt clippers with usbs, tables, gne red & black leather seats, add announcements, paint all the blue interior panels gray and the handle bars painted silver. Next they just update the displaysite to have all the same displays as the other spares at Percy Main and there you have it percy main has a new spare.
Also for the blue part on the front paint the black part under the windscreen blue
GNE6312
03 May 2019, 7:03 pm #47

How long has 9083 git left with Gne. They should buy it from optare (probably has the ammount of time it has been here) repaint it into the new corporate livery and do the interior like the cobalt clippers with usbs, tables, gne red & black leather seats, add announcements, paint all the blue interior panels gray and the handle bars painted silver. Next they just update the displaysite to have all the same displays as the other spares at Percy Main and there you have it percy main has a new spare.
Also for the blue part on the front paint the black part under the windscreen blue

03 May 2019, 7:06 pm #48
(03 May 2019, 7:03 pm)GNE6312 How long has 9083 git left with Gne. They should buy it from optare (probably has the ammount of time it has been here) repaint it into the new corporate livery and do the interior like the cobalt clippers with usbs, tables, gne red & black leather seats, add announcements, paint all the blue interior panels gray and the handle bars painted silver. Next they just update the displaysite to have all the same displays as the other spares at Percy Main and there you have it percy main has a new spare.
Also for the blue part on the front paint the black part under the windscreen blue
It will leave after the Refurbishments are done. There’s no point in buying it as it would just be an oddball in the fleet which is good from for an enthusiast but not a company.
NewcastleOne
03 May 2019, 7:06 pm #48

(03 May 2019, 7:03 pm)GNE6312 How long has 9083 git left with Gne. They should buy it from optare (probably has the ammount of time it has been here) repaint it into the new corporate livery and do the interior like the cobalt clippers with usbs, tables, gne red & black leather seats, add announcements, paint all the blue interior panels gray and the handle bars painted silver. Next they just update the displaysite to have all the same displays as the other spares at Percy Main and there you have it percy main has a new spare.
Also for the blue part on the front paint the black part under the windscreen blue
It will leave after the Refurbishments are done. There’s no point in buying it as it would just be an oddball in the fleet which is good from for an enthusiast but not a company.

04 May 2019, 2:54 pm #49
Has there ever been a thought to add to the display that the bus does not stop during the express parts of a route?
The amount of times I've seen people try to stop the X21 and are then surprised that it didn't stop
streetdeckfan
04 May 2019, 2:54 pm #49

Has there ever been a thought to add to the display that the bus does not stop during the express parts of a route?
The amount of times I've seen people try to stop the X21 and are then surprised that it didn't stop

cbma06



2,669
04 May 2019, 3:37 pm #50
(04 May 2019, 2:54 pm)streetdeckfan Has there ever been a thought to add to the display that the bus does not stop during the express parts of a route?
The amount of times I've seen people try to stop the X21 and are then surprised that it didn't stop


GNE just wants to confuse the passengers, there using the prefix X on a bus service which will stop at every bus stop along the bus route, so in turn when passengers see a X21 then there will put there hands out. On the New X20 it will observe all stops , this service should only stop at certain places ie Sunderland city centre, park lane, Barnes park, Lidl, east Herrington board Inn, then all stops between houghton and rainton bridge then non stop to Durham city centre and bus station


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cbma06
04 May 2019, 3:37 pm #50

(04 May 2019, 2:54 pm)streetdeckfan Has there ever been a thought to add to the display that the bus does not stop during the express parts of a route?
The amount of times I've seen people try to stop the X21 and are then surprised that it didn't stop


GNE just wants to confuse the passengers, there using the prefix X on a bus service which will stop at every bus stop along the bus route, so in turn when passengers see a X21 then there will put there hands out. On the New X20 it will observe all stops , this service should only stop at certain places ie Sunderland city centre, park lane, Barnes park, Lidl, east Herrington board Inn, then all stops between houghton and rainton bridge then non stop to Durham city centre and bus station


