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Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - March 2013 - Printable Version +- North East Buses (https://northeastbuses.co.uk/forums) +-- Forum: Local Bus Scene (https://northeastbuses.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=1) +--- Forum: Go North East (https://northeastbuses.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=54) +--- Thread: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - March 2013 (/showthread.php?tid=1243) |
RE: Go North East - Adam - 23 Mar 2013 Going back to the conversation about some of the ex-Crusaders becoming Toon Link branded, one of the speculated ones, 4842, is not in the Toon Link livery. I saw it today in Northern livery on the Blaydon Racers. RE: Go North East - korn90 - 24 Mar 2013 (23 Mar 2013, 11:26 pm)Adam wrote Going back to the conversation about some of the ex-Crusaders becoming Toon Link branded, one of the speculated ones, 4842, is not in the Toon Link livery. I saw it today in Northern livery on the Blaydon Racers. could be 4845/46 moving to winlaton as there still at gateshead possibly awaiting repainting before transfering as gateshead have more or less had enough of these r reg ones they prefer X and W reg ones RE: Go North East - Dan - 24 Mar 2013 Just a reminder that service changes are effective from today. Please see below for a list of service changes, their (new) routes and a summary of what has changed in the service change. 10/10A/10B Newcastle - Ryton - Hexham Newcastle - Ryton - Rockwood Hill Estate Newcastle - Ryton - Prudhoe Revised Timetables & New Service 10B 11/11A Newcastle - Blaydon - Blackhall Mill Newcastle - Blaydon - Prudhoe Revised Route & Timetable - New Service 11A 31/32 Newcastle - Blaydon - Winlaton Revised Timetable 32/32A Newcastle - Kenton Bar - Four Lane Ends - Freeman Hospital/Newcastle Newcastle /Freeman Hospital - Four Lane Ends - Kenton Bar - Newcastle Stagecoach, Arriva & Go North East Revised Timetables 38/38C Sunderland - Hollycarrside - Ryhope - Tunstall Bank Estate Go North East & Compass Community Transport Revised Route & Timetable 40/41 Wallsend - Battle Hill/Howdon - Hadrian Park Revised Route & Timetable 47 Newcastle - Rowlands Gill - Consett Revised Timetable 49/49A/49B/49C Gateshead - Blaydon - Winlaton Gateshead - Metrocentre - Winlaton Revised Route & Timetable 64/64A Gateshead - Dunston Circular Revised Timetable 65 Seaham Harbour - Hetton-le-Hole - Durham Service Withdrawn 67 Wardley - Metrocentre New Service 69/69B Winlaton - Low Fell - Wardley - Crawcrook - Whickham - Q.E.Hospital Revised Timetable/Service 69A Withdrawn 80 North Shields - North Tyneside Hospital - Wallsend Revised Route & Timetable 91 West Chirton - Newcastle - Team Valley - Newcastle Revised Timetable 95/96/96A Gateshead - Lobley Hill/Metrocentre Gateshead - Lobley Hill - Metrocentre Lobley Hill - Metrocentre Service 96 Revised Route & Timetable 202 Seaham - Dalton Park - Peterlee Revised Route & Timetable 203 Peterlee - Seaham - Houghton-le-Spring Service Withdrawn 238 Sunderland - Seaham - Houghton-le-Spring New Service 260 Peterlee - High Pittington - Durham Revised Timetable/Service 261 Withdrawn 265 Seaham - Framwellgate Moor New Service X7 Sunderland - Peterlee - Middlesbrough New Service X22 Metrocentre - Birtley - Chester-le-Street/Durham Revised Timetable X35 Sunderland - Hartlepool Revised Route & Timetable X88 Washington - Metrocentre Revised Route & Timetable RE: Go North East - Michael - 24 Mar 2013 Sunderland Diversions today. The main junction of Holmeside/Fawcett Street/Borough Road & Burdon Road will be closed to all traffic all day on Sunday 24th March to remove the traffic islands at this junction as part of the Borough Road bus priority scheme and also to allow a gas main repair to go ahead. This will avert a longer term closure on this junction. On this date, bus services 39 and 42 that would normally operate into or out of Sunderland via Burdon Road or Toward Road will be diverted to operate via Park Road & Stockton Road to and from Park Lane Interchange, whilst services 9, 26A, 35B, 35C, 56, 135 & 136, operating between Wearmouth Bridge and Park Lane will operate via St Mary’s Way, High Street West and St Michaels Way in both directions. Temporary stopping arrangements will be: Park Lane bound - services 9, 26A, 35B, 35C & 56 will use first stop at side of The Londonderry. 