Will the x21 stop at low fell the cannon soon

(03 Mar 2016, 8:47 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote Will the x21 stop at low fell the cannon soon

From Saturday, yes

(02 Mar 2016, 7:18 pm)BUSFAN wrote No its blue and very smart looking its in the corner where the tipper wagons park.

It was 6306 ... an unbranded (castles express) streetdecker doing driver famil duties

(03 Mar 2016, 9:48 pm)pdiddy wrote It was 6306 ... an unbranded (castles express) streetdecker doing driver famil duties

Now a branded Streetdeck!

Does anyone know the livery/brand of what the percy main minibuses are going to be?
Also will there be some launch events?

(03 Mar 2016, 10:36 pm)dannygee wrote Does anyone know the livery/brand of what the percy main minibuses are going to be?
Also will there be some launch events?

Nothing has been said about the new SOLO SR's for the 40/41/80.

Probables get more info in the middle of March.

(03 Mar 2016, 10:03 pm)citaro5284 wrote Now a branded Streetdeck!

Any sign of 6307 yet?

This will be the third consecutive order from Wrightbus where one vehicle from a batch has been delayed for whatever reason (5396 for C&C and 5410 for Red Kite being the other 2). I'm starting to think it has developed a fault (which is better discovered there rather than here) causing it to be held at the factory until fixed.

(03 Mar 2016, 11:07 pm)S813 FVK wrote Any sign of 6307 yet?

This will be the third consecutive order from Wrightbus where one vehicle from a batch has been delayed for whatever reason (5396 for C&C and 5410 for Red Kite being the other 2). I'm starting to think it has developed a fault (which is better discovered there rather than here) causing it to be held at the factory until fixed.

PDI spotting issues?
At least if it is that, then the inspectors are doing their job.

Would like to praise the lovely driver today driving the nu37. I was traveling from Washington to Doxford Park on the 10:03 service, his manner was friendly, welcoming and pleasant, he also waited for every single passenger to be seated before driving again, and when people got off he said goodbye,
He's a professional and a lot of your drivers should and could learn from him.
Yes I've previously put formal complaints in about your drivers when they put my families lives literally at risk by their reckless and dangerous driving, which went un replied by Go North East.
However this driver was truly lovely and and you should be made aware of his professionalism, and lovely character.



Go North East

Go North East Hi Linda, thank you very much for letting us know, I'll pass this along to the driver's line manager so they can receive the praise.


Pretty sure they don't run the 37 at 10:03am!

Some ticket information for the X21:


Castles Express Savers


From Saturday 5 March, the following tickets will be available.

Castles Express DaySaver - £6

Castles Express WeeklySaver - £20

The Castles Express Saver tickets are valid on the full Castles Express X21 route, as well as the full route of Angel 21.


Auckland Castle Saver

Auckland Castle WeeklySaver - £13.50

Unlimited travel on Castles Express X21 between Framwellgate Moor and Bishop Auckland, as well as the full route of The OK Way 18.

(04 Mar 2016, 11:08 am)Michael wrote Would like to praise the lovely driver today driving the nu37. I was traveling from Washington to Doxford Park on the 10:03 service, his manner was friendly, welcoming and pleasant, he also waited for every single passenger to be seated before driving again, and when people got off he said goodbye,
He's a professional and a lot of your drivers should and could learn from him.
Yes I've previously put formal complaints in about your drivers when they put my families lives literally at risk by their reckless and dangerous driving, which went un replied by Go North East.
However this driver was truly lovely and and you should be made aware of his professionalism, and lovely character.



Go North East

Go North East Hi Linda, thank you very much for letting us know, I'll pass this along to the driver's line manager so they can receive the praise.


Pretty sure they don't run the 37 at 10:03am!

Thats gct

(03 Mar 2016, 11:07 pm)S813 FVK wrote Any sign of 6307 yet?

This will be the third consecutive order from Wrightbus where one vehicle from a batch has been delayed for whatever reason (5396 for C&C and 5410 for Red Kite being the other 2). I'm starting to think it has developed a fault (which is better discovered there rather than here) causing it to be held at the factory until fixed.

