![]() |
Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2014 - 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 - February 2014 (/showthread.php?tid=1252) |
RE: Go North East - Latest - Tom - 25 Feb 2014 (25 Feb 2014, 5:02 pm)andreos1 wrote Have you been on an x1 through 'Herrington Burrrrrrn' yet? Yeah, the other week! Is that where he says ''Next stop... You guessed it Herrington Burn''. If so it's awesome. The next stop announcements were quite annoying after a while though. RE: Go North East - Latest - mattdw92 - 25 Feb 2014 (25 Feb 2014, 4:45 pm)Dan wrote I expect the enthusiasts and preservationists amongst Go North East management will try and get 340GUP onto another vehicle then. Hopefully onto something red in corporate livery... - YJ62FFB.... RE: Go North East - Latest - Andreos1 - 25 Feb 2014 (25 Feb 2014, 5:32 pm)Tom wrote Yeah, the other week! Is that where he says ''Next stop... You guessed it Herrington Burn''. If so it's awesome. The next stop announcements were quite annoying after a while though. That's the one. Try having to listen to it regularly or if a little kid behind you starts saying in his/her best mackem accent 'Hey Nanna, guess what?' 'What son/pet?' ''Next stop... You guessed it Herrington Burrrrrn''. Or the one for Wrekenton - please alight here, for the shops. RE: Go North East - Latest - Michael - 25 Feb 2014 PB0002400/291 - GO NORTHERN LTD T/A GO NORTH EAST, 117 QUEEN STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UA Variation Accepted: Operating between Sunderland Park Lane Interchange and Newcastle New Bridge Street given service number 56 effective from 13-Apr-2014. To amend Timetable. PB0002400/420 - GO NORTHERN LTD T/A GO NORTH EAST, 117 QUEEN STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UA Variation Accepted: Operating between Birtley Town Centre and Heworth metro given service number M2/M3/M2A effective from 13-Apr-2014. To amend Timetable. RE: Go North East - Latest - northtynelinks2 - 25 Feb 2014 Going through the Fleet Allocation on GNEs website and noticed all these mistakes (some have already been mentioned): 3941 - Shown to be in metroradio livery instead of TEN 3942 - Shown to be in TEN livery instead of metroradio 4989 - Shown to be in The Nine livery still instead of Prince Bishops 4990 - Shown to be in The Nine livery still instead of Prince Bishops 4991 - Shown to be in The Nine livery still instead of Prince Bishops 4992 - Shown to be in The Nine livery still instead of Prince Bishops 5151 - Shown to be in The Centurion livery instead of the Generic Livery 5204 - Shown to be in Laser livery instead of the Generic Livery 5208 - Shown to be still in Fab 56 livery instead of its Black base 5331 - Shown to be Sliver instead of Blaydon Racers livery 5333 - Shown to be Silver rather than Maroon 5334 - Shown to be still at Percy Main and in Cobalt Clipper livery rather than Deptford or Peterlee in Maroon 5336 - Shown to be in Silver (not sure if the allocation is right though) 8306 - Shown to be in Simplicity livery instead of its purple base 8307 - Shown to be in Simplicity livery instead of its purple base 8308 - Shown to be in Simplicity livery instead of its purple base 8309 - Shown to be in Simplicity livery instead of its purple base 8319 - Shown to be in Simplicity livery instead of its purple base If I have missed any out then sorry. Think 5152 is in the same position as 5151 but I didn't want to post it just in case I made myself look like a fool by been wrong. RE: Go North East - Latest - Tom - 25 Feb 2014 (25 Feb 2014, 6:24 pm)northtynelinks2 wrote Going through the Fleet Allocation on GNEs website and noticed all these mistakes (some have already been mentioned): 4989-4992 were never in ''The Nine'' livery! It was 4945-4948 I believe, with 4948 in a purple colour with Go North East vinyls applied. Photo © Matt Williamson - 4946 Photo © emdjt42 - 4948 RE: Go North East - Latest - park5354 - 25 Feb 2014 5279 has had internal Branding for Blaydon Racer updated to show revised frequency and map (removing 49A). RE: Go North East - Latest - gordondack - 25 Feb 2014 (24 Feb 2014, 10:33 pm)aureolin wrote Looks like GNE has only retained one of the NPower services: http://issuu.com/bridgetphillipson/docs/letter_from_npower_to_bridget_phill Nope, retained them all 921/922/923, they are referring to additional services for the Peterlee site, there are additional 201 services in the morning and evening from Peterlee Bus Station to the business park, with the last running bus from the business park extending to Houghton-le-spring. RE: Go North East - Latest - northtynelinks2 - 25 Feb 2014 (25 Feb 2014, 6:30 pm)Tom wrote 4989-4992 were never in ''The Nine'' livery! It was 4945-4948 I believe, with 4948 in a purple colour with Go North East vinyls applied. Yeah, you're right, have no idea why they are shown in this livery, unless the coding for X36 and X37 was the same. RE: Go North East - Latest - Dan - 25 Feb 2014 (25 Feb 2014, 6:24 pm)northtynelinks2 wrote Going through the Fleet Allocation on GNEs website and noticed all these mistakes (some have already been mentioned): Have sent an e-mail... Added a few more myself too. Hopefully get it fixed for next Monday, but not promising anything. ![]() 6080 has had its upper front window "TEN" logo removed in favour of a "Free Wi-Fi" logo. Think this will become fleet standard. RE: Go North East - Latest - mattdw92 - 25 Feb 2014 (25 Feb 2014, 6:55 pm)Dan wrote Have sent an e-mail... Added a few more myself too. TEN 6071/75/6077 have the free wifi stickers too. EDIT by Dan: Removed the posts which previously followed this, and removed the 'controversial' bit of this post. RE: Go North East - Latest - G-CPTN - 25 Feb 2014 (25 Feb 2014, 6:55 pm)Dan wrote 6080 has had its upper front window "TEN" logo removed in favour of a "Free Wi-Fi" logo. Think this will become fleet standard. 3941 is still carrying its TEN logo on the front upper - maybe because it doesn't have wi-fi? RE: Go North East - Latest - Tom - 25 Feb 2014 6116 was on the 309 today. RE: Go North East - Latest - CatsFast101 - 25 Feb 2014 (25 Feb 2014, 8:20 pm)mattdw92 wrote EDIT by Dan: Removed the posts which previously followed this, and removed the 'controversial' bit of this post. Oh? What was controversial I'm intrigued?! RE: Go North East - Latest - Dan - 25 Feb 2014 (25 Feb 2014, 9:57 pm)CatsFast101 wrote Oh? What was controversial I'm intrigued?! It was removed for a reason - a silly argument over one word which could have been prevented had that one sentence not been included. Those who weren't online at the time haven't and don't need to see it. ![]() This is Go North East - Latest, not Jezza! Hahah. RE: Go North East - Latest - CatsFast101 - 25 Feb 2014 (25 Feb 2014, 10:01 pm)Dan wrote It was removed for a reason - a silly argument over one word which could have been prevented had that one sentence not been included. Those who weren't online at the time haven't and don't need to see it. Oh, feel like I've missed a NEB controversy! Haha. Never mind back to GNE. RE: Go North East - Latest - Andreos1 - 26 Feb 2014 (25 Feb 2014, 10:01 pm)Dan wrote It was removed for a reason - a silly argument over one word which could have been prevented had that one sentence not been included. Those who weren't online at the time haven't and don't need to see it. What has this site become eh? ![]() RE: Go North East - Latest - RM2186 - 26 Feb 2014 (25 Feb 2014, 5:29 pm)aureolin wrote Should just be a case of buying a new reg for 4840, and then they're free to reallocate 340GUP to another vehicle. No need to buy a new reg for 4840 as it would already have been allocated one to enable it to swap with 340GUP. 99% likely it would be re-allocated its previous reg number RE: Go