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Google Maps bus photos - Jackamcardle - 08 Aug 2015
The google maps 'Street View' car has been everywhere in the world nearly and sometimes when I get bored I like to look at old buses on the street view - it's so fun to look around for them, so I've decided to create a thread where you post coordinates from Google maps of buses that have been spotted on street view.
I'll start -
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.471644,-1.592491,3a,75y,74.79h,71.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s0CDru3NwHK_vSiAYrjJElg!2e0!5s20090101T000000!7i13312!8i6656 - the coolest stop ever in Craster, up the Northumberland coast.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.042484,-1.446453,3a,90y,179.65h,83.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swxsIvNhkLfYLyrLNO4n5aQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 - An old Arriva Midibus in Whitley Bay
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.889888,-1.71934,3a,75y,97.85h,67.68t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWIeF8FYOmWJ-tBZW9Exalg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 - Not everybody in Sleepy Valley is sleepy.
RE: Google Maps bus photos - Adrian - 08 Aug 2015
Waddington Street Depot, Durham - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.778154,-1.587068,3a,75y,313.9h,82.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWvHKguCzbWUq51DCGQlMbQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Washington Depot - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.910481,-1.514706,3a,75y,287.13h,92.36t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sSyjY-bLo5KgjpyTBh9L_CA!2e0!5s20121101T000000!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Surprised there's not more parked outside of Washington, as it looks to have been a Sunday or something, given what's parked up.
RE: Google Maps bus photos - Tom - 09 Aug 2015
Wallsend Metro is good on street view, you can see a Pink Panther MPD and what looks like the Arriva 337 which hasn't run in years! - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.989326,-1.532795,3a,75y,276.13h,93.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjg_p7a9vtaHyeVG1p9GCdA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en
RE: Google Maps bus photos - omnicity4659 - 09 Aug 2015
(09 Aug 2015, 11:06 am)Tom wrote Wallsend Metro is good on street view, you can see a Pink Panther MPD and what looks like the Arriva 337 which hasn't run in years! - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.989326,-1.532795,3a,75y,276.13h,93.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjg_p7a9vtaHyeVG1p9GCdA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en
Unless the street view car doubles up as a bus... https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.989455,-1.531826,3a,66.8y,252.93h,77.33t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sYpb6LbKAyyAoF7yGZZwwPw!2e0?hl=en
RE: Google Maps bus photos - PH - BQA - 09 Aug 2015
Found a few...
ANE 7505 at Blyth on a 308:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.1276908,-1.5053496,3a,75y,90.41h,76.97t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sieA1r3SkDDu57RR5YyFmWg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Ashington E400 at Newbiggin:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.1916532,-1.5092665,3a,75y,208.79h,85.56t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sX4rz8WHwaPYkK-sDICgJyw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Another Ashington E400 at Newbiggin:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.1866641,-1.5049997,3a,75y,42.28h,81.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfPrXWCXHwjmqro6h4LE3Jw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
RE: Google Maps bus photos - omnicity4659 - 09 Aug 2015
(09 Aug 2015, 6:06 pm)mb134 wrote Found a few...
ANE 7505 at Blyth on a 308:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.1276908,-1.5053496,3a,75y,90.41h,76.97t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sieA1r3SkDDu57RR5YyFmWg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Ashington E400 at Newbiggin:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.1916532,-1.5092665,3a,75y,208.79h,85.56t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sX4rz8WHwaPYkK-sDICgJyw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Another Ashington E400 at Newbiggin:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.1866641,-1.5049997,3a,75y,42.28h,81.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfPrXWCXHwjmqro6h4LE3Jw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
There's a Bargain Express on Hawthorn Road, Ashington. It's quite far from the camera though.
RE: Google Maps bus photos - omnicity4659 - 09 Aug 2015
Arriva 518 MPD - https://www.instantstreetview.com/@55.183358,-1.567717,83.01h,-8.1p,1z
GNE Bargain Express - https://www.instantstreetview.com/@55.180445,-1.56162,167.47h,-9.24p,1z
RE: Google Maps bus photos - NK53 TKT - 24 Sep 2015
(09 Aug 2015, 6:39 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Arriva 518 MPD - https://www.instantstreetview.com/@55.183358,-1.567717,83.01h,-8.1p,1z
GNE Bargain Express - https://www.instantstreetview.com/@55.180445,-1.56162,167.47h,-9.24p,1z
I know someone who does not want that on the 35, it is not me
RE: Google Maps bus photos - omnicity4659 - 25 Sep 2015
(24 Sep 2015, 7:52 pm)NK53 TKT wrote I know someone who does not want that on the 35, it is not me
Me lol
Talking of Google Maps, the birds-eye view has been updated. It looks like the day when there was a training day at Ashington depot, with the cars parked in the bus parking area.