Yes - delivered to Riverside Depot today.

(04 Mar 2016, 4:58 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote Thats gct

It is, its quite annoying that they give out wrong info for services they don't even run.

(04 Mar 2016, 6:20 pm)Michael wrote It is, its quite annoying that they give out wrong info for services they don't even run.

Go North East does operate service 37 - just not that journey.

I don't think Go North East's Customer Services department has intentionally accepted praise of a bus driver from another bus company. It's probably quite an easy mistake to make, given that the company does operate morning and evening journeys on service 37, and the customer has written to Go North East to praise the driver...

(04 Mar 2016, 6:26 pm)Dan wrote Go North East does operate service 37 - just not that journey.

I don't think Go North East's Customer Services department has intentionally accepted praise of a bus driver from another bus company. It's probably quite an easy mistake to make, given that the company does operate morning and evening journeys on service 37, and the customer has written to Go North East to praise the driver...

Ye, they operate it but really they should know what time they run it.

Like you said its a easy mistake.

(04 Mar 2016, 6:42 pm)Michael wrote Ye, they operate it but really they should know what time they run it.

Like you said its a easy mistake.

Of course, you could argue that the passenger should know which Company is running the service - is this a case of Nexus grey confusing someone?

(04 Mar 2016, 6:54 pm)citaro5284 wrote Of course, you could argue that the passenger should know which Company is running the service - is this a case of Nexus grey confusing someone?

Yes but go north east ran 635/6 on 37 before and if the passenger looked at the bus stop it states nexus so pretty heared id say for that lady to find who runs that run

(04 Mar 2016, 6:54 pm)citaro5284 wrote Of course, you could argue that the passenger should know which Company is running the service - is this a case of Nexus grey confusing someone?

It could be, see i think this would be the problem, if the quality contracts came about... loads of people wouldn't know who was contracted to what service.... unless they all the emails for complaints etc would go to one email address and they run one Facebook/Twitter page.

(04 Mar 2016, 8:08 pm)Michael wrote It could be, see i think this would be the problem, if the quality contracts came about... loads of people wouldn't know who was contracted to what service.... unless they all the emails for complaints etc would go to one email address and they run one Facebook/Twitter page.

It has been said that people think the Nexus livery is just another GNE colour scheme.

(04 Mar 2016, 8:15 pm)Andreos1 wrote It has been said that people think the Nexus livery is just another GNE colour scheme.

Using the same logic - could it be argued that Arriva's "Sapphire" and "MAX" liveries could be considered as 'another GNE colour scheme'?

(04 Mar 2016, 8:15 pm)Andreos1 wrote It has been said that people think the Nexus livery is just another GNE colour scheme.

I haven't heard that but wouldn't be surprised, if they did.

(04 Mar 2016, 8:17 pm)Dan wrote Using the same logic - could it be argued that Arriva's "Sapphire" and "MAX" liveries could be considered as 'another GNE colour scheme'?

Or TFL Red. The same Livery with just a Small Sticker showing the Operators name mostly above the door.

(04 Mar 2016, 8:17 pm)Dan wrote Using the same logic - could it be argued that Arriva's "Sapphire" and "MAX" liveries could be considered as 'another GNE colour scheme'?

I think it was Jimmi who commented on people regularly trying to board what was the X1/X2 with Buzzfares.

(04 Mar 2016, 11:19 am)Michael wrote Some ticket information for the X21:


Castles Express Savers


From Saturday 5 March, the following tickets will be available.

Castles Express DaySaver - £6

Castles Express WeeklySaver - £20

The Castles Express Saver tickets are valid on the full Castles Express X21 route, as well as the full route of Angel 21.


Auckland Castle Saver

Auckland Castle WeeklySaver - £13.50

Unlimited travel on Castles Express X21 between Framwellgate Moor and Bishop Auckland, as well as the full route of The OK Way 18.