135 will use the second stop just after the junction with Crowtree Road. All services noted above will additionally observe the stop at the west end of High Street West to the west of St Michaels Church. Wearmouth Bridge bound – services 9, 26A, 35B, 35C, 56 and 136 will use the temporary bus stop outside of The Dun Cow. Following this work, the southernmost bus stop on Fawcett Street will be suspended to allow for the gas repair work to take place at this location. Services 39 & 42 will continue to serve their existing stop on Atheneum Street . This work is expected to take approximately 6 weeks. RE: Go North East - Malarkey - 24 Mar 2013 6003 NK11 BHD GNE Red Arrows Wright Gemini 2 on the X88 to the MetroCentre http://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalarkey/8586278460/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalarkey/8586279070/in/photostream/ Honestly I couldn't decide which photo was better quality wise so i've uploaded both. RE: Go North East - Dan - 24 Mar 2013 Wasn't even all day. As always, drivers were told an hour or two ago that the diversion was over - passengers weren't! RE: Go North East - Malarkey - 24 Mar 2013 A Brief History of Branded Buses that have appeared on the X88 over the years. http://www.flickr.com/photos/27204054@N07/7915790226/ - Red Arrows http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielgrahamm/8275713100/ = Red Arrows 3943 http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielgrahamm/8578394018/ - Silver Arrows http://www.flickr.com/photos/dansnortheastbusphotos/5970744747/ - Laser Solar http://www.flickr.com/photos/northeastbus/5897185221/ - Fab56 http://www.flickr.com/photos/northeastbuses333/6593607767/ - Pink Angel Vyking http://www.flickr.com/photos/northeastbuses333/6660917757/ - Red Arrows Citaro http://www.flickr.com/photos/76984289@N04/6976071638/ - Yellow Buses Palatine 2 http://www.flickr.com/photos/61391443@N02/6697326449/ - Yellow Buses Palatine 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/chriswhitesbusphotos/6865317500/ - Northern SPD http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza1990/8036788239/ - Northern President http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza1990/6983060637/ - Showstopper ELC Loyne http://www.flickr.com/photos/77351420@N04/7474303262/ - PrinceBishops Solar RE: Go North East - Michael - 24 Mar 2013 East durham bus just gone past bede college on durham road, sunderland heading towards the town centre.. Not in service. Any1 know of fleet changes so far with changes? RE: Go North East - Malarkey - 24 Mar 2013 http://www.flickr.com/photos/16819691@N08/7590130402/in/faves-29668594@N08/ Just came across this, Busways 107 washington town centre 24-5-91 on the 186 to Sunderland, I believe this photo maybe off the strike in the early 90's RE: Go North East - Dan - 24 Mar 2013 Some ex-GNE vehicles, now with Weardale... GNE 3986 (danielgrahamm) GNE 3998 (danielgrahamm) GNE 3994 (danielgrahamm) GNE 3992 (danielgrahamm) GNE 3777 (danielgrahamm) RE: Go North East - Andreos1 - 24 Mar 2013 (24 Mar 2013, 9:44 pm)Daniel wrote Some ex-GNE vehicles, now with Weardale... C377 OCN now that was a bus. Loved them RE: Go North East - korn90 - 24 Mar 2013 (24 Mar 2013, 9:44 pm)Daniel wrote Some ex-GNE vehicles, now with Weardale... i like the one with the red wheels it would be nice