(16 Jan 2020, 11:34 am)streetdeckfan With the X1 going E400s, I wonder if they'll still spec the low height version they have for the X30, or whether they'll go for the same height as 6337.No reason for X1 to be low height, X30 has to be for the low bridge at Dunston
I'm very much hoping for the latter as speccing a low height bus where it's not needed is just bad for the passenger experience
(16 Jan 2020, 11:34 am)streetdeckfan With the X1 going E400s, I wonder if they'll still spec the low height version they have for the X30, or whether they'll go for the same height as 6337.No reason for X1 to be low height, X30 has to be for the low bridge at Dunston
I'm very much hoping for the latter as speccing a low height bus where it's not needed is just bad for the passenger experience
(16 Jan 2020, 11:38 am)JP6004 No reason for X1 to be low height, X30 has to be for the low bridge at Dunston
(16 Jan 2020, 11:38 am)JP6004 No reason for X1 to be low height, X30 has to be for the low bridge at Dunston
I take it The 49 brand is dead?
When did they remove the vinyls from the buses?
Also, do all the StreetDecks have a speed limiter, 6304 seems to max out at 49mph, but others I've been on don't.
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(16 Jan 2020, 12:08 pm)streetdeckfan I take it The 49 brand is dead?MG doesn’t like branding over the windows, will the 9 also loose its window sticker?
When did they remove the vinyls from the buses?
Also, do all the StreetDecks have a speed limiter, 6304 seems to max out at 49mph, but others I've been on don't.
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(16 Jan 2020, 12:08 pm)streetdeckfan I take it The 49 brand is dead?MG doesn’t like branding over the windows, will the 9 also loose its window sticker?
When did they remove the vinyls from the buses?
Also, do all the StreetDecks have a speed limiter, 6304 seems to max out at 49mph, but others I've been on don't.
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(16 Jan 2020, 4:58 pm)Stanleyone MG doesn’t like branding over the windows, will the 9 also loose its window sticker?
(16 Jan 2020, 4:58 pm)Stanleyone MG doesn’t like branding over the windows, will the 9 also loose its window sticker?
(16 Jan 2020, 5:47 pm)Arcticrossy92 Is the plan to have a fleet of corp buses, the X-lines services, then a few sub brands
(16 Jan 2020, 5:47 pm)Arcticrossy92 Is the plan to have a fleet of corp buses, the X-lines services, then a few sub brands
(16 Jan 2020, 5:59 pm)Dan denoting the express nature of the route.Let me stop you right there Daniel!
(16 Jan 2020, 5:59 pm)Dan denoting the express nature of the route.Let me stop you right there Daniel!
Would be nice to have NSAs back on the 42/42A, are they now completely without NSAs no matter which vehicle is allocated?
(16 Jan 2020, 6:32 pm)OrangeArrow49 Would be nice to have NSAs back on the 42/42A, are they now completely without NSAs no matter which vehicle is allocated?
(16 Jan 2020, 6:33 pm)Dan If a Cobalt & Coast B9 is allocated to the 42/A, they’d work.
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(16 Jan 2020, 6:33 pm)Dan If a Cobalt & Coast B9 is allocated to the 42/A, they’d work.
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(16 Jan 2020, 6:39 pm)OrangeArrow49 Thanks, Dan. Why only Cobalt & Coast B9s? Is a Cobalt & Coast B9 ever allocated to service 42/A?
(16 Jan 2020, 6:39 pm)OrangeArrow49 Thanks, Dan. Why only Cobalt & Coast B9s? Is a Cobalt & Coast B9 ever allocated to service 42/A?
(16 Jan 2020, 6:39 pm)OrangeArrow49 Thanks, Dan. Why only Cobalt & Coast B9s? Is a Cobalt & Coast B9 ever allocated to service 42/A?