Not too bad price wise at all. Durham passengers are winners, buy an Angel saver and use the Castles

Do wish they'd do a day saver for the Angel. Would tempt me off the train

(04 Mar 2016, 6:57 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote Yes but go north east ran 635/6 on 37 before and if the passenger looked at the bus stop it states nexus so pretty heared id say for that lady to find who runs that run

Go North East's "Nexus" liveried vehicles have the Go North East logo towards the rear of the vehicle.

Most of GCT's "Nexus" liveried vehicles have massive stickers behind the cab with Gateshead Central Taxis information on.

(04 Mar 2016, 9:07 pm)Ambassador wrote Not too bad price wise at all. Durham passengers are winners, buy an Angel saver and use the Castles

Do wish they'd do a day saver for the Angel. Would tempt me off the train

There is a Weekly Saver on the Angel, It costs £17.30, and is valid on the 21/X21 between Newcastle and Durham.

http://www.simplygo.com/route-savers/

(04 Mar 2016, 6:54 pm)citaro5284 wrote Of course, you could argue that the passenger should know which Company is running the service - is this a case of Nexus grey confusing someone?

This is the thing though, when Go North East originally had the contract to run the 37 before Gateshead Central Taxis they used Solo SR's in Nexus livery and the buses carried some Go North East logos on the side and I'm guessing it will have had some promotion mainly just timetables on Go North East's website but some people will have probably grown to identify it as a "Go North East brand" and now you have Gateshead Central Taxis running buses around in the same livery so I guess this is where some of the confusion lies, doesn't help that GCT have no company names on their buses, if it wasn't for the fact I wasn't an enthusiast and study timetables and such I couldn't tell you who operated the 37 and I imagine most of the passengers will be totally oblivious to who runs the service.

(04 Mar 2016, 8:43 pm)Andreos1 wrote I think it was Jimmi who commented on people regularly trying to board what was the X1/X2 with Buzzfares.

Yeah, it was when the Pulsars and Gemini's were first refurbished to MAX standard and were running around in a plain base livery with no vinyls to indicate which operator the bus was operating for, this was on the section between Newcastle and Durham and was also just before the number was changed from the X2 to the X12 on this section of the route.

(04 Mar 2016, 8:17 pm)Dan wrote Using the same logic - could it be argued that Arriva's "Sapphire" and "MAX" liveries could be considered as 'another GNE colour scheme'?

Littl'un did go through a phase of insisting that the sapphires were purple

(04 Mar 2016, 9:13 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Go North East's "Nexus" liveried vehicles have the Go North East logo towards the rear of the vehicle.

Most of GCT's "Nexus" liveried vehicles have massive stickers behind the cab with Gateshead Central Taxis information on.

I know that the Bluebird's have adverts behind the cabs advertising something like to ask the driver to arrange a taxi to pick you up from the bus stop to complete your journey. Can't remember if the Solo SR's have any like this or not, only been on one once a few months back.

(04 Mar 2016, 9:29 pm)Jimmi wrote when Go North East originally had the contract to run the 37 before Gateshead Central Taxis they used Solo SR's in Nexus livery and the buses carried some Go North East logos on the side and . . . but some people will have probably grown to identify it as a "Go North East brand" and now you have Gateshead Central Taxis running buses around in the same livery so I guess this is where some of the confusion lies, doesn't help that GCT have no company names on their buses . . . and I imagine most of the passengers will be totally oblivious to who runs the service.

When you get significantly different liveries running the same route (Arriva, Stagecoach, GNE orange and GNE red and GNE Tynedale links yellow on the '85' route to Newcastle from Hexham) the average passenger doesn't consider that they represent different operators.
It's only when they try to board with a return ticket issued by a different operator (and get refused) that they get confused.

Oh! and the confusion was there when Arriva and Stagecoach were the sole operators of the 685 - back then the tickets weren't transferable (I believe that they are now).

Passengers stand at a stop and look at the destination blind - if it reads what they expect to see then it's 'their bus'.