Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2020

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Go North East 7098 / JCN 822 by kieron mathews, on Flickr

7098 at Riverside this afternoon now in Voyager livery and has gained JCN 822 from 3962


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[streetdeckfan]

Go North East 7098 / JCN 822 by kieron mathews, on Flickr

7098 at Riverside this afternoon now in Voyager livery and has gained JCN 822 from 3962


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I wonder if the design budget was blown on the first three!
Still looks good though

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[citaro5284]

I wonder if the design budget was blown on the first three!
Still looks good though

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You must be too young to remember when the coaching division of GNE was called Voyager and ran coaches in that livery

[makem1]

I wonder if the design budget was blown on the first three!
Still looks good though

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Obviously no budget left for the wheels again

[streetdeckfan]

You must be too young to remember when the coaching division of GNE was called Voyager and ran coaches in that livery

While you're not wrong there, I do indeed know about Voyager.
All I was saying was all the other ones seem to be a bit more than painting a bus and writing a name, be it stripes or multiple colours

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[Andreos1]

While you're not wrong there, I do indeed know about Voyager.
All I was saying was all the other ones seem to be a bit more than painting a bus and writing a name, be it stripes or multiple colours

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That's all Voyager was. 
The others weren't.

[streetdeckfan]

That's all Voyager was. 
The others weren't.

All I was saying was they didn't have to pick Voyager, they could have picked another one with a bit more design.
If I were being cynical I would say they picked Voyager purely because it was simple!

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[Dan]

Obviously no budget left for the wheels again

The coaches have alloys so these have to be washed and polished at the depot, rather than the paint treatment a normal conventional bus gets at Saltmeadows.

They’re due to be washed tomorrow hopefully.


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[mb134]

All I was saying was they didn't have to pick Voyager, they could have picked another one with a bit more design.
If I were being cynical I would say they picked Voyager purely because it was simple!

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It's likely the coaching brand with most historical connection to the company, so it's clear why it was chosen. Unfortunately GNE aren't able to pick up a time machine and change all of these heritage liveries to suit the ideals of one enthusiast. 

If they were picking purely based on simplicity they'd put them all into red and slap a GNE logo on.