(05 Jan 2016, 1:52 pm)Andreos1 wrote It doesn't matter what route it is - whether it is the X12, the 64 or the 22.
Operators are falling over themselves to push funky seats, plugs and wifi and on some services - NSA.

We are all told why the NSA is used - so let's see it taken to the next level. One that can benefit every passenger on the bus and (in the case of some operators), not just another advertising medium.

I mentioned on another part of the forum not so long ago that Hanover and Icomera have introduced a new link between the free customer Wi-Fi system and the destination and Next Stop Announcement systems, allowing media to be updated during the day, 'over the air'. If a service was terminating short (at Gateshead opposed to Newcastle for example), the media could in theory be updated to alert passengers.

I understand Go North East plans to make use of this new link, and will trial it on new vehicles to be deployed on service X21. Obviously there is a cost in doing this, but if included in new vehicle spec, it's not seen as such a huge cost. The TFT screens on the older vehicles are going to be better utilised on Go North East's buses in future, too.