Another ADL Alexander Dennis Enviro 400MMC has turned up at SM, previously with Stagecoach Manchester retaining its BooBee livery promoting Breast Cancer Awareness.

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(18 Nov 2019, 8:29 pm)JP6004 wrote Yes I know the B9s are cascading to the loop. I meant the 4s are 6yrs old so I imagine they will go for repaint to coincide with delivery of the new buses on the X1

Iirc it’s the current toon link B9s not the X1 B9s that are cascading onto the 93/94

(18 Nov 2019, 8:09 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Anyone going to Wallsend Forum on Wednesday for the Little Coasters event? What are the giveaways likely to be? Anything good?

might go along, just need to figure out which is the quickest bus that goes there from newcastle

(18 Nov 2019, 8:09 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Anyone going to Wallsend Forum on Wednesday for the Little Coasters event? What are the giveaways likely to be? Anything good?

If I'm being totally honest I wouldn't bother going unless you're in the area anyway.
I've been to a few of the other events and the prizes have just been 1, 7 and 28 day tickets, sweets, chocolate and the GNE centenary book.
The coffee was very nice though!

(18 Nov 2019, 8:09 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Anyone going to Wallsend Forum on Wednesday for the Little Coasters event? What are the giveaways likely to be? Anything good?

Be anything from a chocolate bar to a 28 day all zone ticket usually, also free tea and coffee

(18 Nov 2019, 10:08 pm)TEN 6083 wrote might go along, just need to figure out which is the quickest bus that goes there from newcastle

The quickest bus from Newcastle to Wallsend is the Coaster 1/1A.

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(18 Nov 2019, 11:36 pm)JM03 wrote Be anything from a chocolate bar to a 28 day all zone ticket usually, also free tea and coffee

A chocolate bar? Seriously? I have to say a free all zone ticket would be useful, but I am not that lucky. Apparently it will be free hot chocolate at this event.

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(18 Nov 2019, 10:10 pm)streetdeckfan wrote If I'm being totally honest I wouldn't bother going unless you're in the area anyway.
I've been to a few of the other events and the prizes have just been 1, 7 and 28 day tickets, sweets, chocolate and the GNE centenary book.
The coffee was very nice though!

1, 7 and 28 day tickets are nothing to complain about! Sweets and chocolate, nice but not bery GNE and the GNE centenary book might be nice to have. Apparently it will be free hot chocolate at this event.

(19 Nov 2019, 12:28 am)OrangeArrow49 wrote The quickest bus from Newcastle to Wallsend is the Coaster 1/1A.

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A chocolate bar? Seriously? I have to say a free all zone ticket would be useful, but I am not that lucky. Apparently it will be free hot chocolate at this event.

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1, 7 and 28 day tickets are nothing to complain about! Sweets and chocolate, nice but not bery GNE and the GNE centenary book might be nice to have. Apparently it will be free hot chocolate at this event.

I won a 1 day ticket, which is useless for me since I already have my monthly ticket, I suppose it's useful if I ever find a friend to travel around with!

At the event in Bishop they ran out of chocolate so it was only those tiny packs of Haribo!

Since I'm up there Wednesday and the 1A stops outside the house, I might pop along and try win another free ticket, or at the very least have hot chocolate and a churro or two!

(18 Nov 2019, 9:18 pm)Stanleyone wrote Iirc it’s the current toon link B9s not the X1 B9s that are cascading onto the 93/94

Yes that's correct. I was merely speculating when the 4s will undergo repaint

(19 Nov 2019, 12:39 am)streetdeckfan wrote I won a 1 day ticket, which is useless for me since I already have my monthly ticket, I suppose it's useful if I ever find a friend to travel around with!

At the event in Bishop they ran out of chocolate so it was only those tiny packs of Haribo!

Since I'm up there Wednesday and the 1A stops outside the house, I might pop along and try win another free ticket, or at the very least have hot chocolate and a churro or two!

How do you win a free ticket? 

Can't really complain about free stuff!

If you win a free ticket and don't need it, please give it to me.

(19 Nov 2019, 12:49 am)OrangeArrow49 wrote How do you win a free ticket? 

Can't really complain about free stuff!

If you win a free ticket and don't need it, please give it to me.

They have a wheel of fortune with all the prizes on along with a forfeit, which is either sing the wheels on the bus, do 2 star jumps or tell the bus driver he's the best driver

I'm not complaining, free stuff is free stuff! I just wish it was a Network One Explorer rather than a GNE All Zone so I could make use of it.
I've got 3 months to use it anyway so I'm sure I'll find someone who wants to spend a whole day on the buses to get my moneys worth out of it!

