(29 Nov 2019, 6:30 pm)streetdeckfan wrote That's the reason I could never be a bus driver. I have no patience. I guarantee I would get sacked in the first week for shouting at passengers.

I had to get off the X21 early because of a bunch of youths shouting and being generally disruptive

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Despite the apparent low skill, it does take some good people skills for drivers to deal with some extremely difficult passengers. Just look at the shit that arriva drivers in Darlo have had to deal with, recently. I've witnessed a driver deal quite expertly with some foul mouthed guys bragging about their jail time in very colourful terms on an arriva 56 but had to talk down a young man who took umbrage at a driver's rather aggressive demand for ID (with rapid escalation while the young guy was clearly a bit confuddled by all the aggro) when the confrontation was clearly stressing out big'un and leaving a guy in front of me, reliant on 2 sticks, standing for far longer than necessary. No amount of training can give someone the people skills of the first driver but I do appreciate that the driver who mucked it up  had had to deal with several dozen genuine chancers over the preceding week and was probably at the end of his rope.

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(30 Nov 2019, 5:06 pm)cbma06 wrote WTX citarios need repainting into corporate livery


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I'm surprised they've taken so long, tbh.

(30 Nov 2019, 10:56 pm)BusLoverMum wrote I have a PGCE. A year of university an classroom work on top of the degree I already had.

And I’m sure you’d be equally peeved if I said you were no better trained than a HLTA, as I was that streetdeckfan said bus drivers are as unskilled as a checkout operator.

It has gone rather quiet from streetdeckfan, has he gone trolling elsewhere?.

Could all this discussion about whats on peoples CV's and how skilled or unskilled each others roles are not be moved to a more appropriate thread?

6937 has been withdrawn.

I much prefer the placement of the GNE logo (with slogan underneath) as applied to the newly painted corporate examples: https://www.flickr.com/photos/27974644@N...ateposted/

..compared to the placement of it on the Cobalt & Coasts: https://www.flickr.com/photos/127079988@...CM-2hgp8EE

I think with the Cobalt & Coasts having the slogan on the same line it just looks like a really long logo with too much text. And I find it weird that the route name is then displaced up to alongside the advert frames.
I believe it was explained the Cobalt & Coasts had their GNE logos placed on the lower body panels to match the placement of company logos in the Brighton & Hove & Go North West divisions - I could be wrong? However as this theory then didn't follow through to the new Green Arrows livery, (or 2019 corporate liveried deckers), do this mean the decision was reversed? I just wondered and couldn't remember seeing anything on here about it.

(01 Dec 2019, 6:31 pm)ne14ne1 wrote I much prefer the placement of the GNE logo (with slogan underneath) as applied to the newly painted corporate examples: https://www.flickr.com/photos/27974644@N...ateposted/

..compared to the placement of it on the Cobalt & Coasts: https://www.flickr.com/photos/127079988@...CM-2hgp8EE

I think with the Cobalt & Coasts having the slogan on the same line it just looks like a really long logo with too much text. And I find it weird that the route name is then displaced up to alongside the advert frames.
I believe it was explained the Cobalt & Coasts had their GNE logos placed on the lower body panels to match the placement of company logos in the Brighton & Hove & Go North West divisions - I could be wrong? However as this theory then didn't follow through to the new Green Arrows livery, (or 2019 corporate liveried deckers), do this mean the decision was reversed? I just wondered and couldn't remember seeing anything on here about it.

Wasn't it to make the GNE logo more prominent as it runs along side some Arriva services

(01 Dec 2019, 4:02 pm)Michael wrote 6937 has been withdrawn.

6914 heading up to Consett earlier today.

(01 Dec 2019, 6:35 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Wasn't it to make the GNE logo more prominent as it runs along side some Arriva services

Really? I would have preferred consistency.

Has the Panther been unleashed or am I wasting my time hanging around at Gateshead in the freezing cold waiting


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Has the Panther been unleashed or am I wasting my time hanging around at Gateshead in the freezing cold waiting


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(02 Dec 2019, 1:04 pm)TEN 6083 wrote Has the Panther been unleashed or am I wasting my time hanging around at Gateshead in the freezing cold waiting


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Wasting your time - it's VOR awaiting Plaxtons to come out to it.

(02 Dec 2019, 1:58 pm)Dan wrote Wasting your time - it's VOR awaiting Plaxtons to come out to it.

Guess that explains why 5320 is on today for


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Just noticed that the X21 is no longer referred to as X-Lines on Google Maps, and the colour has now changed to red from blue and gold.
At least it now says that it terminates at Eldon Square rather than Haymarket!

