North East Buses

(20 Oct 2017, 10:01 pm)Rapidsnap wrote [ -> ]Prob using a staff van. Sunderland don't seem to have many fans judging from there attendence figures.

Being a Sunderland Fan myself, I like many others are unwilling to pay £30 or more for a ticket to the game when are getting beat week in week out, and said money going into the back pocket of an owner who doesn't care about the club or it's fans for that matter, this is the reason attendances are around the 20,000 mark each week.

And this is an event being aimed at kids in the Durham area, I imagine they'd have quite a few buses on, sure don't see Stagecoach doing this for those who support Newcastle, Gateshead, Middlesbrough or Hartlepool either.

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(20 Oct 2017, 9:52 pm)RBZ 5459 wrote [ -> ]It's a very interesting application................

Such a tease, have we got any photos?

(20 Oct 2017, 10:26 pm)Malarkey wrote [ -> ]Being a Sunderland Fan myself, I like many others are unwilling to pay £30 or more for a ticket to the game when are getting beat week in week out, and said money going into the back pocket of an owner who doesn't care about the club or it's fans for that matter, this is the reason attendances are around the 20,000 mark each week.

And this is an event being aimed at kids in the Durham area, I imagine they'd have quite a few buses on, sure don't see Stagecoach doing this for those who support Newcastle, Gateshead, Middlesbrough or Hartlepool either.

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Such a tease, have we got any photos?

Was shared on a private group so can't show, I'm sure they'll be on on soon enough. Standard swoops, with it coming onto the pod but red and orange not coming onto the blue skirt sort of MMC style.... The bottoms of the orange swoops are very poorly done, so much so they are different each side, notably by the rear wheel arches. They've also annoyingly painted them like the E200 rears on the side windows, where the black is squared off instead of rounded off like on other E300. Then they've done a strip of red above the engine grill which would have obviously looked better black, and red light clusters. Half arsed.

(21 Oct 2017, 7:41 am)RBZ 5459 wrote [ -> ]Was shared on a private group so can't show, I'm sure they'll be on on soon enough. Standard swoops, with it coming onto the pod but red and orange not coming onto the blue skirt sort of MMC style.... The bottoms of the orange swoops are very poorly done, so much so they are different each side, notably by the rear wheel arches. They've also annoyingly painted them like the E200 rears on the side windows, where the black is squared off instead of rounded off like on other E300. Then they've done a strip of red above the engine grill which would have obviously looked better black, and red light clusters. Half arsed.

 Is there a chance it could be out in service today? Or is it not completely finished yet

Not today. It's parked in the workshop - quite visible from outside if anyone wants photos.

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(21 Oct 2017, 7:41 am)RBZ 5459 wrote [ -> ]Was shared on a private group so can't show, I'm sure they'll be on on soon enough. Standard swoops, with it coming onto the pod but red and orange not coming onto the blue skirt sort of MMC style.... The bottoms of the orange swoops are very poorly done, so much so they are different each side, notably by the rear wheel arches. They've also annoyingly painted them like the E200 rears on the side windows, where the black is squared off instead of rounded off like on other E300. Then they've done a strip of red above the engine grill which would have obviously looked better black, and red light clusters. Half arsed.

Sounds like it was done by a young apprentice 

(20 Oct 2017, 7:54 pm)tyresmoke wrote [ -> ]Stagecoach will be providing free transport to SAFC Fanfest on Monday, departing Coxhoe at 0915 and Nevilles Cross at 0930 to Stadium of Light. Return journey departs at 1500. Tickets must be registered in advance though Travel is free.
Might be interesting for someone who wants a photo of one in an unusual place!

Didn't know they had any minibuses left

(21 Oct 2017, 12:53 pm)Cock Robin wrote [ -> ]Didn't know they had any minibuses left

Hopefully if Stagecoach have sense they'll use 54045.

(21 Oct 2017, 4:27 pm)S830OFT wrote [ -> ]Hopefully if Stagecoach have sense they'll use 54045.

Stagecoach have used 54045 for the SAFC Fan Fest this morning.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/98641142@N08/37844718082/

Link to photos I took while I had a tour of Slatyford depot which I won in their twitter customer service competition. I enjoyed being taken round the depot and finding out about fleet allocations and how they know whether a bus is late.

https://m.facebook.com/neil.watson1/post...1167394310&mds=%2Fphotos%2Fviewer%2F%3Fphotoset_token%3Dpcb.10155831173104310%26photo%3D10155831167394310%26profileid%3D532034309%26source%3D48%26refid%3D52%26ref%3Dbookmarks%26__tn__%3DEH-R%26cached_data%3Dfalse%26ftid%3D&mdf=1

(21 Oct 2017, 11:56 am)Malarkey wrote [ -> ]Sounds like it was done by a young apprentice 

To top it off, front light clusters are blue.

(23 Oct 2017, 2:08 pm)RBZ 5459 wrote [ -> ]To top it off, front light clusters are blue.

Photograph taken by 'James Fairweather' and published to the North East Bus Enthusiasts Facebook Group:

(23 Oct 2017, 2:50 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Photograph taken by 'James Fairweather' and published to the North East Bus Enthusiasts Facebook Group:

Don't like the white part on the pod, should of kept it blue.

(23 Oct 2017, 5:57 pm)Michael wrote [ -> ]Don't like the white part on the pod, should of kept it blue.

White with vinyls on promoting Gas bus power would of been good.

Means I need to nip over to Sunderland before 28018 gets painted. It's the only one I haven't photoed in the original blue livery.

24003 broken down/expired/at the end of its trip/finished (pick an option that suits) on the Felling Bypass outside what was Reg Vardy's VW earlier on.

Blocking inside lane and it's hazards on.
The driver was standing by the side of the road.

Has anyone seen 28002 out in service this week? Wonder if it might have gone back into the paint shop to be finished off.

27728 has been repainted into Stagecoach Coulors.

(26 Oct 2017, 3:03 pm)Dans_bus_photos wrote [ -> ]Has anyone seen 28002 out in service this week? Wonder if it might have gone back into the paint shop to be finished off.

28002 is parked up in the depot looking ready to be allocated to service work tomorrow. Headlights have been painted white.

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(26 Oct 2017, 4:27 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]28002 is parked up in the depot looking ready to be allocated to service work tomorrow.

Headlights have been painted white.

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Seen it this morning, parked up near Hylton retail park, this was around 10am.

(26 Oct 2017, 4:27 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]28002 is parked up in the depot looking ready to be allocated to service work tomorrow. Headlights have been painted white.

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Stagecoach North East: 28002 / YN63BXP by Daniel Graham, on Flickr