(08 Sep 2015, 3:24 pm)S813 FVK wrote 5148 has definitely been withdrawn - now in storage at Saltmeadows:

V534 GDS Go North East by gavin  bone, on Flickr

(08 Sep 2015, 3:48 pm)R852 PRG wrote Was on the withdrawn/VOR line at Riverside on Saturday: https://www.flickr.com/photos/127739730@N02/21170146555/in/dateposted-public/

(08 Sep 2015, 3:53 pm)citaro5284 wrote Aye, think I mentioned it last week.

(08 Sep 2015, 5:24 pm)cbma06 wrote whens the next stop announcements going to be installed on the indigo solos, my head was battered in with the next stop announcements on service 78 between sunderland and Chester-Le-Street and also on the Arriva 24 e400 from Durham to Peterlee today, don't know how passengers put up with it, I understand if the next stop announcements just came on at main stops along the route or points of interest.

(08 Sep 2015, 5:24 pm)cbma06 wrote whens the next stop announcements going to be installed on the indigo solos, my head was battered in with the next stop announcements on service 78 between sunderland and Chester-Le-Street and also on the Arriva 24 e400 from Durham to Peterlee today, don't know how passengers put up with it, I understand if the next stop announcements just came on at main stops along the route or points of interest.

(08 Sep 2015, 5:24 pm)cbma06 wrote whens the next stop announcements going to be installed on the indigo solos, my head was battered in with the next stop announcements on service 78 between sunderland and Chester-Le-Street and also on the Arriva 24 e400 from Durham to Peterlee today, don't know how passengers put up with it, I understand if the next stop announcements just came on at main stops along the route or points of interest.

(08 Sep 2015, 5:27 pm)citaro5284 wrote Soon.  What would be the point if it was just the main stops, people with eyesight problems can get off at any stop, so they need to know where they are.

(08 Sep 2015, 5:34 pm)cbma06 wrote I was on the edge of banging my head off the window with all the talk of chester road such and such at each stop, I would like to know if a survey was done for the blind and half deaf people to see if their got off at the wrong bus stop in the past, what did their do before all this fancy gizmo stuff came out 

(08 Sep 2015, 3:17 pm)Davie wrote 4933 Has been repainted

(08 Sep 2015, 5:29 pm)aureolin wrote Really? I think they're much better, now that they're clutter free - i.e. none of this 'stay seated' stuff every announce.  

I've done the 8/78 a number of times since they were switched on, and I'd say they're pretty much spot on. The volume is just right, and I find the LED display a lot more visible from the rear of the bus. For me though, it doesn't go far enough, and I'd much prefer that they both announced the next stop, but also the stop that the bus is currently at. The screens do it already, but the audio doesn't.

(08 Sep 2015, 5:24 pm)cbma06 wrote whens the next stop announcements going to be installed on the indigo solos, my head was battered in with the next stop announcements on service 78 between sunderland and Chester-Le-Street and also on the Arriva 24 e400 from Durham to Peterlee today, don't know how passengers put up with it, I understand if the next stop announcements just came on at main stops along the route or points of interest.

(08 Sep 2015, 8:01 pm)BusLoverMum wrote The Arriva NSAs can be very loud, when they actually work. A great source of amusement to little'un, though, who loves to mimic them. i tend to tuen them out, though I still can't tune out the misspelling of horseshoes as horsehoes on the screens.

(08 Sep 2015, 8:04 pm)Dan wrote They still haven't corrected that..? There's not many buses on the 22 and 24, and it's only a case of correcting the PowerPoint, saving it, and shoving a USB memory stick into a computer on the bus to update it.

Given the negative connotations associated with the slang term "hoe", I would have thought it'd be a top priority to fix it...

(08 Sep 2015, 8:04 pm)Dan wrote It's incredibly easy to make mistakes, so I'll be forgiving of that, but I'm shocked that they sitll haven't corrected that mistake..? There's not many buses on the 22 and 24, and it's only a case of correcting the PowerPoint, saving it, and shoving a USB memory stick into a computer on the bus to update it.

Given the negative connotations associated with the slang term "hoe", I would have thought it'd be a top priority to fix it...

(08 Sep 2015, 8:17 pm)Jimmi wrote Doesn't help that some stops have been added but nothing has been done to reflect these changes.

(08 Sep 2015, 8:24 pm)Dan wrote There's so many things to do when services are revised, so I can completely understand things being forgotten.

I was on Go North East's 56 service on Sunday and noticed the announcements had not been altered to reflect the closure of the road which the Sunderland Empire is situated on, as there was still an announcement for the Londonderry pub.

Going to see if we can push ahead with St. Michael's Way being recorded and added instead of The Londonderry and Sunderland Empire, in addition to the new stop on St. Mary's Way (if the buses are stopping there now). At the same time this update is pushed through, it should be possible for the radio station logo to be updated, too.

(08 Sep 2015, 8:31 pm)Jimmi wrote I know but the 7 had problems since day one and the Enviro's have the exact same problems! Although I imagine they just used the exact same slides audio etc. for this service.

Everytime I've had a Sapphire 24 branded Pulsar it has just displayed the Sapphire logo and I know from various appearances of them Pulsars on other services mean they probably haven't reprogrammed them since they took them off the 7.

Back to GNE, who actually does the announcements for the 56? I've never been on this route.

(08 Sep 2015, 8:04 pm)Dan wrote It's incredibly easy to make mistakes, so I'll be forgiving of that, but I'm shocked that they sitll haven't corrected that mistake..? There's not many buses on the 22 and 24 (think it's these services which serve the aforementioned location?), and it's only a case of correcting the PowerPoint, saving it, and shoving a USB memory stick into a computer on the bus to update it.

Given the negative connotations associated with the slang term "hoe", I would have thought it'd be a top priority to fix it...

(08 Sep 2015, 8:37 pm)Diamond One wrote What's happening to the highwayman brand are all the scanias going red they all seem to be going red nowadays perhaps a possible order for new buses or new revitalised brand

(08 Sep 2015, 8:43 pm)Michael wrote All the Highwayman scania's all are going red... its not known if the "Highwayman" brand will come back or if the services will be re-branded with new or newer buses...

(08 Sep 2015, 8:44 pm)Dan wrote Haha - shall I hold you to that one, Michael?

(08 Sep 2015, 8:47 pm)Michael wrote Well i'm just going on past info posted 

(08 Sep 2015, 8:48 pm)Dan wrote You'll have to direct me to the posts - it was just you and Bazza speculating as far as I remember!

(08 Sep 2015, 8:52 pm)Michael wrote Edited my last post...  

(08 Sep 2015, 8:56 pm)Dan wrote "All vehicles will be repainted"
"4932 has been repainted into Go North East's corporate livery".

2 + 2 = 5 perhaps, Michael?

(08 Sep 2015, 8:59 pm)Michael wrote Well i'm just going by what you said...

The entire batch of "The Highwayman" branded Scania L94UB/Wright Solar vehicles is set to undergo repaint as a result.

So if thats not happening why put the above on your photo discription of 4932?