North East Buses

Speaking of Heritage livery, I wouldn't mind seeing a ADL Enviro 400MMC in stripes, surely it look just as good as 19001 down in Devon. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...2416145520

I reckon a 400MMC would look better than 19001

(20 Aug 2022, 7:01 pm)Malarkey wrote [ -> ]For example Stagecoach East Kent have repainted 17528 (LX51 FOX) into the old East Kent colours using the new livery and it looks fantastic -https://www.flickr.com/photos/darrent857/52189307293/in/dateposted/

I guarantee there's virtually nobody in Kent who would even realise that's meant to be an homage to the long lost Road Car, on account of the EK logo being easily missed, placed in entirely the wrong position and on the entirely wrong colour (and offensively close to said colour). Pretty sure that's even the wrong shade of red too.

What that looks like is Stagecoach have bought some random open topper second hand at auction, and pressed it into service unrepainted, slapping their garbage beachball on it. Some might even think it's an ex EYMS vehicle. Outrageous.

If it was even registered therefore, the EK logo could therefore instead be seen as some depot lag's secret jibe at how far the once proud company has fallen.

It is, in a word, hideous.

Stagecoach 26075 / SN66 WMJ by kieron mathews, on Flickr

26075 back in service today after repaint

Much better than the other one imo - think it's the black lights

(19 Oct 2022, 10:43 am)F114TML wrote [ -> ]Much better than the other one imo - think it's the black lights

Really?  To me it just emphasises everything that is rubbish about this livery with so many random angles and colours on the front just looking a mess.  Especially the angled white bar on the front which just looks makes it look like it's been painted wonky.  And then the bland void of blank whiteness across the majority of the body.

(19 Oct 2022, 10:43 am)F114TML wrote [ -> ]Much better than the other one imo - think it's the black lights

Stockton have had a half arsed attempt at restoring the black shrouds to 26293

(19 Oct 2022, 10:43 am)F114TML wrote [ -> ]Much better than the other one imo - think it's the black lights

Stagecoach 26293 / SN69 ZHV by kieron mathews, on Flickr

It does look better with the black light surrounds imo than blue like this is


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For me its the loss of the black above the windows that looks wrong

(19 Oct 2022, 12:22 pm)TEN 6083 wrote [ -> ]Stagecoach 26293 / SN69 ZHV by kieron mathews, on Flickr

It does look better with the black light surrounds imo than blue like this is


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Stagecoach Teesside ADL Enviro 200MMC Pride SN69 ZHV 26293… | Flickr

Thats the state it is in now

(19 Oct 2022, 2:47 pm)54APhotography wrote [ -> ]Stagecoach Teesside ADL Enviro 200MMC Pride SN69 ZHV 26293… | Flickr

Thats the state it is in now

She has black headlights

(19 Oct 2022, 3:14 pm)Lollist wrote [ -> ]She has black headlights

They aren't correct. the fitting is part of the design and was designed black as 26075 portrays, the half arsed 26293 looks worse for what has been done to it.

Personally I think it'd look better if the panels around the windows were painted black like they are on the Beachball MMCs. The closest we've got to that is with East Scotland's 26352/3, but I'm assuming that's because they're dealer stock spec instead of Stagecoach spec. https://flic.kr/p/2nyXaxz

(19 Oct 2022, 4:27 pm)wibblejunior wrote [ -> ]Personally I think it'd look better if the panels around the windows were painted black like they are on the Beachball MMCs. The closest we've got to that is with East Scotland's 26352/3, but I'm assuming that's because they're dealer stock spec instead of Stagecoach spec. https://flic.kr/p/2nyXaxz

I agree, and the design feature black 3/4 under the windscreen kept. Would enhance this basic livery no end.

You'd think that when they designed the new livery they'd have thought about the newest bus they run which they're likely to run in the future.

The new livery really doesn't work on Enviro 200 MMC's whichever way they want to try and botch it imo.

Ironically the new livery looks naff on the back of an Enviro 400 MMC aswell.

(19 Oct 2022, 4:36 pm)Storx wrote [ -> ]You'd think that when they designed the new livery they'd have thought about the newest bus they run which they're likely to run in the future.

The new livery really doesn't work on Enviro 200 MMC's whichever way they want to try and botch it imo.

Ironically the new livery looks naff on the back of an Enviro 400 MMC aswell.

Shit is the word you were looking for

Having viewed in person the oddity that is 26075, I can only say the original design black Z on the front would enhance the frontal appearance, and the number needs relocating either to the blue panel or, if the Z was restored to the front left as with the later MMC batches. To be fair increasing the black above the saloon windows to the cantrail wouldn't do a great deal, the problem for these E300 replacement MMC is their great expanse of white, like the 275xx buses at Stockton...

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Latest home based repaints from the Wheatsheaf are

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Latest Wheatsheaf home fleet repaint is Dennis Dart SLF4/Alexander Enviro 200 36979

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Penultimate E200 repaint to service in South Shields is Dart SLF4 36478. E20D 37144 is the final one released back to Shields this week. That means all of the Shields fleet bar the outgoing Manviro are in local livery.

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