(24 Jan 2018, 6:36 pm)Michael wrote Will 6333 be "Night Angel?"

(24 Jan 2018, 6:45 pm)Dan wrote Certainly will be.

(24 Jan 2018, 8:50 pm)Citaro5326 wrote all services by end of Feb are to have new displays I'm told , also when will all the repaints happen off the 2013 financial year commence

(24 Jan 2018, 8:50 pm)Citaro5326 wrote all services by end of Feb are to have new displays I'm told , also when will all the repaints happen off the 2013 financial year commence

(24 Jan 2018, 8:50 pm)Citaro5326 wrote all services by end of Feb are to have new displays I'm told , also when will all the repaints happen off the 2013 financial year commence

(24 Jan 2018, 9:06 pm)R838PRG wrote Has 9086 gone back yet to Optare?  Havn't managed to photograph it yet.

(24 Jan 2018, 9:12 pm)Malarkey wrote FAB 56 and Connections 4's the latest to be updated from what i've seen today.

(25 Jan 2018, 5:05 pm)S813 FVK wrote 5263 has the 'Never Miss Your Stop' tagline:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nebp2/39861326752/in/dateposted/

Very welcome addition too in the sense that the WiFi blobs have been fitted to the front and nearside. Nothing on the offside though (as displayed on that photo).

(25 Jan 2018, 5:27 pm)TEN 6083 wrote Is 5217 on loan to Hexham from Riverside as I have seen it around here for the last few days on various Hexham based services

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(25 Jan 2018, 5:49 pm)Dan wrote That's probably quite optimistic - 'as soon as possible' is probably a bit closer to reality, but it'll probably be March time at the earliest before everything is changed over to the new style.


Still at Stanley, on the Cathedral Bus today.


Handful of buses at Deptford and Washington have already been updated ahead of this weekend's service changes.

The majority of services operated by Deptford and Washington will have the displays updated in the new style from Sunday. Handful haven't been done just yet, and none at Peterlee so far. Chester-le-Street have had a couple updated to the new style and again these will be updated from Sunday. Riverside have had a few more changed over, and all of the services which were trialled originally have had the fonts updated into the same style as the Angel buses.


5264 has the 'Recharge your batteries' tagline, and 5337 has the 'It's our people' tagline.

Saltmeadows Road are now applying the feature symbols to buses undergoing fleet livery repaint - these obviously being some of the very first ones getting done. Anything that's been missed over the past few months should be done by the external branding company as and when they catch general vinyl repairs over the next few weeks.


Yes, it's on loan to Hexham.

(25 Jan 2018, 7:29 pm)Northern4555 wrote Just wondering if it is safe to carry on driving a merc when it’s back end is nearly on the ground and the front of the bus looks like an aircraft carriers take off ramp pointing skywards. I was on a crusader 27  in Hebburn this afternoon,it was scraping the tops of the road humps,must be damaging something under there I told the driver,he reckons the suspension was not working properly,and he seemed happy enough to carry on driving,that’s why I ask the question,is it safe to do so.

(25 Jan 2018, 8:24 pm)Citaro5326 wrote 5292 & 5308 is the same suspension is awful however 5371 ( drifter streetlite ) is leaning all the time.

(26 Jan 2018, 6:36 am)Citaro5326 wrote 5329 now branded for 9 on the 9 left park lane 6.33am

(26 Jan 2018, 11:37 am)S830OFT wrote Is 9084 out today as on the app it shows 8307,08,09 and 4899 are on the 67/69 today.

(26 Jan 2018, 2:47 pm)thetravelman wrote No, parked at Riverside depot earlier.

(26 Jan 2018, 11:37 am)S830OFT wrote Is 9084 out today as on the app it shows 8307,08,09 and 4899 are on the 67/69 today.

(26 Jan 2018, 4:49 pm)Andreos1 wrote One of the tomato soup Solar's was also there. Think it was one of the acquired Solar's rather than a native one.

(26 Jan 2018, 6:09 pm)Dan wrote 4991 - now withdrawn having suffered defects uneconomical to repair.

I believe the Euro 5 modification/upgrades will be transferred into another bus - not worth doing for everything, but unavoidable in this instance. Likely to be 5202.

(25 Jan 2018, 6:14 pm)Citaro5326 wrote 5298 cought fire but not bad as such but it's repairable