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Euro 6 credentials & road stripes being added to more buses

 
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ne14ne1



1,514
18 Feb 2021, 9:16 pm #1
Apologies, not a recent repaint, but good to see the environmental leaf appearing on more buses now:

https://flic.kr/p/2kCMzSL
ne14ne1
18 Feb 2021, 9:16 pm #1

Apologies, not a recent repaint, but good to see the environmental leaf appearing on more buses now:

https://flic.kr/p/2kCMzSL

Dan

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18,114
20 Feb 2021, 4:33 pm #2
(18 Feb 2021, 9:16 pm)ne14ne1 Apologies, not a recent repaint, but good to see the environmental leaf appearing on more buses now:

https://flic.kr/p/2kCMzSL

Moderation note: Thread split, due to this not being a repaint.


It ties in with some work also being done to adapt the 2016 fleet livery to be in the same style as the 2019 fleet livery with road stripes instead of the white swoosh.

The following vehicles have been done this week (with Euro 6 leaves added where appropriate):
5337 HF06 FUA (https://flic.kr/p/2kDjiy1)
5389 NL63 YAX
5453 NK66 EWB
5454 NK66 EWC
5456 NK66 EWE
5458 NK66 EWH
5459 NK66 EWJ
5461 NK66 EWM
5462 NK66 EWN
8305 NK09 FVF
8306 NK09 FVG
8307 NK09 FVH
8308 NK09 FVJ
8309 NK09 FVL
8325 NK11 FXH
8326 NK11 GWX
8327 NK11 GWY
8328 NK11 HBC

Those listed below are due to be completed tomorrow:
5283 NK07 KPU
5338 HF06 FUB
5455 NK66 EWD
5457 NK66 EWF
Dan
20 Feb 2021, 4:33 pm #2

(18 Feb 2021, 9:16 pm)ne14ne1 Apologies, not a recent repaint, but good to see the environmental leaf appearing on more buses now:

https://flic.kr/p/2kCMzSL

Moderation note: Thread split, due to this not being a repaint.


It ties in with some work also being done to adapt the 2016 fleet livery to be in the same style as the 2019 fleet livery with road stripes instead of the white swoosh.

The following vehicles have been done this week (with Euro 6 leaves added where appropriate):
5337 HF06 FUA (https://flic.kr/p/2kDjiy1)
5389 NL63 YAX
5453 NK66 EWB
5454 NK66 EWC
5456 NK66 EWE
5458 NK66 EWH
5459 NK66 EWJ
5461 NK66 EWM
5462 NK66 EWN
8305 NK09 FVF
8306 NK09 FVG
8307 NK09 FVH
8308 NK09 FVJ
8309 NK09 FVL
8325 NK11 FXH
8326 NK11 GWX
8327 NK11 GWY
8328 NK11 HBC

Those listed below are due to be completed tomorrow:
5283 NK07 KPU
5338 HF06 FUB
5455 NK66 EWD
5457 NK66 EWF

S813 FVK



6,030
20 Feb 2021, 4:44 pm #3
Does this transition include the removal of the 2016 tagline?

5337 retains it (has only had it on one side for a while anyway) which perhaps answers the question, though things can slip through the net every so often.
https://flic.kr/p/2kDjiy1
S813 FVK
20 Feb 2021, 4:44 pm #3

Does this transition include the removal of the 2016 tagline?

5337 retains it (has only had it on one side for a while anyway) which perhaps answers the question, though things can slip through the net every so often.
https://flic.kr/p/2kDjiy1

Dan

Site Administrator

18,114
20 Feb 2021, 4:48 pm #4
(20 Feb 2021, 4:44 pm)S813 FVK Does this transition include the removal of the 2016 tagline?

5337 retains it (has only had it on one side for a while anyway) which perhaps answers the question, though things can slip through the net every so often.
https://flic.kr/p/2kDjiy1

It's supposed to, but the first ones completed were missed.
Dan
20 Feb 2021, 4:48 pm #4

(20 Feb 2021, 4:44 pm)S813 FVK Does this transition include the removal of the 2016 tagline?

5337 retains it (has only had it on one side for a while anyway) which perhaps answers the question, though things can slip through the net every so often.
https://flic.kr/p/2kDjiy1

It's supposed to, but the first ones completed were missed.

