(29 Aug 2013, 2:39 am)ADLEnviro wrote Sorry to spoil the party BUT.........
This new service 4 isn't a new service its what we know as the M1.
If you do a deeper search on Traffic area network you will discover that the M1 was cancelled from 13th June 2010 and a new service 4 was registered from then, not sure that the TC, GNE, Nexus ect realised that they had registered the service as a 4 not an M1. I've known about this for a couple of years and have pointed it out once to GNE with little interest in return, now its gone more public through this site it might get sorted. Either the person that registered the service and is doing the variations isn't paying attention to detail or the TCs are not. Hope its a TC error as its a canny fine if its not.
(26 Aug 2013, 2:22 pm)Michael wrote Maybe not but it is pointless, whats gonna happen if they increase the 1 (for example) and they need a extra 3 buses.. are they gonna paint everything again so its in order?
Known GNE they would.. its stupid, just keep it the way they are.
(25 Aug 2013, 6:17 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote I was thinking the same thing, as currently there is nothing in the GNE fleet to cover for them if they were to be Withdrawn.
(29 Aug 2013, 6:51 pm)busmanT wrote I've looked on VOSA, and all it shows is that there is a change from 20 October, nowhere does it say it was numbered 4 in 2010. Aren't there new buses due for this service soon?
(24 Aug 2013, 7:13 am)citaro5284 wrote Vehicles are as follows:
Mercedes Citaro x 11
Wright Streetlite x 16
Optare Versa x 14
Optare Solo SR x 12
Total - 53
Then you can all speculate as to what will be cascaded/withdrawn
(29 Aug 2013, 8:51 pm)Michael wrote Cheers the 56, 309/310 will get them with 2 spare - 1 for each route.
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there could be another 15 new buses early in 2014.............
Any idea what they are?
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(29 Aug 2013, 8:35 pm)busmanT wrote The removal of the Centurion branding from 5164/5166 is due to Nexus changing the type of vehicle needed on some of the scholars runs which are linked to the 17/307 from single deck to double deck, meaning 2 of the 17's will be double deck from next week - someone has already posted about 2 extra Trident moving to Percy Main
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(29 Aug 2013, 9:29 pm)citaro5284 wrote Where did that come from.......
(29 Aug 2013, 9:44 pm)CatsFast101 wrote BusmanT do you work for Go North East or? Could the possible other 15 be solo SR's? So there'll be 27 solo SR's to replace MPD's. I'm struggling to think where else they could go, what's the PVR of the X30/X31/X70/X71?
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(29 Aug 2013, 6:51 pm)busmanT wrote I've looked on VOSA, and all it shows is that there is a change from 20 October, nowhere does it say it was numbered 4 in 2010. Aren't there new buses due for this service soon?
(29 Aug 2013, 11:39 am)Andreos1 wrote I see GNE are also promoting the extra services they are putting on for the cricket at Chester - but have failed to state that the 71 or 78 won't be able to pass that section for a period and will be diverted (happened when the Ashes were on too)
(30 Aug 2013, 10:57 am)busman101 wrote The 71's & 78's ran as normal during the Ashes test match and weren't diverted. The road past the Riverside remains open for buses at all times and the same will happen this Saturday. The buses are likely to be delayed when the cricket finishes, but both routes will run the usual way.