(19 Nov 2019, 12:58 am)streetdeckfan wrote They have a wheel of fortune with all the prizes on along with a forfeit, which is either sing the wheels on the bus, do 2 star jumps or tell the bus driver he's the best driver

I'm not complaining, free stuff is free stuff! I just wish it was a Network One Explorer rather than a GNE All Zone so I could make use of it.
I've got 3 months to use it anyway so I'm sure I'll find someone who wants to spend a whole day on the buses to get my moneys worth out of it!

Not bad! I am not a very lucky person unfortunately.

Don't think GNE will give away Network One tickets unfortunately!
Well you have found me! I love nothing more than riding around on GNE buses. As such, they really should give me free travel! Shame on you, Go North East!

(19 Nov 2019, 1:12 am)OrangeArrow49 wrote Not bad! I am not a very lucky person unfortunately.

Don't think GNE will give away Network One tickets unfortunately!
Well you have found me! I love nothing more than riding around on GNE buses. As such, they really should give me free travel! Shame on you, Go North East!

Maybe GNE need to improve their offerings in County Durham then, I feel physically sick when I have to give money to Arriva!

I pay £95 a month for the privileged of riding around on GNE buses, so you can bloody bet I spend as much time as physically possible on them!
The other day I spent over 7 hours on the bus, but it's normally only about 4 hours.

I dread to think how much time in the past year I've spent sitting on the X21!

(18 Nov 2019, 9:08 pm)Michael wrote Another ADL Alexander Dennis Enviro 400MMC has turned up at SM, previously with Stagecoach Manchester retaining its BooBee livery promoting Breast Cancer Awareness.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/49...datetaken/

I wonder what it'll get allocated to, I'd guess probably the X1 as there's supposed to be an order in soon for new buses. I doubt it'd be allocated to the X9/X10 as MG has already confirmed on Twitter that there won't be any changes there any time soon

(19 Nov 2019, 1:28 am)streetdeckfan wrote Maybe GNE need to improve their offerings in County Durham then, I feel physically sick when I have to give money to Arriva!

I pay £95 a month for the privileged of riding around on GNE buses, so you can bloody bet I spend as much time as physically possible on them!
The other day I spent over 7 hours on the bus, but it's normally only about 4 hours.

I dread to think how much time in the past year I've spent sitting on the X21!

Maybe they do. 

That's expensive. Definitely worth getting as much from it as you can.

So how does this wheel of fortune thing work, just one free spin and hope for the best? Free stuff is always good, but a free ticket would be most useful and much appreciated!

(19 Nov 2019, 3:06 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Maybe they do. 

That's expensive. Definitely worth getting as much from it as you can.

So how does this wheel of fortune thing work, just one free spin and hope for the best? Free stuff is always good, but a free ticket would be most useful and much appreciated!

Exactly that, you get one spin and whatever it lands on you win! The 28 day ticket is only on the board once, but the other tickets are on there quite a few times, even still quite a few people won the 28 day ticket

Interesting photo on Facebook of the Versa that’s been in for a repaint. This is for the Beamish promotional livery.


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(19 Nov 2019, 2:19 pm)streetdeckfan wrote I wonder what it'll get allocated to, I'd guess probably the X1 as there's supposed to be an order in soon for new buses. I doubt it'd be allocated to the X9/X10 as MG has already confirmed on Twitter that there won't be any changes there any time soon

It will be allocated to the X9/X10.

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(19 Nov 2019, 8:21 pm)Dan wrote It will be allocated to the X9/X10.

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Why would they get allocate a demo to a route that won't be getting new buses? Unless the B5s are that unreliable?

(19 Nov 2019, 8:47 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Why would they get allocate a demo to a route that won't be getting new buses? Unless the B5s are that unreliable?

To evaluate suitability of that type for when the company does view to purchase new buses. This could happen next year, it could happen in three.

Time will tell, and I wouldn't rely on Martijn to put this information out publicly at such an early stage. It is commercially-sensitive information, after all. Easier to plead ignorance and suggest that there are no plans, until such a time it is appropriate to make an announcement.

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(19 Nov 2019, 8:50 pm)Dan wrote To evaluate suitability of that type for when the company does view to purchase new buses. This could happen next year, it could happen in three.

Time will tell, and I wouldn't rely on Martijn to put this information out publicly at such an early stage. It is commercially-sensitive information, after all. Easier to plead ignorance and suggest that there are no plans, until such a time it is appropriate to make an announcement.

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True! (so does that mean they are planning on changing them ?)

I mean the B5s are awful, they make Arriva's E400s feel quiet, refined and comfortable!

(19 Nov 2019, 8:50 pm)Dan wrote To evaluate suitability of that type for when the company does view to purchase new buses. This could happen next year, it could happen in three.

Time will tell, and I wouldn't rely on Martijn to put this information out publicly at such an early stage. It is commercially-sensitive information, after all. Easier to plead ignorance and suggest that there are no plans, until such a time it is appropriate to make an announcement.

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Wonder how well it'll cope on the A19, how long is it here for?

