Perhaps, for all we know, this surprise repaint could just be a brand refresh? Although the ''Toon Link'' received newer vehicles with the recent brand revamp, that livery was massively upgraded with the change. Every now and then, something needs to be refreshed and I imagine that 5284 is the first of the batch to sport this new base livery. That said, it could be transferred to Washington for use on the ''Connections4'' service. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
MALARKY
Personally think it is quite obvious that any upcoming investment in the fleet will be orientated around getting the B10s Withdrawn by January 1st 2016, so therefore I would not rule out the possibility of the Diamond & Highwayman receiving New Vehicles in the coming months to therefore replace older vehicles in the fleet, as how else are you going to Withdraw them if you dont invest and upgrade other services first.
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Though the plan was to get all B10BLEs withdrawn by the end of the year this will not happen because as shown in Dans pic inside 4902, it has been modified to DDA spec
literally confirming that some B10s will stay into next year and also hinting at if GNE invest for anymore new buses this year it will not be enough to replace the B10s.
The X66 StreetLites could have been related to the 4 if we went off the colours...
(12 Aug 2015, 11:43 am)South Tyne Lad MALARKY
Personally think it is quite obvious that any upcoming investment in the fleet will be orientated around getting the B10s Withdrawn by January 1st 2016, so therefore I would not rule out the possibility of the Diamond & Highwayman receiving New Vehicles in the coming months to therefore replace older vehicles in the fleet, as how else are you going to Withdraw them if you dont invest and upgrade other services first.
(12 Aug 2015, 11:43 am)South Tyne Lad MALARKY
Personally think it is quite obvious that any upcoming investment in the fleet will be orientated around getting the B10s Withdrawn by January 1st 2016, so therefore I would not rule out the possibility of the Diamond & Highwayman receiving New Vehicles in the coming months to therefore replace older vehicles in the fleet, as how else are you going to Withdraw them if you dont invest and upgrade other services first.
(12 Aug 2015, 12:37 pm)Malarkey Which can be rectified by having it retrofitted along with NSAs so that it is.
(12 Aug 2015, 12:37 pm)Malarkey Which can be rectified by having it retrofitted along with NSAs so that it is.
Why can't 5332 (?, the one that got branded Blaydon Racers and then GNE) be retrofitted with WiFi and NSA's???
(12 Aug 2015, 1:27 pm)Davie Maybe because it costs too much?
(12 Aug 2015, 1:27 pm)Davie Maybe because it costs too much?
It can't be that long since the Diamond got Citaros. If, as I hope, the Diamond brand is going to be kept for the Durham to Stanley bit at least, if the survey suggestions are implemented (already decided before survey??), then what's going to run the rump of the 43/44 Stanley to Newcastle and the increased X43? If Citaros there'll be one or two Diamond vehicles spare to be allocated elsewhere. If something else then there'll be quite a few Citaros free.
Aircraft flown on:
744, 77W, 772, E145, E190, E170, E175, E195, A319, A320, A320NEO, A321, A321NEO, A330-200, A330-300, A340-600 763, 752, 733, 737, 738, CRJ900, CRJ1000
Favourite aircraft: G-STBL/G-ZBKL
Good afternoon all,
In Mexico at the moment- however, I was wondering if there's been any news on the 61 branding?
Aircraft flown on:
744, 77W, 772, E145, E190, E170, E175, E195, A319, A320, A320NEO, A321, A321NEO, A330-200, A330-300, A340-600 763, 752, 733, 737, 738, CRJ900, CRJ1000
Favourite aircraft: G-STBL/G-ZBKL
(12 Aug 2015, 1:51 pm)8222 Good afternoon all,
In Mexico at the moment- however, I was wondering if there's been any news on the 61 branding?
(12 Aug 2015, 1:51 pm)8222 Good afternoon all,
In Mexico at the moment- however, I was wondering if there's been any news on the 61 branding?
(12 Aug 2015, 1:34 pm)Greg in Weardale It can't be that long since the Diamond got Citaros. If, as I hope, the Diamond brand is going to be kept for the Durham to Stanley bit at least, if the survey suggestions are implemented (already decided before survey??), then what's going to run the rump of the 43/44 Stanley to Newcastle and the increased X43? If Citaros there'll be one or two Diamond vehicles spare to be allocated elsewhere. If something else then there'll be quite a few Citaros free.
(12 Aug 2015, 1:34 pm)Greg in Weardale It can't be that long since the Diamond got Citaros. If, as I hope, the Diamond brand is going to be kept for the Durham to Stanley bit at least, if the survey suggestions are implemented (already decided before survey??), then what's going to run the rump of the 43/44 Stanley to Newcastle and the increased X43? If Citaros there'll be one or two Diamond vehicles spare to be allocated elsewhere. If something else then there'll be quite a few Citaros free.
Malarkey
Guessing that will be 4901 to 4925 which get DDA Modifications, as 4896 to 4900 are all Euro 2 Rated so they will be Withdrawn as I doubt GNE would pay for DDA & Emninox Mods for those Vehicles as it would cost a fortune.
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It was said that they will aim to get 4896-4925 converted and some of the ex-Oxford renowns too.
(12 Aug 2015, 1:26 pm)GX03 SVC Why can't 5332 (?, the one that got branded Blaydon Racers and then GNE) be retrofitted with WiFi and NSA's???
(12 Aug 2015, 1:26 pm)GX03 SVC Why can't 5332 (?, the one that got branded Blaydon Racers and then GNE) be retrofitted with WiFi and NSA's???
(12 Aug 2015, 2:10 pm)S813 FVK May 2012 the Citaros went onto the Diamond so 3 years.
I don't see how mentioning a colour in bold in a post can mean something. All these ideas about the connections4 spare for nowt i think.
(12 Aug 2015, 2:10 pm)S813 FVK May 2012 the Citaros went onto the Diamond so 3 years.
I don't see how mentioning a colour in bold in a post can mean something. All these ideas about the connections4 spare for nowt i think.