RE: Google Maps bus photos - NK53 TKT - 25 Sep 2015
Ones I have found today are:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9619745,-1.6047974,3a,75y,130.3h,83.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIGLXMp2iEOECCWQsjDMQMw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9634476,-1.5825727,3a,75y,42.33h,90.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sgCK2wwsnPl_zf-RbaeJzkQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
RE: Google Maps bus photos - NK53 TKT - 02 May 2016
5390:https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.0317094,-1.6393516,3a,15y,171.51h,88.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skIMqOS4024lCMnuHy0pJuQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
A Phoenix solo: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9762169,-1.5804464,3a,75y,138.39h,79.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seJTb3_-f1GYVrmQwgn2WRg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Stanley Travel, Byker: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9768349,-1.5895883,3a,60y,309.9h,80.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9z35RGoTWc7OB4ryBvz4Gw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Hexham: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9700159,-2.0992747,3a,90y,247.52h,83.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2dTGZep3ZNbHk_Qn1_8Y3Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
RE: Google Maps bus photos - BusLoverMum - 29 May 2016
I originally sent this link to big'un for the Orbit Versa in the most recent photo - should have looked back a few years - Kingfisher branded MPD!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9488252,-1.5694757,3a,75y,322.95h,74.54t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGMQK6ii3kA70mMQLV7fBkA!2e0!5s20090901T000000!7i13312!8i6656
Citylink articulated citaro!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9506202,-1.5845499,3a,75y,0.51h,76.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMRd0Buk9cDbp7-xqR6itJg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
RE: Google Maps bus photos - Adrian - 29 May 2016
(29 May 2016, 6:49 pm)BusLoverMum wrote I originally sent this link to big'un for the Orbit Versa in the most recent photo - should have looked back a few years - Kingfisher branded MPD!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9488252,-1.5694757,3a,75y,322.95h,74.54t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGMQK6ii3kA70mMQLV7fBkA!2e0!5s20090901T000000!7i13312!8i6656
I quite liked that livery too.
RE: Google Maps bus photos - Andreos1 - 29 May 2016
(29 May 2016, 6:49 pm)BusLoverMum wrote I originally sent this link to big'un for the Orbit Versa in the most recent photo - should have looked back a few years - Kingfisher branded MPD!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9488252,-1.5694757,3a,75y,322.95h,74.54t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGMQK6ii3kA70mMQLV7fBkA!2e0!5s20090901T000000!7i13312!8i6656
Continue towards the crossing and you see a few more varieties of long gone branding.
RE: Google Maps bus photos - BusLoverMum - 29 May 2016
A twofer on Durham road!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9374744,-1.5997655,3a,75y,47.66h,86.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa8GjVeOWTEeucrzlYKQDJw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Proved a bit hard to zoom in on this angel
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9389402,-1.5996715,3a,75y,310.83h,57.25t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sx6fByM1tl0Ov6wm2HSXvzQ!2e0!5s20080801T000000!7i13312!8i6656
Fab 56
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9586631,-1.6002618,3a,75y,316.39h,80.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5ujrrhAjAx_FFy7hd6hGQA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
What on earth was this quaylink? (there's a pink crusader in the next timestamp, too)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9613265,-1.6031163,3a,75y,336.98h,67.77t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1ssIbiz_IhMcpfE4tIXz9mKA!2e0!5s20080701T000000!7i13312!8i6656
RE: Google Maps bus photos - Jackamcardle - 01 Jun 2016
Surprised I found this one
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.8267401,-1.3681217,3a,75y,18.61h,91.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXiRzEbEJSfr5vEbVxDH94g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
RE: Google Maps bus photos - Ambassador - 01 Jun 2016
(29 May 2016, 7:05 pm)BusLoverMum wrote A twofer on Durham road!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9374744,-1.5997655,3a,75y,47.66h,86.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa8GjVeOWTEeucrzlYKQDJw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Proved a bit hard to zoom in on this angel
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9389402,-1.5996715,3a,75y,310.83h,57.25t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sx6fByM1tl0Ov6wm2HSXvzQ!2e0!5s20080801T000000!7i13312!8i6656
Fab 56
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9586631,-1.6002618,3a,75y,316.39h,80.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5ujrrhAjAx_FFy7hd6hGQA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
What on earth was this quaylink? (there's a pink crusader in the next timestamp, too)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9613265,-1.6031163,3a,75y,336.98h,67.77t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1ssIbiz_IhMcpfE4tIXz9mKA!2e0!5s20080701T000000!7i13312!8i6656
Shudder....an Omnicity Pink Angel....the worst of combinations!
That's the original Quaylink Olymbus electric hybrid bus you've got from when Stagecoach ran the Qs. It's 11 years this summer since they were introduced! (And 6 since they replaced by the less interesting Versas)
RE: Google Maps bus photos - Michael - 01 Jun 2016
(01 Jun 2016, 10:13 pm)Ambassador wrote Shudder....an Omnicity Pink Angel....the worst of combinations!
That's the original Quaylink Olymbus electric hybrid bus you've got from when Stagecoach ran the Qs. It's 11 years this summer since they were introduced!
Some of the worst buses ever built... They were terrible...
RE: Google Maps bus photos - BusLoverMum - 01 Jun 2016
(01 Jun 2016, 10:13 pm)Ambassador wrote Shudder....an Omnicity Pink Angel....the worst of combinations!