if Go North East did buy the Weardale Crook depot instead of renting it from them but then again some vehicles would be at dead end like olympians would be sold ex go north east olympians would be rewithdrawn again only vehicles to survive would be the low floor ones and the coaches would have to go ![]() RE: Go North East - Dan - 24 Mar 2013 Sunderland diversions today... "SimpliCity" 8329 on service 42 (danielgrahamm) "Fab Fifty Six" 5209 on service 56 (danielgrahamm) "Nexus" 635 on service 135 (danielgrahamm) "Laser" 5299 on service 35C (danielgrahamm) "SimpliCity" 8322 on service 26A (danielgrahamm) Plain red 5248 on service 9 (danielgrahamm) Plain red 5245 on service 9 (danielgrahamm) RE: Go North East - Dan - 25 Mar 2013 "TEN" branded 3942 working "TEN" service 10B, on the first day of the service's commencement. (danielgrahamm) RE: Go North East - cbma06 - 25 Mar 2013 GNE 4906 replaced 4907 at Sunderland Interchange 11:38, East Durham Dart doing the X7 to Sunderland timed off Peterlee at 12:02, 4908 was parked up in layby at Peterlee bus station, probably for advertising. RE: Go North East - ... - 25 Mar 2013 4908 broke down in Middlesbrough this morning- the driver managed to get it started again about 30 mins later and then drove off 'not in service' RE: Go North East - cbma06 - 25 Mar 2013 (25 Mar 2013, 2:36 pm)dans_bus_photos wrote 4908 broke down in Middlesbrough this morning- the driver managed to get it started again about 30 mins later and then drove off 'not in service' I got on 4906 at Sunderland Interchange X7 11:38 to Peterlee, and the bus was leaning quite abit forward to the front and when the driver had the accelator flat down on the floor there was a terrible smell of the engine coming from the back of the bus. Cant see 4906-9 engines lasting long on this service. I know this message is about Arriva North East registration, but im wondering if the date June 2nd 2013 will be the changes of the GNE proposed bus changes for the 26 etc... On Vosa today: PB0002717/282 - ARRIVA DURHAM COUNTY LTD, 1 ADMIRAL WAY, DOXFORD INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PARK, SUNDERLAND, SR3 3XP Cancellation Accepted: Operating between Sunderland Interchange and Heworth Interchange given service number 26A effective from 02-Jun-2013. RE: Go North East - gtom - 25 Mar 2013 Just noticed the X22 timetable shows a Northern SPD on it. Is it not a yellow/red decker operating it anymore? The off peak loadings could probably easily handle a single decker and it means it could go under the Dunston railway bridge as opposed to diverting to Handy Drive RE: Go North East - Malarkey - 25 Mar 2013 (25 Mar 2013, 4:36 pm)gtomlinson wrote Just noticed the X22 timetable shows a Northern SPD on it. It's same on all Northern Branded timetables i.e. X88 http://www.flickr.com/photos/27204054@N07/8588832937/in/photostream/ Wear Tees Xpress' branded Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown, 4909 (W909RBB), pictured departing from Sunderland's Park Lane Interchange on the first day of Go North East's X7 service - 25th March 2013. RE: Go North East - gtom - 25 Mar 2013 (25 Mar 2013, 4:41 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote It's same on all Northern Branded timetables i.e. X88 Thanks Adam, thought it may have been but thought with the extra journey they may have switched vehicles RE: Go North East - Dan - 25 Mar 2013 (25 Mar 2013, 3:04 pm)cbma06 wrote(25 Mar 2013, 2:36 pm)dans_bus_photos wrote 4908 broke down in Middlesbrough this morning- the driver managed to get it started again about 30 mins later and then drove off 'not in service' Wasn't quite at 11:38 though! Haha I was the lad in the leather jacket, with the white hoodie underneath it. RE: Go North East - cbma06 - 25 Mar 2013 (25 Mar 2013, 6:13 pm)Daniel wrote(25 Mar 2013, 3:04 pm)cbma06 wrote(25 Mar 2013, 2:36 pm)dans_bus_photos wrote 4908 