GNE Questions about fleet withdrawals/buses VOR/fleet questions
GNE Questions about fleet withdrawals/buses VOR/fleet questions
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100 - 199 was being used by ancillary vehicles (vans / wagons).
200 - 999 is being used by Minibuses.
1000 - 1999 is being used by ancillary (vans / wagons).
2000 - 2999 was used by ex OK Vehicles, think it might have been used by some Single Deckers too.
3000 - 3999 was Double Decker
4000 - 4999 was Single Decker
5000 - 5999 is being used by Single Decker, however some early 5xxx numbers were used by downgraded coaches.
6000 - 6999 is being used by Double Deckers.
7000 - 7999 is being used by Coaches.
8000 - 8999 is being used by Midibuses or small Single Decker.
9000 - 9999 is being used as a temporary numbering series.
There has been exceptions to the rules where demo or loan vehicles have used or reused past numbers. A trio of Olympians loaned from Oxford Bus Company around 2000 and a pair of Wadham Stringer Darts loaned from Metrobus around the same time used their fleetnumbers from their respective companies since there wasn't any clashing with a vehicle in the fleet at the time. Same went for 4x DAF SB220 - N-C Paladin Single Deckers (M846RCP, M848RCP, P903PWW and P905PWW) and a single DAF SB220LF - N-C Paladin LF single decker (R33GNW) which used their registation numbers.
A lefthand drive DAF SBG220 / Den Oudsten Alliance B89 bendy bus from the fleet of ZuidOoster in the Netherlands was used on the Metrocentre Shuttle and used its ZO fleetnumber of 7771. Seen here in a photo by Durham Bus Man - https://www.flickr.com/photos/16042610@N07/8899462003 . Ironically the ZuidOoster fleetnumbers used the same font as Go-Ahead Northern as shown on sister vehicle 7772 with ZO. https://www.flickr.com/photos/arthur-a/5103958279
The first Dennis Dart operated by the Go-Ahead Group was numbered in the 4xxx range before being number 8000 (H802OPT).
The first batch of MPDs were numbered in the 8xxx series (8186-8200) because they were Darts before they renumbered to 486-500.
Technically because the SPDs were just under 12 metres, along with most of the Excels except 8125-8132, they could have been allocated 4xxx numbers, but were seen as lightweight single deckers compared to the Volvo B10BLEs and DAF SB220LFs that were arriving around the same time, so were thrown with the rest of the Darts in the 8xxx series.
However this idea changes when you look at the Optare Versa, Wright Streetlite and Yutong Electric buses are actually split between fleetnumbers according to their length. Those around 12 metres being numbered in the 5xxx series whilst the shorter vehicles (11 metres below) are numbered 8xxx.
(22 Jul 2023, 7:41 am)Unber43 Two Green Arrow E200MMC have been withdrawn from service and sold.
(22 Jul 2023, 7:41 am)Unber43 Two Green Arrow E200MMC have been withdrawn from service and sold.
(22 Jul 2023, 7:44 am)Michael The first two ADL Enviro 200MMCs have now left the Go North East fleet. Seen at Connexionsbuses in Tockwith.If more are leaving I wonder what will replace them on the 6.
Post/Photo by Daniel Graham on the North East Bus Enthusiasts Facebook page.
(22 Jul 2023, 7:44 am)Michael The first two ADL Enviro 200MMCs have now left the Go North East fleet. Seen at Connexionsbuses in Tockwith.If more are leaving I wonder what will replace them on the 6.
Post/Photo by Daniel Graham on the North East Bus Enthusiasts Facebook page.
I wonder if these were leased, otherwise an unexpected move to sell them now.
It does seem rather amusing that GNE are getting rid of their newest single deckers considering the state of their current fleet.
(22 Jul 2023, 9:45 am)citaro5284 Maybe they are needed in Manchester come September for GNW
(22 Jul 2023, 1:18 pm)deanmachine It does seem rather amusing that GNE are getting rid of their newest single deckers considering the state of their current fleet.
(22 Jul 2023, 9:45 am)citaro5284 Maybe they are needed in Manchester come September for GNW
(22 Jul 2023, 1:18 pm)deanmachine It does seem rather amusing that GNE are getting rid of their newest single deckers considering the state of their current fleet.
(22 Jul 2023, 3:54 pm)V514DFT And yet 17-20 year old Omnideckers are still here, cus thats logic
(22 Jul 2023, 9:45 am)citaro5284 Maybe they are needed in Manchester come September for GNW
(22 Jul 2023, 5:37 pm)Storx I might be missing something but since they're in Connexionbuses yard in Yorkshire, surely they'd have been to sold to them. I know they needed more buses for new contracts they've took on.
(22 Jul 2023, 5:37 pm)Storx I might be missing something but since they're in Connexionbuses yard in Yorkshire, surely they'd have been to sold to them. I know they needed more buses for new contracts they've took on.
(22 Jul 2023, 6:10 pm)citaro5284 It is roughly half way - GNE take buses to there and GNW collect them from there and vice versa
(22 Jul 2023, 6:10 pm)citaro5284 It is roughly half way - GNE take buses to there and GNW collect them from there and vice versa
(22 Jul 2023, 5:42 pm)ne14ne1 Two ‘loaned’ to GNW:Pretty sure those are the ones whcih have been sold.
https://twitter.com/buses2012/status/1682763760409399296?s=46&t=tPuGEygnn6BhKgNFiA4yAw
(22 Jul 2023, 5:42 pm)ne14ne1 Two ‘loaned’ to GNW:Pretty sure those are the ones whcih have been sold.
https://twitter.com/buses2012/status/1682763760409399296?s=46&t=tPuGEygnn6BhKgNFiA4yAw
(22 Jul 2023, 7:41 pm)Unber43 Pretty sure those are the ones whcih have been sold.
Wonder if all 11 will be?
(22 Jul 2023, 7:41 pm)Unber43 Pretty sure those are the ones whcih have been sold.
Wonder if all 11 will be?
(22 Jul 2023, 7:54 pm)citaro5284 Have they actually being sold as I am sure the post on Facebook just said they have left the GNE fleet. As the tweet suggests, they are on loan, so could they have just left the GNE fleet on a temp basis....
(22 Jul 2023, 7:54 pm)citaro5284 Have they actually being sold as I am sure the post on Facebook just said they have left the GNE fleet. As the tweet suggests, they are on loan, so could they have just left the GNE fleet on a temp basis....
