(24 Jan 2017, 11:21 am)GX03 wrote 5451 has entered service on the 11.17 16 to Durham

(24 Jan 2017, 12:57 pm)Simmy wrote Just seen it an hour ago with the same destination on. Maybe someone is having a play around?  

(24 Jan 2017, 10:16 am)Andreos1 wrote It's lovely up that neck of the woods. If you haven't tried it (and if it's still decent), the pub at Dipton Mill is worth a look.

I haven't been for a while, but they had their own brewery last time I looked.

(24 Jan 2017, 10:11 am)ifm001 wrote The Steel is a farm about 3 miles south of Hexham deep in rural Hexhamshire.

The scholars service used to run to Whitley Chapel and was also available to the public to use.

Charles
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Hexhamshire or Northumberland. Now that is a question

(24 Jan 2017, 5:31 pm)Venturego wrote Reference to "Hexamshire" - Name of Brewery:

http://diptonmill.co.uk/

"Home of the Hexhamshire Brewery, the Dipton Mill is a cosy, welcoming country pub with real fires, real ales and a real warm welcome."

(24 Jan 2017, 7:00 pm)EL1TE wrote 3970 now has new gne logos. No partial repaint.

(24 Jan 2017, 3:04 pm)Charles41 wrote The pub at Dipton Mill is still there and the brewery is still going. There's a great walk you can do over the fields from Hexham town centre.

The scholars service was numbered H5 I believe and served the High School and Middle School at Hexham. Nightingale Coaches used to run a shoppers service twice a month on a Tuesday morning from Blachland and Slaley via Whitley Chapel. There are currently no public bus services serving Hexhamshire.

Charles

(24 Jan 2017, 5:31 pm)Venturego wrote Reference to "Hexamshire" - Name of Brewery:


http://diptonmill.co.uk/

Home of the Hexhamshire Brewery, the Dipton Mill is a cosy, welcoming country pub with real fires, real ales and a real warm welcome.

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(25 Jan 2017, 1:32 pm)Jamie M wrote 3887 has had a plastic shield with a square cut-out fitted to the rear LED blind.

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(25 Jan 2017, 2:17 pm)park5354 wrote 5452 is now at Riverside, not yet in service.

(25 Jan 2017, 2:32 pm)S813 FVK wrote 3885 and 3886 have both lost their side and rear Flip dot displays and have had them replaced with LEDs. No idea about 3889 though.

(25 Jan 2017, 4:55 pm)Dan wrote To comply with DDA / PSVAR regulations, 3885 - 3889 all now have 144x19, 96x8 and 32x17 LED displays (replacing the flipdot displays which weren't displaying destinations correctly).

(25 Jan 2017, 5:09 pm)Jamie M wrote Don't the plaxton presidents on the B7 still have rear/side flip dots which are occasionally wrong (i.e 6038 always shows 0 on rear, a few of the stanley ones have fixed on pixels on the side etc)? I'm not informed enough on the technical side to DDA stuff ?

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(25 Jan 2017, 5:27 pm)S813 FVK wrote Yes that is something that i have noticed about 6038 and is really the issue with flipdots. At least with LEDs, the display would just be blank as opposed to being frozen on something.

On the topic of B7s, 6009 was having trouble with its doors this morning - 1 actually fell in hitting the drivers cab door. The driver slotted it back in and we kept moving on the condition that the door is held in position by the driver at every stop.

(25 Jan 2017, 5:27 pm)S813 FVK wrote Yes that is something that i have noticed about 6038 and is really the issue with flipdots. At least with LEDs, the display would just be blank as opposed to being frozen on something.

On the topic of B7s, 6009 was having trouble with its doors this morning - 1 actually fell in hitting the drivers cab door. The driver slotted it back in and we kept moving on the condition that the door is held in position by the driver at every stop.

(25 Jan 2017, 6:40 pm)a718abb wrote Speaking as an ex driver, I appreciate that the driver on your bus had best intentions at heart, and was only trying to get you to your destinations, but that bus should not have turned another wheel after the door fell off onto the cab. If that had happened again and hit a child there could have been a fatality. The subsequent enquiry would have discovered that he was aware of the fault and carried on.  It would have been in his own best interests to stop. Need i say more.

(25 Jan 2017, 6:52 pm)S813 FVK wrote Yes, i'll be honest and say that I was surprised at him carrying on. After he had put the door back on the first time, he got back into his cab, closed the cab door and before we even started moving, the door fell off again. School children (who I stress get on at the stop after me when there are still plenty of seats available) who were standing at the front had to grab and move the door away from the cab so the driver could actually get out and fix it again.

As you say, his intentions were good but in this case, it would had been better to not carry on.

(22 Jan 2017, 8:40 pm)thetravelman wrote Think we need another photo from a different angle to see whether this bus is in GNE Corporate livery or whether it is indeed Blue.

(26 Jan 2017, 7:19 am)Dan wrote Here's another photo.

Go North East: 5455 / NK66EWD by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

(26 Jan 2017, 10:07 am)Michael wrote Great photo Dan, will the Blaydon Racers brand be dropped then?, or will the Blaydon Racers brand be on the Red and Blue base?

(26 Jan 2017, 4:14 pm)S813 FVK wrote That is a question that has been asked several times before and is also one that has not been answered - probably going to be a case of 'let the marketing team reveal what is happening'.

I do think that it is strange that new buses are being deployed on a service that will be debranded in line with the new vehicles as opposed to being branded. It maybe isn't one of the strongest brands but I certainly wouldn't withdraw it given the brands background (although not too relevant to the areas served!)

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5452 has entered service at Riverside on the 49/49A: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nebp2/31724173953/in/photostream/

(26 Jan 2017, 4:29 pm)Jamie M wrote One of Stanley's corp ones also has. I saw Dan took a picture of it at salties, but not sure if it has been mentioned that it entered service today. Forgot the reg/id.

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(26 Jan 2017, 4:34 pm)S813 FVK wrote 5451 - entered service on Tuesday (well, that was its first sighting in service anyway).

(26 Jan 2017, 4:14 pm)S813 FVK wrote

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5452 has entered service at Riverside on the 49/49A: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nebp2/31724173953/in/photostream/

(26 Jan 2017, 10:18 pm)Ambassador wrote Are there still vehicle issues at Chester? The X12 has hopeless reliability lately so I've used the 21 all week and I've had an Omnidekka , a rammed 5401 or a rancid B7. It's doing no use at all to my data allowance or my bum cheeks!

I even let a packed 6038 leave only for bloody 5401 to turn up! Just assuming it's a combination of Hybrids getting tested/a much needed clean or some general off the roadness 

(26 Jan 2017, 10:45 pm)Jimmi wrote I noticed on Monday that it seemed like there was a shortage of double deckers somewhere, think the 14/X22 had three Solar's on during the day along with another on the 13 with the 16:30 from MetroCentre chucking up Angel 3962.

Last night I saw reportings and photos of a Angel hybrid and Coast & Country StreetLite on peak time X21's to Durham.

No idea what the situation is but I must say that I have noticed some absences (for whatever the reason behind it is).

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Seems like Deptford have issues with double deckers as well, 56 has had a few sightings of StreetLite's covering for B9's plus the odd Solar and Vyking recently. Noticed that the peak time 204/265 from Durham operated by Deptford had 6100 on Tuesday and a Fab Fifty Six B9 yesterday.

No idea what the situation is here either.