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(19 Nov 2019, 9:02 pm)streetdeckfan wrote True! (so does that mean they are planning on changing them ?)

I mean the B5s are awful, they make Arriva's E400s feel quiet, refined and comfortable!

Doubt it, its a common thing what GNE do, get new buses and then try other buses against them, same as the Streetlites for the 20, sure another demo bus went on the route so many weeks after all of them entered service.

(19 Nov 2019, 9:02 pm)Michael wrote Wonder how well it'll cope on the A19, how long is it here for?

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Doubt it, its a common thing what GNE do, get new buses and then try other buses against them, same as the Streetlites for the 20, sure another demo bus went on the route so many weeks after all of them entered service.

If it's anything like the E400s they've just got, I think it might struggle. They didn't seem to like the faster roads on the X30 route, felt about on par with the 16 plate Streetdecks at higher speeds (and by that I mean it felt like she was giving it all she had!). Although they are new so they could still be breaking in

(19 Nov 2019, 9:21 pm)streetdeckfan wrote If it's anything like the E400s they've just got, I think it might struggle. They didn't seem to like the faster roads on the X30 route, felt about on par with the 16 plate Streetdecks at higher speeds (and by that I mean it felt like she was giving it all she had!). Although they are new so they could still be breaking in

They could either be breaking in or you may have just experienced a more 'careful' driver.

(19 Nov 2019, 9:02 pm)Michael wrote Wonder how well it'll cope on the A19, how long is it here for?

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Doubt it, its a common thing what GNE do, get new buses and then try other buses against them, same as the Streetlites for the 20, sure another demo bus went on the route so many weeks after all of them entered service.

With what seems like a never ending allocation of spares and random vehicles from Riverside to the X9/10, I wondered if they were just using the opportunity of having the demo, to ensure a decker was allocated to all the boards. 

I've no idea whether the missing B5's have anything to do with supply issues from Ballymena or another reason, but the timing of this demo couldn't be better!

(19 Nov 2019, 11:24 pm)L469 YVK wrote They could either be breaking in or you may have just experienced a more 'careful' driver.

I could hear the distinct sound of the engine crying "please slow down, I can't take much more of this!". A familiar sound to anyone who uses the X21!

(19 Nov 2019, 11:40 pm)Andreos1 wrote With what seems like a never ending allocation of spares and random vehicles from Riverside to the X9/10, I wondered if they were just using the opportunity of having the demo, to ensure a decker was allocated to all the boards. 

I've no idea whether the missing B5's have anything to do with supply issues from Ballymena or another reason, but the timing of this demo couldn't be better!

The fact that 2 B5s are being transferred from EY could mean they don't see them being back on the road any time soon

(19 Nov 2019, 11:40 pm)Andreos1 wrote With what seems like a never ending allocation of spares and random vehicles from Riverside to the X9/10, I wondered if they were just using the opportunity of having the demo, to ensure a decker was allocated to all the boards. 

I've no idea whether the missing B5's have anything to do with supply issues from Ballymena or another reason, but the timing of this demo couldn't be better!

They're at Volvo, neither issue is down to wrightbus. 6314 in particular seems to have had the gremlins at work.

It's nature of the route that there's always one off, whether it be mechanical issues or simple repairs like windscreens being cracked by stones. I agree it's great timing and adds that comfort of having a decker, not being slammed for cramming 70 people into a merc.

(Freshly?) Repainted Solo 625 was at the Little Coaster event in Wallsend. Seems that the bus was left outside whilst the fun took place inside.

The ‘BooBee’ bus arrives in the North East to raise awareness of breast cancer

The bus will be operating across the region until 2 December, primarily running on Go North East’s high-profile X9 and X10 express services which serve Newcastle, Gateshead, Heworth, Dalton Park, Peterlee, Billingham, Norton, Stockton and Middlesbrough.

http://newsroom.gonortheast.co.uk/news/t...cer-387579

Labour's manifesto has been published. With regards to buses, Chris Mason (BBC political correspondent) has commented on their news website:
"Here's something from page 19: Nationalising bus services. The party promises that where councils take over running local buses, under-25s will travel for free:

https://labour.org.uk/manifesto/

https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads...o-2019.pdf

Labour will ensure that councils can improve bus
services by regulating and taking public ownership
of bus networks, and we will give them resources
and full legal powers to achieve this cost-effectively,
thereby ending the race to the bottom in working
conditions for bus workers. Where councils take control
of their buses, Labour will introduce free bus travel for
under-25s. We will increase and expand local services,
TRANSPORT
20 IT’S TIME FOR REAL CHANGE
reinstating the 3,000 routes that have
been cut, particularly hitting rural
communities.

Went to the launch today at The Louisa Centre and wasn't bad , done the wheel of fortune and won a weeks free pass & my girlfriend also won a days pass so all being well today

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