(07 Aug 2017, 7:42 pm)mb134 wrote Are the 14-plates that are staying at Ashington getting repainted? 

Surprised that 4653 was allocated to an all day duty on the X18 anyway to be honest. Issues with the E400s?

(07 Aug 2017, 7:50 pm)S813 FVK wrote If they don't like the new livery, I would advise they go find another job elsewhere.

(07 Aug 2017, 8:02 pm)omnicity4659 wrote Absolutely no idea, however with this marketing team in charge I'd doubt it, until they're forced to do it. 

There's always some issues with the E400s tbh 

(07 Aug 2017, 7:20 pm)mb134 wrote Incident on 4653? That should be fun on the X18... 

Newer than what the Gosforth residents have been complaining about for God knows how long anyway... At least they've used an E400 on the picture this time!

(07 Aug 2017, 8:07 pm)mb134 wrote Think there needs to be some sort of authoritative line on this. Understand not repainting the rest of the NE fleet, but it looks shoddy and unprofessional to have at least 3 allocated every day in a completely different livery. 

(07 Aug 2017, 7:16 pm)omnicity4659 wrote 1588 is on emergency loan to Ashington tonight, due to an incident on 4653. 1588 is on X18.

(08 Aug 2017, 2:38 pm)mb134 wrote 7517 looks to have failed at Regent Centre.

(08 Aug 2017, 3:19 pm)Cobalt271 wrote Seemed fine and dandy when I passed it near Berwick not long ago

(08 Aug 2017, 3:22 pm)mb134 wrote Seemed as though passengers were being transferred to 7543 on an X21.

(08 Aug 2017, 3:13 pm)jimmoc wrote When will jesmond DAF ALX 400 get withdrawn

(08 Aug 2017, 3:22 pm)mb134 wrote Seemed as though passengers were being transferred to 7543 on an X21.

(08 Aug 2017, 9:58 pm)coldav wrote Probably terminated short at Regent Centre to recover some time due to the road works in Morpeth.  I was on an X15 yesterday which was terminated

at Regent Centre and transferred to an X21

(08 Aug 2017, 10:17 pm)coldav wrote 1585 now branded for the 52/54 Newcastle/South Gosforth/Quorum/Killingworth.  On the X16 today!

(07 Aug 2017, 7:16 pm)omnicity4659 wrote Removed in error. 

1588 is on emergency loan to Ashington tonight, due to an incident on 4653. 1588 is on X18.

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Same when they launched the 27/27A as Frequenta, them repainted Pulsars were new too!

(07 Aug 2017, 5:11 pm)S813 FVK wrote What is wrong with the silver line that usually goes beneath the 'via' points on the branding? Even if only minor, the livery looks incomplete without it.

It has probably been done on purpose, given that they will be repainted in the next few years but if they have been bothered to spend money launching the 306/308 as MAX when the brand will be dropped in the same time amount of time, they should be able to spend what I imagine will be a much smaller amount on some silver strips and blue circles.

(09 Aug 2017, 11:35 am)S813 FVK wrote Perhaps it was never removed to start off with, but 7508 has the silver line below the via points making it look like what it is supposed to be: a non-geographical route map!

Arriva North East 7508 NK57GXA by R855 PRG, on Flickr

(09 Aug 2017, 12:24 pm)omnicity4659 wrote 7505 was the one that had them removed in error, all other ones have them.

No bus at Gosforth launch, but there's Arriva/Sapphire branded pencils/pens/stress buses/smart phone fans/wristbands available