(03 Apr 2016, 5:42 pm)Andreos1 wrote Assuming Weardale still extend to Kilhope in the summer, maybe it is worth GNE extending their Alston or Allenheads services to the museum too.

It would be an infrequent service, but I feel it would aid numbers on the Hexham based routes by having an attraction such as Kilhope made accessible. Not too different to the Hadrians Wall service, but not a standalone offer like that is.
Obviously it opens up new options for passengers living in the dales - particularly if the services were to connect somehow with the Weardale service.

Allenheads to Killhope, Nenthead and Alston could be a possible route, however I can't see there being a massive market for the route. It'd make for a useful link though, so possibly something ADAPT or another 'community bus' project could look at?

(03 Apr 2016, 6:11 pm)BJ10VUS wrote Allenheads to Killhope, Nenthead and Alston could be a possible route, however I can't see there being a massive market for the route. It'd make for a useful link though, so possibly something ADAPT or another 'community bus' project could look at?

To be honest, the market on the Hexham based routes that head down that way, won't be huge either.
I am surprised some of them have lasted as long as they have.

The idea was borne out of growing the network, with little additional outlay.
Particularly with the summer/tourist season looming.

(03 Apr 2016, 6:52 pm)Andreos1 wrote To be honest, the market on the Hexham based routes that head down that way, won't be huge either.
I am surprised some of them have lasted as long as they have.

The idea was borne out of growing the network, with little additional outlay.
Particularly with the summer/tourist season looming.

I didn't realise how far you could go for a one zone Buzzfare. You can go all the way from Matfen or Corbridge to Gilsland and Alston for £4.75 all day!

(03 Apr 2016, 7:33 pm)BJ10VUS wrote I didn't realise how far you could go for a one zone Buzzfare. You can go all the way from Matfen or Corbridge to Gilsland and Alston for £4.75 all day!

Let's hope the powers that be, don't see that post of yours.
There will be a mauve and indigo polka dot zone stuck in there before we know it!
:p

(03 Apr 2016, 7:37 pm)Andreos1 wrote Let's hope the powers that be, don't see that post of yours.
There will be a mauve and indigo polka dot zone stuck in there before we know it!
:p

I'm regretting it already! 

Appreciate this could happen in 6 months time during the next Sunderland service review/changes, but...

Service 36.
It is now missing out the hospital and not maintaining the promises made in 2015 - when links from areas that didn't have a direct connection to the hospital, were introduced.

In order to reintroduce those links and partly make up for the cancellation of the 99, I suggest the following. 

Chester - Sunderland  (as per May changes).
From Park Lane:- via Fawcett St, Hylton Road (serving hospital), Pallion and then pick up new route to Castletown.

I think this is achievable with the current PVR.

I have decided to do another order/cascade plan for GNE:
Prince Bishops: Solars replaced by streetlites
4945 would transfer to Stanley to replace 4896. 4946, 4954, 4968-4970 would transfer to Riverside to replace 4897-4902. 4971, 4972, 4989-4992, 5204, 5211 and 5212 would stay at Deptford for replacing 4903-4911. 5213-5217 would transfer to Riverside to replace 5167-5171. 

Blaydon Racers and Loop: 11 Streetlites (including 1 red spare.) 5275-5283 would replace 5219-5226 on the LOOP with 5275 being a red spare. 5275-5283 would all be sent for a mid life refurbishment first. 5331 would stay move to Percy Main to replace 4912. 5219-5226 would transfer to Percy Main for the 17 replacing all dual door renowns and 4913 and 4914. 

Silver Mercs and WTX: 5 streetlites would come to Deptford and branded See It Do It service 61. 5320-5324 would be painted into WTX livery for service X7 to allow for an every thirty minutes frequency and multi depot operation of the service X7, 5320 would be painted red as a spare. 