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N1cholas



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04 May 2019, 4:53 pm #51
(04 May 2019, 3:37 pm)cbma06 GNE just wants to confuse the passengers, there using the prefix X on a bus service which will stop at every bus stop along the bus route, so in turn when passengers see a X21 then there will put there hands out. On the New X20 it will observe all stops , this service should only stop at certain places ie Sunderland city centre, park lane, Barnes park, Lidl, east Herrington board Inn, then all stops between houghton and rainton bridge then non stop to Durham city centre and bus station


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The X20 will run the same as now,every stop to rainton evolve then non stop to carville then all stops to buisness park then down A690 into durham missing out gilesgate
N1cholas
04 May 2019, 4:53 pm #51

(04 May 2019, 3:37 pm)cbma06 GNE just wants to confuse the passengers, there using the prefix X on a bus service which will stop at every bus stop along the bus route, so in turn when passengers see a X21 then there will put there hands out. On the New X20 it will observe all stops , this service should only stop at certain places ie Sunderland city centre, park lane, Barnes park, Lidl, east Herrington board Inn, then all stops between houghton and rainton bridge then non stop to Durham city centre and bus station


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The X20 will run the same as now,every stop to rainton evolve then non stop to carville then all stops to buisness park then down A690 into durham missing out gilesgate

04 May 2019, 5:09 pm #52
It'd be quite handy if in areas where it's running as an express service, Durham Road for instance on the X21, at least some portion of the display should be taken up with a notice saying it doesn't stop
streetdeckfan
04 May 2019, 5:09 pm #52

It'd be quite handy if in areas where it's running as an express service, Durham Road for instance on the X21, at least some portion of the display should be taken up with a notice saying it doesn't stop

cbma06



2,669
04 May 2019, 5:13 pm #53
(04 May 2019, 4:53 pm)N1cholas The X20 will run the same as now,every stop to rainton evolve then non stop to carville then all stops to buisness park then down A690 into durham missing out gilesgate


So the X20 stops at every bus stop on its route, should of renumbered it as a 20A, not really an express service between Sunderland and Durham when the passenger is only saving a matter of minutes from the normal 20.


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cbma06
04 May 2019, 5:13 pm #53

(04 May 2019, 4:53 pm)N1cholas The X20 will run the same as now,every stop to rainton evolve then non stop to carville then all stops to buisness park then down A690 into durham missing out gilesgate


So the X20 stops at every bus stop on its route, should of renumbered it as a 20A, not really an express service between Sunderland and Durham when the passenger is only saving a matter of minutes from the normal 20.


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BusLoverMum



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04 May 2019, 5:40 pm #54
(04 May 2019, 2:54 pm)streetdeckfan Has there ever been a thought to add to the display that the bus does not stop during the express parts of a route?
The amount of times I've seen people try to stop the X21 and are then surprised that it didn't stop

I've seen people do this when the information is on the bus stop, about a foot away from their left ear. It'd just provide more information to be ignored.
BusLoverMum
04 May 2019, 5:40 pm #54

(04 May 2019, 2:54 pm)streetdeckfan Has there ever been a thought to add to the display that the bus does not stop during the express parts of a route?
The amount of times I've seen people try to stop the X21 and are then surprised that it didn't stop

I've seen people do this when the information is on the bus stop, about a foot away from their left ear. It'd just provide more information to be ignored.

Jamie M

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05 May 2019, 10:11 am #55
(04 May 2019, 5:40 pm)BusLoverMum I've seen people do this when the information is on the bus stop, about a foot away from their left ear. It'd just provide more information to be ignored.


Have some faith!
Jamie M
05 May 2019, 10:11 am #55

(04 May 2019, 5:40 pm)BusLoverMum I've seen people do this when the information is on the bus stop, about a foot away from their left ear. It'd just provide more information to be ignored.


