Sorry if this has been done before but just wondering if anyone has a complete list of every brand go north east has used and what it changed into from memory I know the following.  

Go Wear Buses 
Go Northern
Go Xpress 
Go Coastline.
Go OK Travel 

Superliner 
X10 - Tyne Tees Express - X9/X10
Wear Tees Express 
Wear Express 
Go North East Jayline - East Durham - indigo - Peterlee Locals 
Magic Roundabout
Ten - Tyne Valley 10 
Cobalt Clipper 
Metrolink - connect 4 
Red Arrows 
Green Arrows 
Tynedale links 
Northern 
Fab 56 - City Rider 
Blaydon Racers 
Whey aye 50 
Prince Bishops
Fast Cats 
Xlines. 
Red Kite 
Yellow bus 
The lime. 

I know I missing quite a few though.

(14 Jul 2022, 9:36 pm)col87 wrote Sorry if this has been done before but just wondering if anyone has a complete list of every brand go north east has used and what it changed into from memory I know the following.  

Go Wear Buses 
Go Northern
Go Xpress 
Go Coastline.
Go OK Travel 

Superliner 
X10 - Tyne Tees Express - X9/X10
Wear Tees Express 
Wear Express 
Go North East Jayline - East Durham - indigo - Peterlee Locals 
Magic Roundabout
Ten - Tyne Valley 10 
Cobalt Clipper 
Metrolink - connect 4 
Red Arrows 
Green Arrows 
Tynedale links 
Northern 
Fab 56 - City Rider 
Blaydon Racers 
Whey aye 50 
Prince Bishops
Fast Cats 
Xlines. 
Red Kite 
Yellow bus 
The lime. 

I know I missing quite a few though.

Team Valley Clipper
Waggonway
Stanley Shuttle
West Durham Swift
Centurion
Blue Arrow
WAshington Street Shuttle
Doxford Clipper
Laser
Saltwell Park
Showstopper
Bobby Robson
Silver Arrows
Prince Bishops Swift
OK Way
OK Expressway
Tynedale Express
Wallsend/ North Tyne Links

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...sp=sharing
Slightly out of date and very unfinished but hope it helps

Don't forget VFM Buses

That document is missing quite a lot of these but all from North Tyneside / Percy Main I can remember excluding fleet variants and special liveries, no doubt missed some.

9 - Cross Tyne - Dart SLF
9 - The Nines - Dart SLF
19 - Route 19 (Blue / Red / Green) - Scania L94UB
19 - Route 19 (White) - DAF SB120
19 - Route 19 (Red) - Dart SLF
19 - Cobalt Connect - Scania Omnicity
19/309 - Route 19 / Cobalt Clipper Hybrid - Scania L94UB
309/310 - Cobalt Clipper (Blue / Silver) - Scania Omnicity
309/310 - Cobalt Clipper (Silver) - Scania Omnicity / Mercs
309/310/311 - Cobalt Clipper (Silver New) - Volvo B9's
309/310/311 - Cobalt and Coast - Volvo B9's
11/17 - Centurion (Yellow) - Volvo B10BLE's
11 - Blue Arrow - Scania L94UB
325/326 - Fleet Livery with Centurion Logo - Dennis Lance SLF
75/76/85/86 - Centurion (Red) - DAF SB120
Numerous Locals - Wallsend / North Tyne Links - MPD
Numerous Locals - Pink Panther - MPD / Solo
Numerous Locals - Indigo - Solo SR
Numerous Locals - Little Coasters - Solo SR / Solo
Q3 - Quaylink - Versa
Q3 - Quaycity - Versa
327 - DFDS (Numerous Variants) - Volvo Olympian / Dennis Trident / Scania Omnidekka
1 - Coaster (Creme 1st) - Dennis Trident
1 - Coaster (Creme 2nd) - Scania Omnicity
1 - Coaster (Blue 1st) - Scania Omnicity
1 - Coaster (Blue 2nd) - Volvo B5LH
1 - Coaster (Blue 3rd) - Wright Streetlite
308/X40's - Bargain Bus - Leyland Olympian / DAF SB220 / Volvo B10B
X41 - Bargain Express - Volvo B10M

There's the Citylink variants aswell but that's more Gateshead.