Also, has anyone else having trouble getting on here today?
I keep getting

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Just seen 6322 at Blaydon NIS

Never mind it’s on a scholars service

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Is anyone else getting a "Resource Limit Reached, please try later"  message when trying to access forum site ?

(02 Dec 2019, 6:01 pm)Coppercap40 wrote Is anyone else getting a "Resource Limit Reached, please try later"  message when trying to access forum site ?

Yes, it’s been doing on Tapatalk and on the website


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(02 Dec 2019, 6:01 pm)Coppercap40 wrote Is anyone else getting a "Resource Limit Reached, please try later"  message when trying to access forum site ?

Yes, a few times, it started yesterday.

It seems this Xlines X30 repeats it's route & destination at each stop too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5GtS79MK-s

(02 Dec 2019, 8:22 pm)ne14ne1 wrote It seems this Xlines X30 repeats it's route & destination at each stop too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5GtS79MK-s

Most, if not all of the GNE stop announcements do that.. it is annoying but, it does help the blind or someone who has no idea where they're going.

(02 Dec 2019, 8:22 pm)ne14ne1 wrote It seems this Xlines X30 repeats it's route & destination at each stop too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5GtS79MK-s

The X30 has it's NSAs back? They haven't been working for the past week and a half or so whenever I've been on

(02 Dec 2019, 8:29 pm)Michael wrote Most, if not all of the GNE stop announcements do that.. it is annoying but, it does help the blind or someone who has no idea where they're going.

No, I’m aware they announce their route and destination at each stop - I’m all for that.
The problem is several vehicles announce it while the doors are open, and repeat themselves seconds later as soon as the doors shut. That’s what’s annoying.

I believe at one point an update was rolled out to prevent the announcement playing while the doors were open, but for whatever reason a few Angels, Cobalt & Coasts, & seemingly X30s are announcing their route & destination twice at each stop.

Go North East 9069 / YX19 MMF by kieron mathews, on Flickr

9069 has entered service, its with GNE until Friday but will be back in the new year for a longer period due to some lingering issues that need addressing. 


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(03 Dec 2019, 1:52 pm)TEN 6083 wrote

9069 has entered service


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I'd love to have a go, but unfortunately us peasants who only have an All Zone ticket can't ride the X9/X10, even between Newcastle and Gateshead!

Two unusually sighted deckers today. 
10 branded B9 being given a lift home by Hogarths - but heading north, passing the Angel? X9/X10 breakdown?

At Herrington Burn, I spotted a 1 branded B5. Test drive from Volvo at Washington perhaps?

(03 Dec 2019, 3:27 pm)streetdeckfan wrote I'd love to have a go, but unfortunately us peasants who only have an All Zone ticket can't ride the X9/X10, even between Newcastle and Gateshead!

How can All Zones not be valid on the X9/X10?, they are in the zones! Does GNE think somehow the X9/X10 operate in outer space? Do they perhaps think people who use these services don't use any other GNE services? Or maybe...they are just a bit stupid? Interesting...

(03 Dec 2019, 4:17 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote How can All Zones not be valid on the X9/X10?, they are in the zones! Does GNE think somehow the X9/X10 operate in outer space? Do they perhaps think people who use these services don't use any other GNE services? Or maybe...they are just a bit stupid? Interesting...

Because GNE don't consider the X9/X10 to be a standard service, it has it's own separate ticket and zone.

They have the special X9/X10 Local tickets which as far as I know are only valid on the X9/X10 and Dalton Park/Peterlee areas and cost the same as the All Zone ticket at £95 a month (or £7 a day, £25 a week), or the have the X9/X10 Plus ticket which is what the 3 Zone+ ticket used to be at £110 a month.

So for those of us that rarely used the X9/X10, we save £15 a month, but they also decided to remove the ability to travel on it between Newcastle and Gateshead, which to be totally honest isn't really an issue due to the amount of buses GNE run between them.

How much marketing budget did GNE have this year? They seem to be having launch events every other day!

(02 Dec 2019, 3:51 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Just noticed that the X21 is no longer referred to as X-Lines on Google Maps, and the colour has now changed to red from blue and gold.
At least it now says that it terminates at Eldon Square rather than Haymarket!

Also, has anyone else having trouble getting on here today?
I keep getting


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Yep me to but seems ok now

6905 Parked up near South shields Ferry Landing. Doesn't appear to be on service. Is it used as a "bait Cabin?"

OrangeArrow49 wroteHow can All Zones not be valid on the X9/X10?, they are in the zones! Does GNE think somehow the X9/X10 operate in outer space? Do they perhaps think people who use these services don't use any other GNE services? Or maybe...they are just a bit stupid? Interesting...

There is a day ticket valid on all Go NE services including the whole X9/X10 for £8.50

Is there any word on when 6337 will be out in service?