North East Buses

Will you lot stop whinging about the tag lines. You are going on as if it's slapping you in the face.

(03 Mar 2017, 11:57 am)Rapidsnap wrote [ -> ]Will you lot stop whinging about the tag lines. You are going on as if it's slapping you in the face.

Isn't whining a core value of an enthusiast? [SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH]
I'm good at doing it too, although I'm only vocal when it comes to those MPDs!

5289 back and 5276 away

I really don't see the problem with these tag lines. Are you going to go around getting the millage stats to make sure buses are doing 35 million miles? Suppose we haven't tested out if 633 can go to the moon and back.

(03 Mar 2017, 9:24 am)Michael wrote [ -> ]Since the first of the Citaro's have arrived back from Blackburn, where will the Scania's from the X5 end up?


Can they not go to Percy Main for the 19 and spares and Deptford have the Wright Eclipse's for the 61?


That means 4 more Versa's go in the new "Go North East" livery, leave one spare at Deptford and then the other 4 can go to Riverside to replace more Scania's.

I would think with 4961 to 4966 becoming part of the Driver Training Unit at Riverside, then 5204 to 5209 and 5211 will be split between Chester, Deptford, Riverside and Percy Main.

x1 = Deptford to replace 4961
x3 = Percy Main to replace 4962/63/64
x1 = Chester to replace 4965
x1 = Riverside to replace 4966

Note that 4966 is the only one of the batch that is Euro 5, the rest are Euro 4 so therefore 4966 may not become part of the Driver Training Unit, plus it was recently painted into the new corporate livery also.

Does anyone know if 5284/5285/5289 will be out and about tomorrow? Thought 84 was due out on Monday, what's been the hold up?

(03 Mar 2017, 4:12 pm)Jackamcardle wrote [ -> ]Does anyone know if 5284/5285/5289 will be out and about tomorrow? Thought 84 was due out on Monday, what's been the hold up?

5284, 5285 and 5286 - probably not.
5289 - no, it was only returned this afternoon and has to be branded and other preparation for service to be done.

(03 Mar 2017, 5:43 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]5284, 5285 and 5286 - probably not.
5289 - no, it was only returned this afternoon and has to be branded and other preparation for service to be done.

What's taking so long?

(03 Mar 2017, 2:37 pm)Malarkey wrote [ -> ]I would think with 4961 to 4966 becoming part of the Driver Training Unit at Riverside, then 5204 to 5209 and 5211 will be split between Chester, Deptford, Riverside and Percy Main.

x1 = Deptford to replace 4961
x3 = Percy Main to replace 4962/63/64
x1 = Chester to replace 4965
x1 = Riverside to replace 4966

Note that 4966 is the only one of the batch that is Euro 5, the rest are Euro 4 so therefore 4966 may not become part of the Driver Training Unit, plus it was recently painted into the new corporate livery also.

What modifications will these receive ready for Driver Training, also are they likely to be repainted into a training school livery, I always thought that the current Cadets just looked a bit Temporary, compared to the coaches previously used.

(03 Mar 2017, 5:43 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]5284, 5285 and 5286 - probably not.
5289 - no, it was only returned this afternoon and has to be branded and other preparation for service to be done.

Has 5291 gone down yet or is that still at Stanley?

(03 Mar 2017, 5:55 pm)S813 FVK wrote [ -> ]Has 5291 gone down yet or is that still at Stanley?

Blaydon Racers:
- 5275: 28/02/2017
- 5276: 03/03/2017
- 5278: 01/03/2017
- 5279: 01/03/2017

Durham Diamond:
- 5284: 18/01/2017, returned 22/02/2017
- 5285: 20/01/2017, returned 24/02/2017
- 5286: 25/01/2017, returned 28/02/2017
- 5287: 25/01/2017
- 5288: 26/01/2017
- 5289: 27/01/2017, returned 03/03/2017
- 5290: 22/02/2017
- 5291: 24/02/2017