Coast & Country
County Range
Whey-Fivo-0
Red Arrows
Fast Cats
Drifter
Laser
Quaylink
Orbit
EG Orbit
Loop
EG Loop
CityLink
EG Rider
City Link
Black cats (yellow MPD)
Black Cats (red & white, Solars, Streetlites)
Fab Fifty Six
Fab Fifty Sevan
Crusader
X20/X50
Pronto
Castles Express
Angels (all 6 different types)

I'd love to know the return on investment here.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds spent on paint, vinyls, consultants, time spent in meetings, fuel to get to and from outsourced bodyshops and coachworks, labour, contractors etc

Vs what sort of return?
What sort of tangible evidence can prove any increase is because of a paint job or down to external factors relating to the weather, economy or events organised by 3rd parties?

Don;t forget

21 24/7
MetroTaxis
Metrocentre Shuttle
Park n Ride X67

Garden Festival shuttle .,......which was just the MetroCentre shuttle livery swapped from blue skirt to green.

Metrocentre Express X22...which lasted maybe a month.

X23 two cities express ( VFM)

Don't forget the 3 different X66

What about all the classic "retro" brands like 3446 when it was in old Gateshead livery and I think it was 3302 Tynemouth livery

Don't forget the Northern, the 6 & the standard corporate livery branding


The several attempts at Blayon Racer, oh and THE 49

Kingfisher/Pulse
Magic Roundabout
The 9
Highwayman
Lambton Worm
Metrocentre Mini
Voltra (surprised that one hasn't been mentioned yet)
Simplicity
See it do it Sunderland
South Tyne
Sunderland Connect (OK I think this is a Nexus brand but still)
Derwent Ranger
Toon Link
ToonTour
AD122
Venture
Little Pinks
Sunderland District Berries/Blonde/Blue (RIP)/Cherry/Graphite/Silver/Violet

Dennis Dart 8001 "Viking centre". (Jarrow as shopping centre)

Sounds more like an advert livery than a brand to me, do you have a picture?

(15 Jul 2022, 1:42 pm)F114TML wrote Sounds more like an advert livery than a brand to me, do you have a picture?

It was branded for the shopping centre. We ran a special service from South Shields depot in the early 90s from South Shields to the Viking centre at Jarrow, it was paid for by DFDS

I found pic on flickr. on X22

https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...tb-241FZqC

(15 Jul 2022, 2:41 pm)Panasonic44 wrote I found pic on flickr. on X22

https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...tb-241FZqC

That's it!!! Although it was 8001 not 8601

(15 Jul 2022, 2:41 pm)Panasonic44 wrote I found pic on flickr. on X22

https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...tb-241FZqC

 Bloody hell, Northern Electric, Radio Rentals, Burtons, Presto, Rumbelows...think there's only Boots that still exist from that lot!

I have a few for you
5/88-South Tyne Links
5/50- Wey Aye 5 0
17-Yellow, later became Centurion
17-plain Blue whilst transitioning to the 11
11-Blue Arrow
40/41-Wallsend Links
40/41/80/85/86- North Tyne Links (85/86 withdrawn 2012)
40/41/42- Indigo North Tyne (80 renumbered 42,42A joined March 2017)
11/40/41/42/42A- Little Coasters (40 withdrawn March 2020, 11 ,42/42A withdrawn March 2022)
19- R19,Route 19,Cobalt Connect,Little Coasters,Corp Livery
31/32/47-Purple Toonlink,Black toonlink,31/32 renumbered 12/12A,47 joined Red Kite)
43/44-Durham Diamond,split and became 6/16/16A, 16/16A Blue Durham Diamond
45/46-forget its name,then Red Kite,47 then also became Red Kite,renumbered X45/X46X47 and became X-Line,X47 renumbered back to 47/47A and became Red Kite Rangerss
49-Blaydon Racers,Red Blaydon Racers, The 49
51/52- Orbit (merged with the Q1/Q2 and became Quaylink,in September 2021 it became East Gateshead Orbit when split from the Q1/Q2)
53/54-late 90's livery with a sticker saying Saltwell Loop,then became the Green Versas with Saltwell Loop,then the Streetlites,then became Voltra
56- Fab Fifty-Six,then its current brand
57-Fab Fifty-Seven,then Blue Citylink
58-Gold Citylink,then briefyly Orange while waiting for the Gold Bendy Buses,then became the Orange Versas,the East Gateshead Ridere
81-Pink Panther (withdrawn 2010)
93/94-The Loop,then a revised The Loop livery 2015/2016,corp Livery,East Gateshead Loop
97-Highwayman,Green Arrow

