Mentioned last night...

Go North East: 4968 / NK53UNU by danielgrahamm, on Flickr

(26 Jul 2014, 9:04 am)Dan wrote Mentioned last night...

Go North East: 4968 / NK53UNU by danielgrahamm, on Flickr

That looks smart without branding

3858 appears to have gained a rear advertisement for TomTom (I believe) - white ad.

GNE Airshow Shuttles

Olympians - 3814/3819/3824/3825/3833
*3819 was on the 99 as stated by Dan and 3824 was on the A1, The others were on P&R 1/2 and*

Vykings - 3967/3970/3972/3973/3976/3978/3982
*3976 was on the A1 while the others were on P&R's*

Lolynes - 3801/3804/3869/3872/3878
*All on P&R's*

Gemini - 3943
*On P&R 2 as stated by Dan

Renown - 4924
*On the A1*

Citaro - 5327
*On the A1*

Going to head back out and see what is on the A2, I will update the Post as when I see said Vehicles, Unless somebody i.e. Dan does so beforehand.

Edit:
B7TL/Presidents - 6011/6017
*On the A2*

Driver of 6017 said B10's will be on the A2 Tomorrow, I beg to differ as I think it'll Red Arrows B9's like it was Last Year.

Adam - just in case you missed any out and want to update the list...
The ones I photographed are as follows:

3858 - P&R1
3967 - P&R1
3872 - P&R1
3830 - P&R1
3859 - P&R2/3
3943 - P&R2/3
3832 - P&R2/3
3970 - P&R2/3
3825 - P&R2/3
3822 - P&R2/3
3972 - P&R2/3
3818 (typo from earlier on phone) - Service 99
4924 - A1
3976 - A1
3824 - A1
5327 - A1

(26 Jul 2014, 1:11 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote GNE Airshow Shuttles

Olympians - 3814/3819/3824/3825/3833
*3819 was on the 99 as stated by Dan and 3824 was on the A1, The others were on P&R 1/2 and*

Vykings - 3967/3970/3972/3973/3976/3978/3982
*3976 was on the A1 while the others were on P&R's*

Lolynes - 3801/3804/3869/3872/3878
*All on P&R's*

Gemini - 3943
*On P&R 2 as stated by Dan

Renown - 4924
*On the A1*

Citaro - 5327
*On the A1*

Going to head back out and see what is on the A2, I will update the Post as when I see said Vehicles, Unless somebody i.e. Dan does so beforehand.

Saw an ex London President on the A1 earlier this morning.

Anyone got the ID of the Olympian on A1 duties lastnight? Was in the Passion/Illusions smoking area when I saw it.

A selection of photos of the above Airshow workings are now available on my photostream here.

(26 Jul 2014, 3:17 pm)Dan wrote A selection of photos of the above Airshow workings are now available on my photostream here.

I notice you put 3858 down as being Deptford-based

(26 Jul 2014, 3:27 pm)Marcus wrote I notice you put 3858 down as being Deptford-based

That's because it is based at Deptford (albeit on temporary loan due to vehicles being absent for the Glasgow Games) - I shall update our fleet list with details, given that I think one or two more movements have happened since my original post about the Tridents being on loan.

(25 Jul 2014, 8:11 am)Dan wrote I am told that Dennis Trident 3874 has transferred from Deptford to Washington, allowing similar 3803 to be transferred back to Percy Main.

There was an Dennis Trident parked up around the back of Washington Depot, Not sure whether this was 3874 or 3803, makes me wonder whether 3874 has gone for Repaint or if 3803 is yet to return to Percy Main.

50's were running in 2's heading towards Durham, noted 5258 and 5260 within Minutes of eachother at The Galleries, between 14:30 and 15:00, Also Connections 4 Citaro 5366 has developed the same fault as the FAB56 B9's, where the Number is Orange, The others were fine.

Arriva 685 service towards Newcastle was withdrawn from service at Hexham today at 15:30 due to illness of a passenger.
Go North East allowed the other passengers to continue their journeys on their 15:48 X85 - which was standing room only when it arrived at Corbridge where a load of passenger were waiting for both the Arriva 685 and the GNE X85 so it would be full for the rest of the journey to Newcastle.

(26 Jul 2014, 3:36 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote There was an Dennis Trident parked up around the back of Washington Depot, Not sure whether this was 3874 or 3803, makes me wonder whether 3874 has gone for Repaint or if 3803 is yet to return to Percy Main.

50's were running in 2's heading towards Durham, noted 5258 and 5260 within Minutes of eachother at The Galleries, between 14:30 and 15:00, Also Connections 4 Citaro 5366 has developed the same fault as the FAB56 B9's, where the Number is Orange, The others were fine.

Dennis Trident 3874 was transferred from Percy Main to Deptford, to cover for vehicles which are at Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games.

It was seemingly not required at Deptford, so it was transferred to Washington, which released similar 3803 back to Percy Main). As 3874 was due to be repainted, Dennis Trident 3860 transferred from Percy Main to Washington, replacing 3874.

Rather long way round of doing it, one could say.


Our fleet lists have now been updated. The 21 vehicles at Glasgow have had their depot updated to read 'First Glasgow' as can be seen here.

The Dennis Tridents on loan from Percy Main (3858/59/60 and 3870/71/74) have all been updated to reflect the depot which they were last allocated to. I'm not sure whether 3874 will end up going back to Washington, Deptford or Percy Main.

