North East Buses

(06 Apr 2019, 8:51 am)NewcastleOne wrote [ -> ]5481-5 going to Consett And Omnis going to Riverside.

Was it ever confirmed what was moving to Deptford to replace 681, 689 and 690, as they're heading to Washington.

Just passed the 2 and it now has the Galliries instead of Washington on the front.

(06 Apr 2019, 12:09 pm)Michael wrote [ -> ]Just passed the 2 and it now has the Galliries instead of Washington on the front.

It should change prior to getting to The Galleries like the Newcastle bound services do at Gateshead to indicate the exact terminal point.

A Tribute video has been published in tribute to the Go North East Stanley Depot.
https://youtu.be/Nd1G05MKkVc

Can't say I'm a fan of these 2 line destinations returning. Just not as easy to read when the bus is approaching from a distance.

(06 Apr 2019, 8:51 am)NewcastleOne wrote [ -> ]5481-5 going to Consett And Omnis going to Riverside.

What will these be allocated to?

(06 Apr 2019, 9:15 pm)GNE6312 wrote [ -> ]What will these be allocated to?

X30 I would imagine.

(06 Apr 2019, 9:15 pm)GNE6312 wrote [ -> ]What will these be allocated to?

Omnis will still op some Toon Links And take over from the ex BlueStar Citaros Contract workings as they are both Euro 4 Vehicles as the Citaros were not upgraded at BlueStar

(06 Apr 2019, 9:19 pm)S830OFT wrote [ -> ]X30 I would imagine.

Thank you for the info

Seems like GNE will be using 6000 for the city site seeing.......stagecoach are going to be using their open topper on a coastliner service from Whitley Bay to North Shields.

Hopefully if GNE go on to secure this service for a number of years they may invest in Streetdeck open top like those in Edinburgh........or perhaps this is one of the 33 DD on order.....with the 6000 being back up......specially if Newcastle planning low emission zone in city centre

(07 Apr 2019, 1:48 pm)JP6004 wrote [ -> ]Seems like GNE will be using 6000 for the city site seeing.......stagecoach are going to be using their open topper on a coastliner service from Whitley Bay to North Shields.

Hopefully if GNE go on to secure this service for a number of years they may invest in Streetdeck open top like those in Edinburgh........or perhaps this is one of the 33 DD on order.....with the 6000 being back up......specially if Newcastle planning low emission zone in city centre

Where will the Go North East one go, Newcastle and Gateshead?, as i heard that once wasn't running this year.

Good to see via points back on the 9 today seems like Dan has been busy

(07 Apr 2019, 2:01 pm)Michael wrote [ -> ]Where will the Go North East one go, Newcastle and Gateshead?, as i heard that once wasn't running this year.

Website says its scheduled to operate....only operates at weekends until 30th June then every day from 1st july

(07 Apr 2019, 2:12 pm)JP6004 wrote [ -> ]Website says its scheduled to operate....only operates at weekends until 30th June then every day from 1st july

What website? The Official City Sightseeing site has nothing listed for 2019 (and until a few weeks ago, was still showing the 2018 details)

(07 Apr 2019, 2:16 pm)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]What website? The Official City Sightseeing site has nothing listed for 2019 (and until a few weeks ago, was still showing the 2018 details)

Ah I was looking on NewcastleGateshead website

(20 Mar 2019, 12:46 pm)JACK6081 wrote [ -> ]Passed saltmeadows earlier 709 is in  plain black livery 6104 is back and 6000 is in corporate livery

(07 Apr 2019, 2:19 pm)JP6004 wrote [ -> ]Ah I was looking on NewcastleGateshead website

i'm looking on there now and I cannot find anything.

(07 Apr 2019, 2:25 pm)Malarkey wrote [ -> ]i'm looking on there now and I cannot find anything.

Just Google city sight seeing Newcastle 2019 and pops up

(07 Apr 2019, 2:42 pm)JP6004 wrote [ -> ]Just Google city sight seeing Newcastle 2019 and pops up

Just Googled it and I get a page on the City Sightseeing website showing the Gateshead Newcastle tour but its only showing some of the sights, if you go onto the all destinations part of the CSS website Gateshead Newcastle is not there so must have come to an end.

Also looked on that Newcastle Gateshead site and dates & times were shown to only be provisional.

If GNE were operating it wouldn't City Sightseeing have specified their livery must be applied? I can't recall ever seeing City Sightseeing operating in other cities in the operator's own livery.

I presumed GNEs open top was just for corporate events, private hire etc?
Has anyone captured it out of Saltmeadows depot?

(07 Apr 2019, 2:01 pm)N1cholas wrote [ -> ]Good to see via points back on the 9 today seems like Dan has been busy

Glad you like them.

In the midst of everything else going on at the moment, not every service has been updated, but all being well they should be done by mid-May.

Via points are only shown on the "full length" of the route, with a few exceptions where another location on the route is just as regular a terminus point (i.e. Gateshead/Wrekenton on the 1, Chester-le-Street/Newcastle on the 21). The large displays are still used for "part route" services.

The end result won't be to everyone's tastes, just as the last version wasn't either (indeed for every person that preferred the larger display only showing terminal point, there was one or two who hated it!) but it aims to compromise on the larger display by having a bolder font for the terminus whilst retaining the bold Arial route number which has been used by Go North East for around five years now.

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