Michael



19,160
21 Feb 2021, 12:10 am #5
I thought 5337 was planned to be withdrawn once the dupe buses weren't needed?

Ooo Friend, Bus Friend.
Michael
21 Feb 2021, 12:10 am #5

I thought 5337 was planned to be withdrawn once the dupe buses weren't needed?


Ooo Friend, Bus Friend.

Ambassador



1,851
21 Feb 2021, 12:23 am #6
(18 Feb 2021, 9:16 pm)ne14ne1 Apologies, not a recent repaint, but good to see the environmental leaf appearing on more buses now:

https://flic.kr/p/2kCMzSL

I’m not sure of the point of it tbh. Branding wise doesn’t make the bus anymore attractive to a car user or lapsed passenger. 

imagine most car users acknowledge that public transport usage equals lower emissions, they just don’t care.

Wistfully stuck in the 90s
Ambassador
21 Feb 2021, 12:23 am #6

(18 Feb 2021, 9:16 pm)ne14ne1 Apologies, not a recent repaint, but good to see the environmental leaf appearing on more buses now:

https://flic.kr/p/2kCMzSL

I’m not sure of the point of it tbh. Branding wise doesn’t make the bus anymore attractive to a car user or lapsed passenger. 

imagine most car users acknowledge that public transport usage equals lower emissions, they just don’t care.


Wistfully stuck in the 90s

James101



649
21 Feb 2021, 4:34 pm #7
(21 Feb 2021, 12:23 am)Ambassador I’m not sure of the point of it tbh. Branding wise doesn’t make the bus anymore attractive to a car user or lapsed passenger. 

imagine most car users acknowledge that public transport usage equals lower emissions, they just don’t care.

In my experience I find the public perceive buses as polluting and smoky beasts, not making the link to lower emissions per potential passenger. 

In this case these stickers remind me of the small wedge stickers that Arriva went through a phase of sticking on anything & everything, despite the toxic MAN goodness spewing out the back of them - 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...7595108686
James101
21 Feb 2021, 4:34 pm #7

(21 Feb 2021, 12:23 am)Ambassador I’m not sure of the point of it tbh. Branding wise doesn’t make the bus anymore attractive to a car user or lapsed passenger. 

imagine most car users acknowledge that public transport usage equals lower emissions, they just don’t care.

In my experience I find the public perceive buses as polluting and smoky beasts, not making the link to lower emissions per potential passenger. 

In this case these stickers remind me of the small wedge stickers that Arriva went through a phase of sticking on anything & everything, despite the toxic MAN goodness spewing out the back of them - 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...7595108686

21 Feb 2021, 5:25 pm #8
I believe them stickers were an Optare thing rather than Arriva. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...4997917250

Ironically at the time of that photo you linked to, the MAN had just been re-engined with a Cummins engine.

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Rapidsnap
21 Feb 2021, 5:25 pm #8

I believe them stickers were an Optare thing rather than Arriva. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...4997917250

Ironically at the time of that photo you linked to, the MAN had just been re-engined with a Cummins engine.


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ne14ne1



1,514
22 Feb 2021, 7:20 pm #9
I do think the leaves should be underneath the lower saloon windows on both single and double decks, as London do with their environmental decals.
It would make it easier for people on foot and in vehicles to spot and read.

This seems way too high: https://flic.kr/p/2kE1Bbk
ne14ne1
22 Feb 2021, 7:20 pm #9

I do think the leaves should be underneath the lower saloon windows on both single and double decks, as London do with their environmental decals.
It would make it easier for people on foot and in vehicles to spot and read.

This seems way too high: https://flic.kr/p/2kE1Bbk

ne14ne1



1,514
09 Mar 2021, 12:43 pm #10
I wonder if XLine vehicles get their environmental ‘tree outline’ replaced with the new leaf. The leaf would certainly be more noticeable.
ne14ne1
09 Mar 2021, 12:43 pm #10

I wonder if XLine vehicles get their environmental ‘tree outline’ replaced with the new leaf. The leaf would certainly be more noticeable.

ne14ne1



1,514
09 Apr 2021, 6:28 pm #11
First time I’ve seen a baby solo in 2019 livery. Has it just been done?
https://flic.kr/p/2kRZhAn
ne14ne1
09 Apr 2021, 6:28 pm #11