That's the original Quaylink Olymbus electric hybrid bus you've got from when Stagecoach ran the Qs. It's 11 years this summer since they were introduced! (And 6 since they replaced by the less interesting Versas)
(01 Jun 2016, 10:16 pm)Michael wrote Some of the worst buses ever built... They were terrible...
Clearly they've not stuck around. I don't think I've ever seen a picture of one before.
I like (good) Omnicities for the quirky ride experience but, capacity issues aside, I can't imagine them having been any sort of fun on a ploddy route like the Angel, apart from on the A167 between CLS and Pity Me.
RE: Google Maps bus photos - BusLoverMum - 01 Jun 2016
(01 Jun 2016, 7:59 pm)Jackamcardle wrote Surprised I found this one
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.8267401,-1.3681217,3a,75y,18.61h,91.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXiRzEbEJSfr5vEbVxDH94g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Interesting one a few years back, there, too. Not entirely sure what it is
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.8271791,-1.3682006,3a,15y,191.13h,82.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8J6HVdqGqwdEPuQ_c35T8w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Have cycled through what I think it could be and come up with nowt. Of course, any attempt to find a fleet list from the time unearths inaccurate hack jobs like this one http://uktransport.wikia.com/wiki/Arriva_North_East
RE: Google Maps bus photos - Ambassador - 01 Jun 2016
(01 Jun 2016, 10:25 pm)KBusLoverMum wrote Clearly they've not stuck around. I don't think I've ever seen a picture of one before.
I like (good) Omnicities for the quirky ride experience but, capacity issues aside, I can't imagine them having been any sort of fun on a ploddy route like the Angel, apart from on the A167 between CLS and Pity Me.
Capacity was an issue with Omincities, they didn't last long at all. A huge mistake that GNE made there.
There's lots of pics around of the Electrics from the Quaylink, I enjoyed the ride but couldn't cope with Grey St or Dean St. They've all been scrapped now
Google Maps bus photos - TEN 6083 - 01 Jun 2016
https://www.google.com/maps/place/B6395,+Prudhoe,+Northumberland+NE42+5HN,+UK/@54.9612983,-1.8483153,3a,66.8y,115.16h,93.28t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s3njlLU_xUgzkDRTRKpU43Q!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x487dda1ba5e4dded:0x49116e05b160c25f
5318 in Prudhoe Front Street when GNE had Citaro's on the TENS, shows streetview hasn't been updated for a while there
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RE: Google Maps bus photos - James101 - 02 Jun 2016
(01 Jun 2016, 10:39 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Interesting one a few years back, there, too. Not entirely sure what it is
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.8271791,-1.3682006,3a,15y,191.13h,82.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8J6HVdqGqwdEPuQ_c35T8w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Have cycled through what I think it could be and come up with nowt. Of course, any attempt to find a fleet list from the time unearths inaccurate hack jobs like this one http://uktransport.wikia.com/wiki/Arriva_North_East
It looks like on of the RxxxCOO darts which were passed around pretty much every NE depot around 2008-2011. They look like a styling mid stage between the step entrence Dash Dart and and SPD. Link:
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/68628359@N04/8068242621/in/
RE: Google Maps bus photos - BusLoverMum - 02 Jun 2016
(02 Jun 2016, 12:09 am)James101 wrote It looks like on of the RxxxCOO darts which were passed around pretty much every NE depot around 2008-2011. They look like a styling mid stage between the step entrence Dash Dart and and SPD. Link:
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/68628359@N04/8068242621/in/
That'll be it. Googling darts, not precisely knowing the various types is a remarkably fruitless task.
RE: Google Maps bus photos - NK53 TKT - 02 Jun 2016
(01 Jun 2016, 7:59 pm)Jackamcardle wrote Surprised I found this one
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.8267401,-1.3681217,3a,75y,18.61h,91.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXiRzEbEJSfr5vEbVxDH94g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
I'm pretty sure I was on THAT olympian
RE: Google Maps bus photos - NK53 TKT - 02 Jun 2016
(01 Jun 2016, 10:45 pm)Ambassador wrote Capacity was an issue with Omincities, they didn't last long at all. A huge mistake that GNE made there.
There's lots of pics around of the Electrics from the Quaylink, I enjoyed the ride but couldn't cope with Grey St or Dean St. They've all been scrapped now
They are now airport buses in Illinois after extensive modification
RE: Google Maps bus photos - NK53 TKT - 12 Jun 2016
6116 on the 327:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9691188,-1.6182051,3a,75y,333.56h,76.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSPcp7Ik1mpqgOMphY8Vsaw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
19678 on the 38 at Whickham View:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9808575,-1.6908465,3a,75y,282.11h,76.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sou8vfJoyuOlRFszconOZjQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
19197 on the 10 at West Denton Park:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9808575,-1.6908465,3a,75y,282.11h,76.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sou8vfJoyuOlRFszconOZjQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Google Maps bus photos - Jamie M - 28 Oct 2016
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4910 on 143 at sunniside, many years ago.
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