(03 Mar 2017, 5:59 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Blaydon Racers:
- 5275: 28/02/2017
- 5276: 03/03/2017
- 5278: 01/03/2017
- 5279: 01/03/2017

Durham Diamond:
- 5284: 18/01/2017, returned 22/02/2017
- 5285: 20/01/2017, returned 24/02/2017
- 5286: 25/01/2017, returned 28/02/2017
- 5287: 25/01/2017
- 5288: 26/01/2017
- 5289: 27/01/2017, returned 03/03/2017
- 5290: 22/02/2017
- 5291: 24/02/2017

Cheers. Any idea what is happening with 5337/8 yet? I imagine one will need to remain at Stanley for now to operate the single decker board on the 6/X70/X71 so I can't see them going just yet.

(03 Mar 2017, 5:59 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Blaydon Racers:
- 5275: 28/02/2017
- 5276: 03/03/2017
- 5278: 01/03/2017
- 5279: 01/03/2017

Durham Diamond:
- 5284: 18/01/2017, returned 22/02/2017
- 5285: 20/01/2017, returned 24/02/2017
- 5286: 25/01/2017, returned 28/02/2017
- 5287: 25/01/2017
- 5288: 26/01/2017
- 5289: 27/01/2017, returned 03/03/2017
- 5290: 22/02/2017
- 5291: 24/02/2017

Has 92 not been released for repairs yet? I'm sure somebody brought it up somewhere.

(03 Mar 2017, 6:28 pm)Jamie M wrote [ -> ]Has 92 not been released for repairs yet? I'm sure somebody brought it up somewhere.

No - its still impounded at the North East Motorhome Repair Centre at Annfield Plain, with the front facing towards the road.

(03 Mar 2017, 6:17 pm)S813 FVK wrote [ -> ]Cheers. Any idea what is happening with 5337/8 yet? I imagine one will need to remain at Stanley for now to operate the single decker board on the 6/X70/X71 so I can't see them going just yet.

I suppose it depends on how many of the ex-Diamond Citaros end up being back at Stanley. If they're all going elsewhere for other front line service, then I'd be surprised if 5337/38 didn't follow suit too?

(03 Mar 2017, 6:54 pm)Adrian wrote [ -> ]I suppose it depends on how many of the ex-Diamond Citaros end up being back at Stanley. If they're all going elsewhere for other front line service, then I'd be surprised if 5337/38 didn't follow suit too?

I think all of the ex Durham Citaro's and 5337/5338 will end up at Deptford, means the 9 can have a full Citaro allocation + 5284, 5337/38 and one of the See it, Do it Citaro's will be spares for the X5, 9 and 35/36.


I would imagine rest of the Citaro's at Deptford will be down for a refurbishment too although no idea what month they'll head off, as after the Blaydon Racers, it's the Citylink 57 Citaro's which are supposed to be going.

(03 Mar 2017, 6:28 pm)Jamie M wrote [ -> ]Has 92 not been released for repairs yet? I'm sure somebody brought it up somewhere.

It should be soon, the GNE driver's trial starts on Monday so the whole thing will be brought to a conclusion soon enough.

Something yellow that's probably of greater interest than the taglines being rolled out to Go North East's fleet liveried buses at the moment, is ex-Plymouth Solo 713, which has been repainted into the yellow and red base livery as carried by the "Venture" branded examples at Stanley.

(04 Mar 2017, 10:06 am)Dan wrote [ -> ]Something yellow that's probably of greater interest than the taglines being rolled out to Go North East's fleet liveried buses at the moment, is ex-Plymouth Solo 713, which has been repainted into the yellow and red base livery as carried by the "Venture" branded examples at Stanley.

Wonder if 604 will be replaced by 713 at Stanley then, so all there examples are in Venture?

Unless a new brand is coming for a different service.

(04 Mar 2017, 10:22 am)Michael wrote [ -> ] Wonder if 604 will be replaced by 713 at Stanley then, so all there examples are in Venture?

Unless a new brand is coming for a different service.

That's what I'm going with. Going to hazard a guess that it would be used on Tesco Free Bus.