broke down in Middlesbrough this morning- the driver managed to get it started again about 30 mins later and then drove off 'not in service' it was just abit late though, were you the one taking the photo on your mobile of the X7 bus and also the East Durham 238 bus and sat at the front of the bus just behind the entrance?. RE: Go North East - Dan - 25 Mar 2013 (25 Mar 2013, 6:21 pm)cbma06 wrote(25 Mar 2013, 6:13 pm)Daniel wrote(25 Mar 2013, 3:04 pm)cbma06 wrote(25 Mar 2013, 2:36 pm)dans_bus_photos wrote 4908 broke down in Middlesbrough this morning- the driver managed to get it started again about 30 mins later and then drove off 'not in service' Oof, first time I've heard someone refer to a £230 camera as a mobile! But yes, that was me. ![]() RE: Go North East - cbma06 - 25 Mar 2013 (25 Mar 2013, 6:29 pm)Daniel wrote(25 Mar 2013, 6:21 pm)cbma06 wrote(25 Mar 2013, 6:13 pm)Daniel wrote(25 Mar 2013, 3:04 pm)cbma06 wrote(25 Mar 2013, 2:36 pm)dans_bus_photos wrote 4908 broke down in Middlesbrough this morning- the driver managed to get it started again about 30 mins later and then drove off 'not in service' Ok. I know what you look like now lol , while i was waiting for the Arriva 22 back home the X9 to Middlesbrough pulled in a few minutes after the X7 left, i would of thought that the X7 should of been timed of the Arriva stand at Sunderland Interchange, when the drifters 60/61 are in the stand you cant tell if the X7 pulling in. RE: Go North East - Dan - 25 Mar 2013 It's timed to depart about 4 minutes ahead of the 21A at Peterlee, which was sneaky of Go North East. She caught up time beautifully that driver though! She did have her foot down though, causing the full bus to smell like something was burning. Left two minutes late by my timings, having departed 15 minutes late. RE: Go North East - cbma06 - 25 Mar 2013 (25 Mar 2013, 6:41 pm)Daniel wrote It's timed to depart about 4 minutes ahead of the 21A at Peterlee, which was sneaky of Go North East. The Driver did do well to get back the time lost, It was like a rollercoaster along Seaham coast road. RE: Go North East - Dan - 25 Mar 2013 (25 Mar 2013, 6:45 pm)cbma06 wrote(25 Mar 2013, 6:41 pm)Daniel wrote It's timed to depart about 4 minutes ahead of the 21A at Peterlee, which was sneaky of Go North East. A shame the driver of 4906 on the way back home for me (from Middlesbrough at 16:10) wasn't quite as keen to make up time! Those roadworks near Stockton are a killer. RE: Go North East - Andreos1 - 25 Mar 2013 Wonder what loadings were like for the other parts of the x7 route? Seems strange the engines were playing up, the volvo engines are normally pretty decent. A Lambton Worm Prestige has been working the 71 today, with Northern branded vehicles working the 8. I also saw what looked like an East Durham Spd on the Dox Park to Roker bus tonight. Not sure if that was the one that was spotted yesterday on Durham Road. RE: Go North East - Dan - 25 Mar 2013 (25 Mar 2013, 7:24 pm)Andreos1 wrote Wonder what loadings were like for the other parts of the x7 route? Having spent most of my day on the X7s today, I can tell you! They averaged on 8 passengers this morning, from Sunderland to Peterlee. A few passengers departed at Peterlee, but some were picked up also; therefore, still averaged on 8. From Stockton to Middlesbrough, about 6. In the other direction, passenger numbers were significantly less - perhaps peaking at 5. It must be noted that on the X10 I got on today from Stockton to Middlesbrough, there were only 4 passengers (including myself)... Only two got off at Stockton. The X7 is doing better than that... RE: Go North East - Andreos1 - 25 Mar 2013 Is it half term in some areas? Wonder if that had a bearing with loadings? Also - forgot to add above, a Northern President was on the 21 and had the green numbering background. So Im guessing it is interchangeable colourwise |