Red Arrows and TTX: TTX would get 13 streetdecks (including one spare) and 7 buses including a spare would move to Peterlee (also allowing Peterlee to run the double deck peak time 265) and 6 buses would go to Riverside to allow for multi depot operation with some WTX buses (5320-5324) being at Deptford. 6043-6048 and 6084 would move to Washington to replace 6001-6006 and 3943. 6007 would form a spare replacing 3943 on the X1. 6001-6003 would replace 3818, 3819 and 3824 at Riverside. 6004-6006 and 3943 would replace 3814, 3822, 3830-3832 at Stanley and spare 3966 would transfer from Riverside. 

Lambton Worm, South Tyne, Green Arrow and THE OK WAY: 9 Optare metrocites would come to Riverside for the 88/88A, 5 Streetlites would transfer to Chester-le-Street to replace 8302-8305. 8294-8303 would move to Riverside to for use on Green Arrow services with 8294 as a spare. 8304 and 8305 would replace 571 and 572 at Crook. 5227 and 5228 would move to Percy Main to replace 4914 and 4915. 4947 and 4967 would stay at Move to Percy Main to replace 4916 and 4917. 4948 would replace 4918 at Riverside. 4938, 4940 and 4941 would be withdrawn.

Angel, Crusader, Cobalt Connect and Airport Bus: 20 streetdecks would come for service 21 to allow for an every 5 minute service between Newcastle and Chester-le-Street and every 10 minutes between Newcastle and Durham. These streetdecks would not have tables. 6056-6069 would replace 5310-5319 and 5328-5330 on the Crusader, with 6056 being a red spare. 6070 would replace 3864 at Stanley. 3962 and 3965 would stay at Chester-le-Street to replace 3869 and 3872. 5310-5314 would stay at Riverside at would be painted purple for a new airport service, these buses would also gain luggage racks for airport passengers to rival the metro, 5310 would be a branded spare. 5315-5319 would transfer to Percy Main for service 19 to replace 4978-4982. 4978 would move to Riverside to replace 4919, 4979 and 4980 would move to Riverside to replace 4920 and 4922, 4981 and 4982 would replace 4923 at Riverside and 4924 at Deptford. 5328 would move to Deptford to replace 4925, 5329 and 5330 would replace 4925 and 4926 at Chester-le-Street.

Wagonway:11 streetlites to replace the existing solars including one spare allowing for an every fifteen minute frequency Newcastle-Beamish. 4956 would stay at Chester-le-Street to replace 4927. 4957 and 4958 will replace 4928 and 4929 at Chester-le-Street. 4959 would also stay at Chester-le-Street to replace 4930 along with 4960 which would replace 4931.

TEN, TYNEDALE EXPRESS, TYNEDALE LINKS AND DFDS: 6071-6076 would transfer to Percy Main to replace 3866, 3867, 3888 (assuming this is the extra DFDS bus), 3890 and 3891. 6076 would be painted red for service 434/448. 6077-6081 would stay at Hexham for extra capacity on services X84/X85. 6077 would be a red spare. 5229 would gain Tynedale Links livery for service 680 with 5210 being used on service 688. 5230 and 5231 would replace 4932 and 4933 at Riverside. 5232 would replace 4934 at Chester-le-Street. 5233 would replace 4935 at Washington. 6082 and 6083 would replace 3875 and 3878 at Chester-le-Street. 3888 would move to Stanley to replace 3876. 3889 would replace 3880 at Chester-le-Street. 3890 would 6009 at Stanley.

InDiGo Washington: 7 Streetlites and 5 solos would come to Washington for services 82/83/85 and 86. These would replace all cadets and mpds at Washington.

InDiGo North Tyne: 5 streetlites would come for service 17A which would be run on weekdays under service number 81 continuing to Northuberland Park from Rosehill. 

Fast Cats: 12 streetlites would come for Deptford for services X35 and X36 with one spare for solars to replace cadets

Christ how many movements my head is spinning

If NK53 TKT was in charge of Go North East they would be having a complete fleet makeover every week!

I think we can definitely withdraw the Loop and Red Arrows from the suggestions since the vehicles on there are currently getting a refresh (repainted etc). Rebranding every single minibus service indiGo would also be pointless - I think it only works now because the NTL routes go nowhere near the East Durham routes.

