(06 Jun 2023, 9:52 am)ian foster wrote Fleet list updated this week and 6211/6213 are still to arrive. most of the batch 6210 - 6219 have arrived but not yet painted as is 6196 still in East Yorkshire colours. The ones from Manchester that wearn't repainted have returned there weather this is permanent or temporary I don't know.

(06 Jun 2023, 10:07 am)54APhotography wrote 6196 is in GNE livery, was painted some weeks ago.

(05 Jun 2023, 6:57 pm)Dan wrote There are four on site at Saltmeadows, all of which are in single-door format.

All have been converted to single-door at Thorntons but are being repainted at Saltmeadows.


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(12 Jun 2023, 7:21 pm)ne14ne1 wrote https://flic.kr/p/2oGFg6f

(21 Jul 2023, 8:40 pm)MCN881L wrote 6200 working off washington
6215 off hownsgill,on the 16's today
6219 at hownsgill

(21 Jul 2023, 8:42 pm)Dan wrote 6200 only on loan to Washington, it is intended to go to Riverside.


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(31 Jul 2023, 3:42 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Do the E400s not have a stupidly low speed limiter on them like some of the other ex-London vehicles?

Currently on 6955 and it was happily sitting at 60mph GPS on the A1 with it occasionally going up to 65mph. I get the impression if it wasn't for the traffic it could have kept going.

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(31 Jul 2023, 4:56 pm)Dan wrote No, they’ll happily do 60.

The B9s are limited to 44 however.


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(31 Jul 2023, 5:44 pm)streetdeckfan wrote I must admit, if it wasn't for the god awful seats on them, I'd quite like them!

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(02 Aug 2023, 5:59 am)adavies3774 wrote My question is how many of the Optare Olympuses are we getting? (DOES) DOE18 is parked at Saltmeadows


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(02 Aug 2023, 1:17 pm)Retro Nero wrote Supposedly six . But what for ..who knows?

(15 Aug 2023, 8:57 pm)Rapidsnap wrote At a complete guess, if there's only 6 and given nothing has appeared in terms of a dedicated fleet of buses for DFDS work. Perhaps these fit the bill, have 4 in DFDS livery with 2 spare in fleet colours, or even all 6. It's not unheard since they had about 10 buses branded for DFDS work around the early noughties (3538/3540/3674/3744/3832/3833/3866/3867/3890/3891). Basically the buses are acting as mobile adverts for DFDS, I think it might be part of the contract for vehicles to be painted up, or at least it used to be. Mind there is still two Omnidekkas knocking around the Eastern Gateshead routes promoting trips to Amsterdam.

(16 Aug 2023, 12:56 pm)Rapidsnap wrote If only I could predict the lottery numbers.

(15 Aug 2023, 5:33 pm)busmanT wrote A speculative acquisition??
Just in case?

(15 Aug 2023, 8:57 pm)Rapidsnap wrote At a complete guess, if there's only 6 and given nothing has appeared in terms of a dedicated fleet of buses for DFDS work. Perhaps these fit the bill, have 4 in DFDS livery with 2 spare in fleet colours, or even all 6. It's not unheard since they had about 10 buses branded for DFDS work around the early noughties (3538/3540/3674/3744/3832/3833/3866/3867/3890/3891). Basically the buses are acting as mobile adverts for DFDS, I think it might be part of the contract for vehicles to be painted up, or at least it used to be. Mind there is still two Omnidekkas knocking around the Eastern Gateshead routes promoting trips to Amsterdam.

(17 Aug 2023, 12:24 pm)Chris 1 wrote Speculative - I thought they were skint!

(18 Aug 2023, 4:58 pm)busmanT wrote 15 year old buses will be fully depreciated and thus won’t have cost GNE anything.

(18 Aug 2023, 4:58 pm)busmanT wrote 15 year old buses will be fully depreciated and thus won’t have cost GNE anything.