(16 Jan 2020, 6:39 pm)OrangeArrow49 Thanks, Dan. Why only Cobalt & Coast B9s? Is a Cobalt & Coast B9 ever allocated to service 42/A?
Is the NSA still on track to be live on the X21 on the 26th or have Hanover not fixed the issue yet?
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(16 Jan 2020, 6:38 pm)Michael Any idea which route the 8 will be taking from the 27th to the 2nd February, due to the Queen Alex Bridge being shut? nothing on the GNE site2 choices, either back along wessington way and over the northern spire bridge or past the stadium of light and over the wearmouth bridge, id presume it would be the northern spire option as it would be less congested but who knows
(16 Jan 2020, 6:38 pm)Michael Any idea which route the 8 will be taking from the 27th to the 2nd February, due to the Queen Alex Bridge being shut? nothing on the GNE site2 choices, either back along wessington way and over the northern spire bridge or past the stadium of light and over the wearmouth bridge, id presume it would be the northern spire option as it would be less congested but who knows
(16 Jan 2020, 6:56 pm)N1cholas 2 choices, either back along wessington way and over the northern spire bridge or past the stadium of light and over the wearmouth bridge, id presume it would be the northern spire option as it would be less congested but who knows
(16 Jan 2020, 6:56 pm)N1cholas 2 choices, either back along wessington way and over the northern spire bridge or past the stadium of light and over the wearmouth bridge, id presume it would be the northern spire option as it would be less congested but who knows
(16 Jan 2020, 5:59 pm)Dan Not the plan at all.Not to mention the vehicles receiving 3/4 life repaint - Omnicites/Citaros. Wasnt this part of the reason for the likes of Whey Aye going corporate. No doubt expect to see a lot more citaros go onto corp this year?
Route branding is being rationalised and not used to the extent it was in years gone by, but the main effort now is to keep all brands within a "house style".
The new "house style", i.e. a two-tone livery with "road-stripes" (at a 55-degree angle - a la 55 degrees north!) separating them, was designed by Beacon Creative (not Best Impressions as suggested a few posts earlier).
The logic is that if all brands are kept within one "house style", then it is more recognisable as a Go North East bus, as it will have the signature "road-stripes" to identify it as such. X-lines and Toon Tour, being special brands, have these stripes in the opposite direction, so they're still inkeeping with the main theme, but look different enough so they stand out. The idea with X-lines was also so that it could create an "X" shape, denoting the express nature of the route.
(16 Jan 2020, 5:59 pm)Dan Not the plan at all.Not to mention the vehicles receiving 3/4 life repaint - Omnicites/Citaros. Wasnt this part of the reason for the likes of Whey Aye going corporate. No doubt expect to see a lot more citaros go onto corp this year?
Route branding is being rationalised and not used to the extent it was in years gone by, but the main effort now is to keep all brands within a "house style".
The new "house style", i.e. a two-tone livery with "road-stripes" (at a 55-degree angle - a la 55 degrees north!) separating them, was designed by Beacon Creative (not Best Impressions as suggested a few posts earlier).
The logic is that if all brands are kept within one "house style", then it is more recognisable as a Go North East bus, as it will have the signature "road-stripes" to identify it as such. X-lines and Toon Tour, being special brands, have these stripes in the opposite direction, so they're still inkeeping with the main theme, but look different enough so they stand out. The idea with X-lines was also so that it could create an "X" shape, denoting the express nature of the route.
(16 Jan 2020, 7:29 pm)JP6004 Not to mention the vehicles receiving 3/4 life repaint - Omnicites/Citaros. Wasnt this part of the reason for the likes of Whey Aye going corporate. No doubt expect to see a lot more citaros go onto corp this year?
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(16 Jan 2020, 7:29 pm)JP6004 Not to mention the vehicles receiving 3/4 life repaint - Omnicites/Citaros. Wasnt this part of the reason for the likes of Whey Aye going corporate. No doubt expect to see a lot more citaros go onto corp this year?
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