North East - Latest - gtom - 26 Feb 2014 Potential interesting diversion photo opportunity in Birtley this weekend. From SimplyGo.com Between Saturday 1st and Monday 3rd March, Birtley Lane will be closed for three days between Mount Pleasant Road and Durham Road for resurfacing. RE: Go North East - Latest - Dan - 26 Feb 2014 5336 has now arrived at Deptford for onward transfer to Peterlee. The final Merc destined for Peterlee, 5335, has now arrived at Saltmeadows for repaint. RE: Go North East - Latest - Rapidsnap - 26 Feb 2014 340GUP is 4840s original reg plate. It would need a brand.new reg if they want to use the private plate elsewhere. RE: Go North East - Latest - northtynelinks2 - 26 Feb 2014 (26 Feb 2014, 2:57 pm)GMitchelhill wrote 340GUP is 4840s original reg plate. It would need a brand.new reg if they want to use the private plate elsewhere. Help, I am really confused now. Not trying to start an argument here nor am I doubting you but can I just ask where you found this out? Just because seeing older buses registered under this plate it doesn't seem that likely that the DVLA would register that plate to a brand new bus unless the company (in this case GNE) had changed it and had made DVLA aware. Again, I am not doubting you in any way here, just so I can settle my doubt. RE: Go North East - Latest - chrisnorthern - 26 Feb 2014 Gaz is right about this - 340 GUP is now on its 3rd vehicle for Go North East. The previous ones were: 1: the DAF/Duple coach 7035, acquired March 1989 as C776 MVH, re-registered 340 GUP in June 1990, re-registered C799 JGR and sold in December 1994. 2: Volvo B10M (short)/Plaxton coach acquired from Gypsy Queen, Langley Park as E102 DJR, re-registered 340 GUP in December 1994, transferred to OK in July 1995, re-registered back to E102 DJR and sold in October 1997. Registration 340 GUP on retention till - 3:Volvo B10BLE 4840, registered 340 GUP from new in April 1998. Details of these cherished registrations (and the others currently with GNE) are from the records of the PSV Circle, the Northern Group Enthusiasts Club and on the subscription website BusView. Hope that helps Chris RE: Go North East - Latest - northtynelinks2 - 26 Feb 2014 (26 Feb 2014, 4:37 pm)chrisnorthern wrote Gaz is right about this - 340 GUP is now on its 3rd vehicle for Go North East. The previous ones were: Indeed it does, I suppose, just because a bus has had a registration through all its service life with Go North East, nothing is there to say that that it's the vehicles original registration. RE: Go North East - Latest - Andreos1 - 26 Feb 2014 (26 Feb 2014, 10:38 am)gtom wrote Potential interesting diversion photo opportunity in Birtley this weekend. I guess they mean to change at the swimming baths - cos the leisure centre is a canny hike from Harras Bank! RE: Go North East - Latest - citaro5284 - 26 Feb 2014 New chassis wash in operation at Riverside http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAj3um6HQb4&app=desktop RE: Go North East - Latest - Adam - 26 Feb 2014 Red Arrows 6049 is the latest Gemini to have the "Free WiFi" sticker added to the front window of the top-deck. RE: Go North East - Latest - Adrian - 26 Feb 2014 (26 Feb 2014, 6:01 pm)citaro5284 wrote New chassis wash in operation at Riverside Impressive. What does it wash the chassis with? Or is it just as simple as distilled water or something? RE: Go North East - Latest - G-CPTN - 26 Feb 2014 (26 Feb 2014, 7:57 pm)aureolin wrote Impressive. What does it wash the chassis with? Or is it just as simple as distilled water or something? First pass applies detergent and it returns with rinse water. From (and more at):- http://www.wnv-systems.co.uk/underchassiswash.htm RE: Go North East - Latest - speedwheels22 - 26 Feb 2014 8246 didn't sound very well today when I got on awfull noise them omncitys have got some brakes on them good buses them |