(31 May 2015, 8:24 am)Arcticrossy92 wrote On a red kite streetlite and the screen inside says 'welcome on board the ...' Followed by 'please use the free WiFi provided on this bus' ... Are these now in the process of being set up alongside next stop announcements ?

(31 May 2015, 8:24 am)Arcticrossy92 wrote On a red kite streetlite and the screen inside says 'welcome on board the ...' Followed by 'please use the free WiFi provided on this bus' ... Are these now in the process of being set up alongside next stop announcements ?

(31 May 2015, 9:03 am)Robert wrote This isn't really a question that can be answered right now but certainly interesting for thought:

Will Go North East ever reuse fleet numbers when they get to the end of their sequence or will they continue into a 5 figure like Stagecoach and First?

Like i say, it will be a few years before we will know the answer to this question but it was a question that has been in the back of my mind for a while now so thought, since there isn't much going on on a Sunday, why not generate a bit of discussion.

(31 May 2015, 8:00 am)RM2186 wrote The blinds do go blank for a few seconds when being changed or if the vehicle is stationary with the master switch off. Might it have been one of these possibilities?

(31 May 2015, 9:58 am)Andreos1 wrote Have a look at some of the older stuff on Flickr and you might see your question has been answered
Old deckers had the 3xxx
Nationals 4xxx etc

(31 May 2015, 10:29 am)Robert wrote Aye but what will happen once all of the 4 number sequences have all ended? (ie. 5999 - cant go into 6xxx since thats the decker range)

(31 May 2015, 10:29 am)Robert wrote Aye but what will happen once all of the 4 number sequences have all ended? (ie. 5999 - cant go into 6xxx since thats the decker range)

(31 May 2015, 10:34 am)mb134 wrote Would they not go back to the start, can't imagine there would ever be 999 buses in the same sequence?

(31 May 2015, 10:39 am)Robert wrote Thats the question   I imagine they would start back rather than going into 5 figures. Just unlike Arriva and other companies, they dont use vacant fleet numbers again and continue from the next highest available fleet number.

(31 May 2015, 10:50 am)Michael wrote What is allocated to the 239 today? (Barnwell to Fence Houses)

(31 May 2015, 10:49 am)mb134 wrote Haha  

I'd imagine they would, rather than going to 5 digits. Didn't Arriva try 5 digits a few years back with the X-GGO darts, but quickly reverted back to 4?

(31 May 2015, 10:57 am)Kuyoyo wrote Slightly off-topic - but the 5 digit numbers used on 1301-15 originally (and always on the never-used B6BLEs recently written-off) was a product of Arriva's Scotland West divisional management rather than the North East. The only 2 X-GGOs ever to operate in the North East with their 5 digit Scottish numbers were 1306 (X526 GGO) and 1307 (X527 GGO) which originally saw service at Ashington as 44016 and 44007 respectively. (Remember that they also were originally numbered 1501-1515 prior to renumbering to free the 15xx for Pulsars).

(31 May 2015, 10:35 am)Davie wrote I think it might take a while to get that many 

(31 May 2015, 10:54 am)Davie wrote Probably a MPD or Solo SR

(31 May 2015, 10:50 am)Michael wrote What is allocated to the 239 today? (Barnwell to Fence Houses)

(31 May 2015, 11:04 am)Dan wrote Yellow Dennis MPD/Transbus Mini Pointer 544 (NA52 AXJ) has been allocated to today's 239 service.

"Nexus" branded Optare Solo SRs 635 and 636 remain allocated to the Sunday 135/136 service, and a "SimpliCity" branded Optare Versa remains allocated to the Sunday 38C service.

(31 May 2015, 11:05 am)Michael wrote Ah well, thought a Simplicity versa might of being used on the 239.

(31 May 2015, 10:59 am)mb134 wrote What was the aim of it, and why did the North East put them back into 4 digits?

(31 May 2015, 10:50 am)Michael wrote What is allocated to the 239 today? (Barnwell to Fence Houses)

(31 May 2015, 11:05 am)Michael wrote Ah well, thought a Simplicity versa might of being used on the 239.

(31 May 2015, 11:19 am)Andreos1 wrote Doesn't it start later tonight?
There is a full day of 238's to get through first .

(31 May 2015, 10:29 am)Robert wrote Aye but what will happen once all of the 4 number sequences have all ended? (ie. 5999 - cant go into 6xxx since thats the decker range)

(31 May 2015, 4:25 pm)citaro5284 wrote The trouble with reusing fleet numbers is that in most systems we use now the previous vehicle history is retained, so really I think reusing fleet numbers will not happen.

(31 May 2015, 4:29 pm)mb134 wrote Would there be much point in having history of vehicles withdrawn last year for example, in 10-15 years time?

(31 May 2015, 5:12 pm)Andreos1 wrote Most paper records are archived after a period and then destroyed. So to keep an electronic version, on a system that will more than likely being replaced anyway...

It shouldn't be on the wit of beast to somehow translate the old data onto another format (keeping the relevant info) then delete it from the original system.

(31 May 2015, 5:23 pm)Malarkey wrote The current Fleet Archive Document for Go North East on Simplygo,com in the Enthusiast Area goes back as far as January 6th 2003, so there is just over 12 Years of Fleet History, dont think anything has been removed from that Document either.

I recall Dan using it not so long ago when compiling individual Vehicle History for the NEB(GNE) Fleet List, before having rely on Flickr Searches and speaking to other Enthusiasts etc to find the relevant information that he required to ensure it was all up to date.