Have some faith!

05 May 2019, 2:28 pm #56
(04 May 2019, 5:40 pm)BusLoverMum I've seen people do this when the information is on the bus stop, about a foot away from their left ear. It'd just provide more information to be ignored.
It probably doesn't help that Durham council timetables are the definition of awful. So much information crammed into the smallest area.
Favourite thing about the Nexus timetables is it gives you an estimated journey time. I've had plenty of people ask me how long it takes to get to Durham from Bishop
streetdeckfan
05 May 2019, 2:28 pm #56

(04 May 2019, 5:40 pm)BusLoverMum I've seen people do this when the information is on the bus stop, about a foot away from their left ear. It'd just provide more information to be ignored.
It probably doesn't help that Durham council timetables are the definition of awful. So much information crammed into the smallest area.
Favourite thing about the Nexus timetables is it gives you an estimated journey time. I've had plenty of people ask me how long it takes to get to Durham from Bishop

JP6004



1,833
05 May 2019, 2:40 pm #57
Just seen the new Cobalt & Coast livery on Martijn Gilbert's Twitter. I hope there is more to the branding than that......? Is there anything under the advertisement boards?

Apart from that, looks good
Edited 05 May 2019, 2:43 pm by JP6004.
JP6004
05 May 2019, 2:40 pm #57

Just seen the new Cobalt & Coast livery on Martijn Gilbert's Twitter. I hope there is more to the branding than that......? Is there anything under the advertisement boards?

Apart from that, looks good

05 May 2019, 2:45 pm #58
(05 May 2019, 2:40 pm)JP6004 Just seen the new Cobalt & Coast livery on Martijn Gilbert's Twitter. I hope there is more to the branding than that......? Is there anything under the advertisement boards?

Apart from that, looks good
That looks very half-arsed. Plus I can barely make out the word Cobalt over the silver (unless it's just the camera)
streetdeckfan
05 May 2019, 2:45 pm #58

(05 May 2019, 2:40 pm)JP6004 Just seen the new Cobalt & Coast livery on Martijn Gilbert's Twitter. I hope there is more to the branding than that......? Is there anything under the advertisement boards?

Apart from that, looks good
That looks very half-arsed. Plus I can barely make out the word Cobalt over the silver (unless it's just the camera)

Michael



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05 May 2019, 2:50 pm #59
(05 May 2019, 2:40 pm)JP6004 Just seen the new Cobalt & Coast livery on Martijn Gilbert's Twitter. I hope there is more to the branding than that......? Is there anything under the advertisement boards?

Apart from that, looks good

I think it looks good, least theres nothing on the windows.


Anyone who doesn't have Twitter, here is the post.


https://twitter.com/MartijnGNE/status/11...00512?s=20

Ooo Friend, Bus Friend.
Michael
05 May 2019, 2:50 pm #59

(05 May 2019, 2:40 pm)JP6004 Just seen the new Cobalt & Coast livery on Martijn Gilbert's Twitter. I hope there is more to the branding than that......? Is there anything under the advertisement boards?

Apart from that, looks good

I think it looks good, least theres nothing on the windows.


Anyone who doesn't have Twitter, here is the post.


https://twitter.com/MartijnGNE/status/11...00512?s=20


Ooo Friend, Bus Friend.

05 May 2019, 2:52 pm #60
(05 May 2019, 2:50 pm)Michael I think it looks good, least theres nothing on the windows.


Anyone who doesn't have Twitter, here is the post.


https://twitter.com/MartijnGNE/status/11...00512?s=20
Only because there's basically no branding at all!
streetdeckfan
05 May 2019, 2:52 pm #60

(05 May 2019, 2:50 pm)Michael I think it looks good, least theres nothing on the windows.


Anyone who doesn't have Twitter, here is the post.


https://twitter.com/MartijnGNE/status/11...00512?s=20
Only because there's basically no branding at all!

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