(26 Jul 2014, 4:00 pm)Dan wrote Dennis Trident 3874 was transferred from Percy Main to Deptford, to cover for vehicles which are at Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games.

It was seemingly not required at Deptford, so it was transferred to Washington, which released similar 3803 back to Percy Main). As 3874 was due to be repainted, Dennis Trident 3860 transferred from Percy Main to Washington, replacing 3874.

Rather long way round of doing it, one could say.


Our fleet lists have now been updated. The 21 vehicles at Glasgow have had their depot updated to read 'First Glasgow' as can be seen here.

The Dennis Tridents on loan from Percy Main (3858/59/60 and 3870/71/74) have all been updated to reflect the depot which they were last allocated to. I'm not sure whether 3874 will end up going back to Washington, Deptford or Percy Main.

Definitely the long way of doing things, guess GNE don't doing thing the easy way, thanks for clearing that up Dan. To be honest I would like Washington to keep some of the Dennis Tridents, as I despise the Ex London B7TL's with a Passion.

Scania L94UB/Wright Solar 4935 is doing the honours today, on the last ever service X3.

(26 Jul 2014, 4:17 pm)Dan wrote Scania L94UB/Wright Solar 4935 is doing the honours today, on the last ever service X3.

Sad, we ought to create a page in it's honour, after all of the wonderful things that were said about the service on the forum

(26 Jul 2014, 4:44 pm)Marcus wrote Sad, we ought to create a page in it's honour, after all of the wonderful things that were said about the service on the forum

...and as 4935 was running a whopping six minutes early, I didn't manage to get a photograph.

Nice e-mail being drafted to Customer Services now.

(26 Jul 2014, 3:48 pm)G-CPTN wrote Arriva 685 service towards Newcastle was withdrawn from service at Hexham today at 15:30 due to illness of a passenger.
Go North East allowed the other passengers to continue their journeys on their 15:48 X85 - which was standing room only when it arrived at Corbridge where a load of passenger were waiting for both the Arriva 685 and the GNE X85 so it would be full for the rest of the journey to Newcastle.

Would GNE charge an invoice to Arriva for that or as a gesture of goodwill.

(26 Jul 2014, 4:44 pm)Marcus wrote Sad, we ought to create a page in it's honour, after all of the wonderful things that were said about the service on the forum

What service will we complain about now.

(26 Jul 2014, 4:58 pm)Jimmi wrote What service will we complain about now.

The 71?

(26 Jul 2014, 5:02 pm)Tom wrote The 71?

Arrivas X93? We havent had a good rant about that for a while now.

(26 Jul 2014, 5:06 pm)Robert wrote Arrivas X93? We havent had a good rant about that for a while now.

Oh yes, nice thinking.

I think there's a thread in the Off-Topic Bus Chat about it: first port of call!

(26 Jul 2014, 5:06 pm)Robert wrote Arrivas X93? We havent had a good rant about that for a while now.

God let's not go on about that again.

(26 Jul 2014, 5:02 pm)Tom wrote The 71?

Just a random add-on to that statement, seeing as threads have been made about GNE's Service X21, ANE's Service X93 - just a suggestion to the mods, would it not be worth merging them all into something like a 'Controversial Services' thread, just so they don't all 'fall down the leader-board', if you know what I mean?

(26 Jul 2014, 4:58 pm)Jimmi wrote What service will we complain about now.

The 99 and anything in North Sunderland perhaps...given the amount changes they have seen

(26 Jul 2014, 5:06 pm)Robert wrote Arrivas X93? We havent had a good rant about that for a while now.

Less said about that, the better

Out of interest, how is the X36 doing?

(26 Jul 2014, 5:35 pm)Tom wrote Out of interest, how is the X36 doing?

Morning trips are packed, with standees being quite frequent. During the day, it seems that it performs quite well. Most seats full. Then you hit about 17:00... And there's pretty much empty buses.

(26 Jul 2014, 5:37 pm)Dan wrote Morning trips are packed, with standees being quite frequent. During the day, it seems that it performs quite well. Most seats full. Then you hit about 17:00... And there's pretty much empty buses.

What about the 9 and 29?

(26 Jul 2014, 5:35 pm)Tom wrote Out of interest, how is the X36 doing?

Used it a few times and on the trips I have been on, the majority of passengers seemed to use it as a home -> Sunderland shopping -> home again service.
School kids used it to go a few stops around the corner.

There will be exceptions, but can only speak as I find.

(26 Jul 2014, 5:02 pm)Tom wrote The 71?

That service seems to get a few mentions and very rarely from me!

(26 Jul 2014, 5:06 pm)Robert wrote Arrivas X93? We havent had a good rant about that for a while now.

Wonder whatever happened to robisdave?
He seemed very passionate about the service and then vanished.

(26 Jul 2014, 5:38 pm)Tom wrote What about the 9 and 29?

The 9 has no set number of passenger numbers, and that's probably down to the fact Percy Main's runs turn up whenever they like.
If one of them is 10 minutes late, the one behind it carries air.

I had to stand on the dual door B10 today (with quite a few others), and had to do so the other evening too. That said, on the opposite side of the road, there was a Solo SR which was pretty much empty...


The 29 has been performing quite well on the North Sunderland side. Never use it on the Doxford Park section, so I don't know about that one.