https://flic.kr/p/2ouJaye 6203 to receive the 2019 fleet livery and start its journeys at Percy Main. I do wonder how many London Gemini will turn up at Percy Main just to move to another depot

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https://flic.kr/p/2ouJaye 6203 to receive the 2019 fleet livery and start its journeys at Percy Main. I do wonder how many London Gemini will turn up at Percy Main just to move to another depot

Percy Main have undertaken the MOT preparation on a number of the ones which were not destined for them.

Two were also temporarily allocated to Percy Main for the Metro Replacement between Airport and South Gosforth.


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6215 has just reicived a repaint into GNE 2019 livery

8347 has reentered service in the coprtate 2019 gne llivery

8347 has reentered service in the coprtate 2019 gne llivery

Got any pics?

Got any pics?

no beacuse i passed 8347 on the 39A but it suits the livery , ill try get pic

Got any pics?

no beacuse i passed 8347 on the 39A but it suits the livery , ill try get pic

Got any pics?

no beacuse i passed 8347 on the 39A but it suits the livery , ill try get pic

Got any pics?

Here is a pic.

Go North East 8347 / YD63 UZN. by Guy Park-Royal, on Flickr

The First Fleet Livery to have the new logo!
6195 is now in the Fleet Livery

The First Fleet Livery to have the new logo!
6195 is now in the Fleet Livery

Looks awful on the front!

Looks awful on the front!

Its not as bad as I thought it would be,
Probably will look better on some other buses. Just something new we've got to get used to now

I quite like it.

I like the new logo. Slim modern font.

I've been trying to work out what the new logo and forced addition of 'Part of GoAhead' reminded me of, and it's just come to me.

Back when ASDA were owned by Walmart, they insisted on including 'Part of the Walmart Family' on store branding, and eventually added part of the Walmart logo into the ASDA logo.

Unsurprisingly, they ended up binning that off (well before they were sold), presumably because customers didn't like shopping at a store owned by such a massive conglomerate!

I wonder whether, especially with all of the negative press with the Go Ahead brand over the last few years, a similar fate will happen here.

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I wonder how long 6337 is going to stay in silver/purple? I notice its mainly confined to schools atm, I'm guessing it's for something other than a non corporate colour scheme, but wondering if there are any plans to paint it into fleet livery?

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Having seen it up close presumably fresh out the shop, a repainted (refurbished?) E400 does look very smart in corporate livery. On the downside, it is a reminder that GNE is no longer really a trailblazer or even very ambitious, they are just an ordinary bus company. The most common type of decker in a very ordinary base colour. The stripes do work, being the perfect width and shape to act as relief and a unique identifier. Sadly you cannot ever really say that identity isn't straight up corporate in nature. Which is so odd, given other companies in the group have really tried to go the more traditional, local, dare I say bland route. Bland is good, if your ambition is lacking.

LX08EBZ, previously in TfL Red with GNE logos, has now been painted into base GNE Corporate livery:

https://flic.kr/p/2p4u3cW

Could this be the first e400 to get the new GNE logos.

LX08EBZ, previously in TfL Red with GNE logos, has now been painted into base GNE Corporate livery:

https://flic.kr/p/2p4u3cW

Could this be the first e400 to get the new GNE logos.

Nope. Old logos applied:

https://flic.kr/p/2p62CNr

6970 looking smart in fleet livery:

https://flic.kr/p/2p8ZXp3

6970 looking smart in fleet livery:

https://flic.kr/p/2p8ZXp3

Or 2023 fleet livery ?

Or 2023 fleet livery ?

Hmm dunno. The fleet/corporate livery itself hasn't changed. Is the logo part of the livery, or just applied to the livery? (Genuine question).

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Go North East 6945 / LX57 CJE by kieron mathews, on Flickr

6945 now in fleet livery but missing fleetnumbers


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So the blue front is permenant, whether its a sticker or painted must depend on the bus

So the blue front is permenant, whether its a sticker or painted must depend on the bus

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Anyone know if Saltmeadows staff are still working e.g repainting, applying new logos, removing outdated posters and outdated branding?

6970 looking smart: 

https://flic.kr/p/2pgd47S

Of course a matching front panel would be even better but hey ho.

Looked better before: https://flic.kr/p/2p91kAF

I don't mind the blue tbh

6970 looking smart: 

https://flic.kr/p/2pgd47S

Of course a matching front panel would be even better but hey ho.

Looked better before: https://flic.kr/p/2p91kAF

Passenger side:

https://flic.kr/p/2pgiXVw

Unidentified B9 at Consett tonight, minus roadstripes

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Unidentified B9 at Consett tonight, minus roadstripes

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Presumably one of those that was loaned to Manchester returned after repaint