(07 Apr 2016, 9:49 am)Jackamcardle wrote If NK53 TKT was in charge of Go North East they would be having a complete fleet makeover every week!  

No I would not

(07 Apr 2016, 9:31 am)NK53 TKT wrote I have decided to do another order/cascade plan for GNE:
Prince Bishops: Solars replaced by streetlites
4945 would transfer to Stanley to replace 4896. 4946, 4954, 4968-4970 would transfer to Riverside to replace 4897-4902. 4971, 4972, 4989-4992, 5204, 5211 and 5212 would stay at Deptford for replacing 4903-4911. 5213-5217 would transfer to Riverside to replace 5167-5171. 

Blaydon Racers and Loop: 11 Streetlites (including 1 red spare.) 5275-5283 would replace 5219-5226 on the LOOP with 5275 being a red spare. 5275-5283 would all be sent for a mid life refurbishment first. 5331 would stay move to Percy Main to replace 4912. 5219-5226 would transfer to Percy Main for the 17 replacing all dual door renowns and 4913 and 4914. 

Silver Mercs and WTX: 5 streetlites would come to Deptford and branded See It Do It service 61. 5320-5324 would be painted into WTX livery for service X7 to allow for an every thirty minutes frequency and multi depot operation of the service X7, 5320 would be painted red as a spare. 

Red Arrows and TTX: TTX would get 13 streetdecks (including one spare) and 7 buses including a spare would move to Peterlee (also allowing Peterlee to run the double deck peak time 265) and 6 buses would go to Riverside to allow for multi depot operation with some WTX buses (5320-5324) being at Deptford. 6043-6048 and 6084 would move to Washington to replace 6001-6006 and 3943. 6007 would form a spare replacing 3943 on the X1. 6001-6003 would replace 3818, 3819 and 3824 at Riverside. 6004-6006 and 3943 would replace 3814, 3822, 3830-3832 at Stanley and spare 3966 would transfer from Riverside. 

Lambton Worm, South Tyne, Green Arrow and THE OK WAY: 9 Optare metrocites would come to Riverside for the 88/88A, 5 Streetlites would transfer to Chester-le-Street to replace 8302-8305. 8294-8303 would move to Riverside to for use on Green Arrow services with 8294 as a spare. 8304 and 8305 would replace 571 and 572 at Crook. 5227 and 5228 would move to Percy Main to replace 4914 and 4915. 4947 and 4967 would stay at Move to Percy Main to replace 4916 and 4917. 4948 would replace 4918 at Riverside. 4938, 4940 and 4941 would be withdrawn.

Angel, Crusader, Cobalt Connect and Airport Bus: 20 streetdecks would come for service 21 to allow for an every 5 minute service between Newcastle and Chester-le-Street and every 10 minutes between Newcastle and Durham. These streetdecks would not have tables. 6056-6069 would replace 5310-5319 and 5328-5330 on the Crusader, with 6056 being a red spare. 6070 would replace 3864 at Stanley. 3962 and 3965 would stay at Chester-le-Street to replace 3869 and 3872. 5310-5314 would stay at Riverside at would be painted purple for a new airport service, these buses would also gain luggage racks for airport passengers to rival the metro, 5310 would be a branded spare. 5315-5319 would transfer to Percy Main for service 19 to replace 4978-4982. 4978 would move to Riverside to replace 4919, 4979 and 4980 would move to Riverside to replace 4920 and 4922, 4981 and 4982 would replace 4923 at Riverside and 4924 at Deptford. 5328 would move to Deptford to replace 4925, 5329 and 5330 would replace 4925 and 4926 at Chester-le-Street.

Wagonway:11 streetlites to replace the existing solars including one spare allowing for an every fifteen minute frequency Newcastle-Beamish. 4956 would stay at Chester-le-Street to replace 4927. 4957 and 4958 will replace 4928 and 4929 at Chester-le-Street. 4959 would also stay at Chester-le-Street to replace 4930 along with 4960 which would replace 4931.

