Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015
Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015
(03 Sep 2015, 6:02 pm)Michael Is 3872 just on loan to Washington or has it moved over permanently?
(03 Sep 2015, 6:03 pm)R852 PRG I'd imagine just a loan.
(03 Sep 2015, 6:02 pm)Michael Is 3872 just on loan to Washington or has it moved over permanently?
(03 Sep 2015, 6:03 pm)R852 PRG I'd imagine just a loan.
(03 Sep 2015, 6:01 pm)R852 PRG Favouring Slobert over Marcurse... Wow!!
(03 Sep 2015, 6:01 pm)R852 PRG Favouring Slobert over Marcurse... Wow!!
Surprised that Dan didn't go for the 16:55 #11 from Newcastle with it being operated by Stanley now. I am going to guess that it comes off the 827 (in which case it would have been 3874) with Rowlands Gill being the closest to Newcastle (although that probably seems illogical).
(03 Sep 2015, 6:04 pm)Michael , oh well!
(03 Sep 2015, 6:04 pm)Michael , oh well!
(03 Sep 2015, 6:12 pm)S813 FVK Surprised that Dan didn't go for the 16:55 #11 from Newcastle with it being operated by Stanley now. I am going to guess that it comes off the 827 (in which case it would have been 3874) with Rowlands Gill being the closest to Newcastle (although that probably seems illogical).
(03 Sep 2015, 6:18 pm)Michael Thanks Dan... i would imagine that the revisions to which depot operates various Nexus Miscellaneous Works services is massive....
(03 Sep 2015, 6:12 pm)S813 FVK Surprised that Dan didn't go for the 16:55 #11 from Newcastle with it being operated by Stanley now. I am going to guess that it comes off the 827 (in which case it would have been 3874) with Rowlands Gill being the closest to Newcastle (although that probably seems illogical).
(03 Sep 2015, 6:18 pm)Michael Thanks Dan... i would imagine that the revisions to which depot operates various Nexus Miscellaneous Works services is massive....
(03 Sep 2015, 6:26 pm)Michael What will Washington use on the 33?, that might be an interesting working.
(03 Sep 2015, 6:30 pm)Michael Really? i thought it was a lorry ;P
In other news, Go North East will be operating three Metro Replacement services this Sunday.
Metro Replacement 900 (Haymarket - Four Lane Ends via Regent Centre) and Metro Replacement 901 (Haymarket - Regent Centre) are to operate between 07:15am and 19:30pm. For these services, a total of 15 vehicles will be provided by Go North East from various depots:
(03 Sep 2015, 6:29 pm)Dan A corporate liveried Volvo B7TL - the same bus works the 16:40 #8 from Enterprise Park. Runs off scholars 457.
(03 Sep 2015, 6:29 pm)Dan A corporate liveried Volvo B7TL - the same bus works the 16:40 #8 from Enterprise Park. Runs off scholars 457.
Why would they want to go back to 'Northern'? That's the past.
You're talking about a premium service from Go North East, but what features would the service have? WiFi, plug sockets, next stop announcements and eleather seats are already being offered as a standard - not a premium.
South of the Tyne, at the very least, Arriva's Sapphire and Max services mostly cover areas where there is no GNE presence and never has been. There is the tiniest overlap between GNE's Indigo services and Arriva's 22/24 which have always carried way more capacity and a token inroad by the X12 in the Durham-CLS-Gateshead-Newcastle spine where GNE pretty much have dominance.
And, AFAIK, in the past decade, GNE's identity has been all about the recognisable route brands. It was almost a decade from moving out of Gateshead before I had reason to set foot on a GNE service. Believe it or not, that was a Diamond bus. It was only a short journey, but the feel of those already quite old buses was so much lighter and brighter than what Arriva were offering at the time - all of 3 years ago, a long way prior to the Sapphire and Max launches.
It's hard not to smile at an approaching Whey Aye Five-O, while Arriva's ageing Omnicities, currently on the 21a, really don't elicit the same reaction (until they hit the A66 and the driver gets to put their foot down a bit).
And it's the branded routes that got my eldest interested in buses - and I think the same goes for a few people.
Colourful branded vehicles such as Coaster, Angel, Fab56 catch the eye more easily and act as a mobile billboard for the service. I find Arrivas Max and Sapphire liveries not as eye catching. And to be honest, I'm not a big fan of the Max livery either.