(30 Jan 2013, 8:30 pm)citaro5284 wrote

(30 Jan 2013, 5:59 pm)Adam wrote Must say those changes do seem interesting.

However, I'm now going to speculate on something completely different. I saw a Crusader branded 27 today (don't know which one though) and on the front destination board, the number 27 was in green. Now, does this mean that the Citaro's currently on the Ten are going to be in a silver and green livery when they transfer to the 27?

The only green numbers in the program on Gateshead's list are for 97/98. I would suspect that there is either a problem with the colour LED's on that vehicle or the switch setting on the vehicle is incorrect so the LED'S do not show correctly. If you see it again, let me know and I will have it checked. Currently there is no colour numbers on the 27 set of destinations.

ah right. Must just be a little malfunction then.

Id say it was 4907, ive got a photo of it from march last year with a green '27' on the front blind.

(30 Jan 2013, 9:00 pm)dans_bus_photos wrote Id say it was 4907, ive got a photo of it from march last year with a green '27' on the front blind.

Hi there im new on here and have been researching for a great GNE forums and the information on here is brilliant.

With reference to the Crusader Renown it was 4838 here is a picture on my Flickr account

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalarke...hotostream

Also these changes do seem interesting especially regarding the X88 as on a Matchday it gets hammered from Sunderland to Washington so i think that maybe a bad idea.

The X7 is also an interesting one as I didnt see that coming but i doubt it would last long as i never seen many people on the arriva services that go to the boro from Sunderland.

Thats on a highwayman route though! There numbers are suppost to be green

(30 Jan 2013, 10:53 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote The X7 is also an interesting one as I didnt see that coming but i doubt it would last long as i never seen many people on the arriva services that go to the boro from Sunderland.

Irrelevant, in my opinion.

I know that those Arriva services have now been cancelled or varied so that they don't go all the way to Middlesbrough now, haven't they? That happened October last year or so, if I remember rightly.

I'd be breaking the forum rules if I went any further than 'everyone knows how much I dislike Arriva as an operator', but yeah... Their prices are considerably higher than Go North East's competitive rates (at least, for under 18s with a Key Card)! That is the prime reason why I never use Arriva outside of Tyne & Wear (cannot use my Nexus CAT day ticket anywhere else).
You must also consider how little passengers seem to use the 23 and 24 now though... The 23 and 24 both provide handy links to Peterlee, while the 23 goes to Hartlepool and the 24 goes to Durham. Without looking at any timetables, I'd like to say I'm fairly positive the 23 will get to Hartlepool faster than Go North East's X35, but do we see it being used more? No. Against Go North East, if Arriva continue to operate their services in the areas Go North East are going to infiltrate themselves into, they stand no chance (unless, of course, members of the public rely on it being a 'normal stopping' service).

After having had a direct service from Sunderland to Boro a few times by enthusiasts alone, Go North East must have realised it was in fact, a good idea.

PS: Welcome to the forum.

Wonder if the x7 will be branded or stay northen, i hope it wont be MPD/SPD ran and i wonder which depot it will run from

How is the new depot coming along, heard nothing about it all

(31 Jan 2013, 7:52 pm)Michael wrote How is the new depot coming along, heard nothing about it all

They have just started digging on the site last week

weren't they supposed to start like 7 months ago, but due to adverse weather conditions they didn't

(31 Jan 2013, 9:41 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote weren't they supposed to start like 7 months ago, but due to adverse weather conditions they didn't

No