TEN, TYNEDALE EXPRESS, TYNEDALE LINKS AND DFDS: 6071-6076 would transfer to Percy Main to replace 3866, 3867, 3888 (assuming this is the extra DFDS bus), 3890 and 3891. 6076 would be painted red for service 434/448. 6077-6081 would stay at Hexham for extra capacity on services X84/X85. 6077 would be a red spare. 5229 would gain Tynedale Links livery for service 680 with 5210 being used on service 688. 5230 and 5231 would replace 4932 and 4933 at Riverside. 5232 would replace 4934 at Chester-le-Street. 5233 would replace 4935 at Washington. 6082 and 6083 would replace 3875 and 3878 at Chester-le-Street. 3888 would move to Stanley to replace 3876. 3889 would replace 3880 at Chester-le-Street. 3890 would 6009 at Stanley.

InDiGo Washington: 7 Streetlites and 5 solos would come to Washington for services 82/83/85 and 86. These would replace all cadets and mpds at Washington.

InDiGo North Tyne: 5 streetlites would come for service 17A which would be run on weekdays under service number 81 continuing to Northuberland Park from Rosehill. 

Fast Cats: 12 streetlites would come for Deptford for services X35 and X36 with one spare for solars to replace cadets

Don't you have any homework to do?

56 Sunderland - southwick - hylton castle - Nissan - sulgrave - concord - washington gallires - sulgrave - wrekenton - gateshead
Every 12 minutes. No pvr change.
X1 renumbered 55.
55 peterlee - easington village - easington lane - hetton - hougton - shiney row - express to coach road - springwell - wrekenton - gateshead - newcastle every 15 minutes
X35 renumberd x8 to match the x7/9/10 series.
X8 sunderland - doxford international - hougton le spring - rainton bridge (peak times) - limited stop to peterlee omiting hetton interchange - blackhall - hartlepool
This replaces the 923 service

(07 Apr 2016, 1:50 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote 56 Sunderland - southwick - hylton castle - Nissan - sulgrave - concord - washington gallires - sulgrave - wrekenton - gateshead
Every 12 minutes. No pvr change.
X1 renumbered 55.
55 peterlee - easington village - easington lane - hetton - hougton - shiney row - express to coach road - springwell - wrekenton - gateshead - newcastle every 15 minutes
X35 renumberd x8 to match the x7/9/10 series.
X8 sunderland - doxford international - hougton le spring - rainton bridge (peak times) - limited stop to peterlee omiting hetton interchange - blackhall - hartlepool
This replaces the 923 service

Sulgrave twice? Traversing it once is bad enough. 

The 56 has cropped in various definitions of a 'boring route'; a prolonged tour of Washington will probably place the route in a different category - 'suicidal'.

As the emergency services are somewhat stretched due to austerity measures, I think it's best to leave both the 56 and X1 as they are

(07 Apr 2016, 9:31 am)NK53 TKT wrote I have decided to do another order/cascade plan for GNE:

Excuse me if I'm being thick but what happens to the TEN fleet if your B9s are going away?

(07 Apr 2016, 3:06 pm)northern156 wrote Excuse me if I'm being thick but what happens to the TEN fleet if your B9s are going away?

Eh?

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(07 Apr 2016, 1:35 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Don't you have any homework to do?

Yes, but I leave things to the last minute

(07 Apr 2016, 3:26 pm)NK53 TKT wrote Eh?

From what I read, you didn't have any plans for vehicles covering 10/10A/10B; the existing B9s going elsewhere and the remaining ones to provide more space during peak hours?

(07 Apr 2016, 4:18 pm)northern156 wrote From what I read, you didn't have any plans for vehicles covering 10/10A/10B; the existing B9s going elsewhere and the remaining ones to provide more space during peak hours?

Streetdecks would replace the B9s

(07 Apr 2016, 8:49 pm)NK53 TKT wrote Streetdecks would replace the B9s

I'd prefer e400mmcs and a few citaros from connections4 with the 4 getting new buses

(07 Apr 2016, 10:02 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote I'd prefer e400mmcs and a few citaros from connections4 with the 4 getting new buses

GNE don't order from ADL; or at least haven't done.