(15 Jul 2022, 8:17 pm)V514DFT wrote I have a few for you
5/88-South Tyne Links
5/50- Wey Aye 5 0
17-Yellow, later became Centurion
17-plain Blue whilst transitioning to the 11
11-Blue Arrow
40/41-Wallsend Links
40/41/80/85/86- North Tyne Links (85/86 withdrawn 2012)
40/41/42- Indigo North Tyne (80 renumbered 42,42A joined March 2017)
11/40/41/42/42A- Little Coasters (40 withdrawn March 2020, 11 ,42/42A withdrawn March 2022)
19- R19,Route 19,Cobalt Connect,Little Coasters,Corp Livery
31/32/47-Purple Toonlink,Black toonlink,31/32 renumbered 12/12A,47 joined Red Kite)
43/44-Durham Diamond,split and became 6/16/16A, 16/16A Blue Durham Diamond
45/46-forget its name,then Red Kite,47 then also became Red Kite,renumbered X45/X46X47 and became X-Line,X47 renumbered back to 47/47A and became Red Kite Rangerss
49-Blaydon Racers,Red Blaydon Racers, The 49
51/52- Orbit (merged with the Q1/Q2 and became Quaylink,in September 2021 it became East Gateshead Orbit when split from the Q1/Q2)
53/54-late 90's livery with a sticker saying Saltwell Loop,then became the Green Versas with Saltwell Loop,then the Streetlites,then became Voltra
56- Fab Fifty-Six,then its current brand
57-Fab Fifty-Seven,then Blue Citylink
58-Gold Citylink,then briefyly Orange while waiting for the Gold Bendy Buses,then became the Orange Versas,the East Gateshead Ridere
81-Pink Panther (withdrawn 2010)
93/94-The Loop,then a revised The Loop livery 2015/2016,corp Livery,East Gateshead Loop
97-Highwayman,Green Arrow

Missed the Yellow Blaydon Racer on Darts and the Black Blaydon Racer again on the Merc's on the 31/32(12/12A).

Also missed the M6/M7/M8 and Metro Mini for the 2nd one. There was also the Stanley Shuttle 40 aswell - https://www.flickr.com/photos/stagecoachuk/14228804117 which ended up having a non-standard fleet livery at Percy Main which looks like claw marks rather than the loop at the time - https://www.flickr.com/photos/131962719@N04/41250433421

Speaking of that, the Omnicity's had a very rare fleet livery aswell, believe only a few ever got it - https://www.flickr.com/photos/83823112@N03/28347192875/

I don't think it was branded, but Shields used to run the 555 back in the 90s from South Shields Market to Jarrow via all the tourist places around South Tyneside with the last call being Bedes World (Bede monastery and museum) as it was known then.

(17 Jul 2022, 5:12 pm)Retro Nero wrote I don't think it was branded, but Shields used to run the 555 back in the 90s from South Shields Market to Jarrow via all the tourist places around South Tyneside with the last call being Bedes World (Bede monastery and museum) as it was known then.

Wasn’t the 555 the ferry replacement service between South Shields and North Shields via Tyne tunnel when the ferry was not in use?


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(17 Jul 2022, 7:26 pm)cbma06 wrote Wasn’t the 555 the ferry replacement service between South Shields and North Shields via Tyne tunnel when the ferry was not in use?


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No that was and still is the 585 currently operated by Gateshead central

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The 555 route was later reintroduced when City Sightseeing launched their South Tyneside open top service.

(17 Jul 2022, 7:31 pm)Retro Nero wrote No that was and still is the 585 currently operated by Gateshead central

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The 555 route was later reintroduced when City Sightseeing launched their South Tyneside open top service.

I knew it had a couple of 5’s in the number


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Speaking of brand's, is there any news on when the new Prince Bishop livery is going to be updated