First time I’ve seen a baby solo in 2019 livery. Has it just been done?
https://flic.kr/p/2kRZhAn

09 Apr 2021, 6:33 pm #12
(09 Apr 2021, 6:28 pm)ne14ne1 First time I’ve seen a baby solo in 2019 livery. Has it just been done?
https://flic.kr/p/2kRZhAn
No 709 has been mothballed at percy main since it was withdrawn last year. It ran on the W2 mostly as it carried the rugby livery
MichealAaron
09 Apr 2021, 6:33 pm #12

(09 Apr 2021, 6:28 pm)ne14ne1 First time I’ve seen a baby solo in 2019 livery. Has it just been done?
https://flic.kr/p/2kRZhAn
No 709 has been mothballed at percy main since it was withdrawn last year. It ran on the W2 mostly as it carried the rugby livery

09 Apr 2021, 6:54 pm #13
Was one of the first vehicles to be painted into 2019 livery in August after its use on the Rugby promotional scheme, was in use on the W2 for a short while then stored when GNE lost the contract.

Here it is in August 2019 on the W2. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...9118714708

And a few weeks earlier in June 2019 on the W2 still in its Rugby Livery. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...8399860906

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Rapidsnap
09 Apr 2021, 6:54 pm #13

Was one of the first vehicles to be painted into 2019 livery in August after its use on the Rugby promotional scheme, was in use on the W2 for a short while then stored when GNE lost the contract.

Here it is in August 2019 on the W2. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...9118714708

And a few weeks earlier in June 2019 on the W2 still in its Rugby Livery. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...8399860906


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ne14ne1



1,514
09 Apr 2021, 7:20 pm #14
Ah yes so it did. I must’ve completely forgot.
ne14ne1
09 Apr 2021, 7:20 pm #14

Ah yes so it did. I must’ve completely forgot.

09 Apr 2021, 7:37 pm #15
Yea. Poor 709 being withdrawn. They could have kept it. I don't understand why it was withdrawn
MichealAaron
09 Apr 2021, 7:37 pm #15

Yea. Poor 709 being withdrawn. They could have kept it. I don't understand why it was withdrawn

09 Apr 2021, 8:09 pm #16
(09 Apr 2021, 7:37 pm)MichealAaron Yea. Poor 709 being withdrawn. They could have kept it. I don't understand why it was withdrawn


It’s been used at Washington for staff shuttles today


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TEN 6083
09 Apr 2021, 8:09 pm #16

(09 Apr 2021, 7:37 pm)MichealAaron Yea. Poor 709 being withdrawn. They could have kept it. I don't understand why it was withdrawn


It’s been used at Washington for staff shuttles today


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09 Apr 2021, 9:48 pm #17
709 is a bit of an oddball in the fleet due to it's low capacity, its sisters 706-708 were sold on, yet 709 remained. However I suspect that it maybe used on the H2 service as the cathedral Solo SR at Washington will probably be heading back to Consett depot.

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Rapidsnap
09 Apr 2021, 9:48 pm #17

709 is a bit of an oddball in the fleet due to it's low capacity, its sisters 706-708 were sold on, yet 709 remained. However I suspect that it maybe used on the H2 service as the cathedral Solo SR at Washington will probably be heading back to Consett depot.


Please feel free to visit my Flickr page - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/
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09 Apr 2021, 10:56 pm #18
I hope so. I like 709. One of favourite solos
MichealAaron
09 Apr 2021, 10:56 pm #18

I hope so. I like 709. One of favourite solos

ne14ne1



1,514
29 Apr 2021, 8:10 pm #19
Argh, wish they’d put the leaves under the lower saloon windows instead of all the way up there:

https://flic.kr/p/2kVK2wN
ne14ne1
29 Apr 2021, 8:10 pm #19

Argh, wish they’d put the leaves under the lower saloon windows instead of all the way up there:

https://flic.kr/p/2kVK2wN

13 May 2021, 5:39 pm #20
Haven't got a photo but 6907 now has the road stripes over the 2016 livery, believe it's the first do be done?
EL1TE
13 May 2021, 5:39 pm #20

Haven't got a photo but 6907 now has the road stripes over the 2016 livery, believe it's the first do be done?

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