Why put single decks on what is already a double-deck service? Metrocentre to Crawcrook and Prudhoe needs deckers!

(10 Dec 2012, 7:57 pm)Michael wrote Would be good to see the X9/X10 in to Sunderland but don't think it would happen, if so it probley's be 1 a hour.

Which way would it go its quite a long way from the A19 to Park Lane, including Traffic etc

It would be nice to see a bus to Middlesbough/Darlington from Sunderland like the good old days.

Like to see the X88 run more often, shame not enough people use it.

It would be good to see a bus running from Newcastle to Darlington.
TheOKExpressway possibly returned as service OK1 from Newcastle to Darlington via Gateshead would be good.

Does anybody agree that the Coaster route 1 should run on deckers?  It can be extremely busy most of the time.

(08 Apr 2016, 5:30 pm)Richard Young wrote It would be good to see a bus running from Newcastle to Darlington.
TheOKExpressway possibly returned as service OK1 from Newcastle to Darlington via Gateshead would be good.

Bloody hell, i can't believe my post for a service from Sunderland to Boro/Darlington was in 2012...

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Not sure we will ever see a service from Newcastle to Darlington

(08 Apr 2016, 5:31 pm)Richard Young wrote Does anybody agree that the Coaster route 1 should run on deckers?  It can be extremely busy most of the time.

It can get busy yeah but I'm not sure it justifies deckers as much as I would like them. Even busier on a nice day too with people going down the coast.

(07 Apr 2016, 9:31 am)NK53 TKT wrote I have decided to do another order/cascade plan for GNE:
Prince Bishops: Solars replaced by streetlites
4945 would transfer to Stanley to replace 4896. 4946, 4954, 4968-4970 would transfer to Riverside to replace 4897-4902. 4971, 4972, 4989-4992, 5204, 5211 and 5212 would stay at Deptford for replacing 4903-4911. 5213-5217 would transfer to Riverside to replace 5167-5171. 

Blaydon Racers and Loop: 11 Streetlites (including 1 red spare.) 5275-5283 would replace 5219-5226 on the LOOP with 5275 being a red spare. 5275-5283 would all be sent for a mid life refurbishment first. 5331 would stay move to Percy Main to replace 4912. 5219-5226 would transfer to Percy Main for the 17 replacing all dual door renowns and 4913 and 4914. 

Silver Mercs and WTX: 5 streetlites would come to Deptford and branded See It Do It service 61. 5320-5324 would be painted into WTX livery for service X7 to allow for an every thirty minutes frequency and multi depot operation of the service X7, 5320 would be painted red as a spare. 

Red Arrows and TTX: TTX would get 13 streetdecks (including one spare) and 7 buses including a spare would move to Peterlee (also allowing Peterlee to run the double deck peak time 265) and 6 buses would go to Riverside to allow for multi depot operation with some WTX buses (5320-5324) being at Deptford. 6043-6048 and 6084 would move to Washington to replace 6001-6006 and 3943. 6007 would form a spare replacing 3943 on the X1. 6001-6003 would replace 3818, 3819 and 3824 at Riverside. 6004-6006 and 3943 would replace 3814, 3822, 3830-3832 at Stanley and spare 3966 would transfer from Riverside. 

Lambton Worm, South Tyne, Green Arrow and THE OK WAY: 9 Optare metrocites would come to Riverside for the 88/88A, 5 Streetlites would transfer to Chester-le-Street to replace 8302-8305. 8294-8303 would move to Riverside to for use on Green Arrow services with 8294 as a spare. 8304 and 8305 would replace 571 and 572 at Crook. 5227 and 5228 would move to Percy Main to replace 4914 and 4915. 4947 and 4967 would stay at Move to Percy Main to replace 4916 and 4917. 4948 would replace 4918 at Riverside. 4938, 4940 and 4941 would be withdrawn.

Angel, Crusader, Cobalt Connect and Airport Bus: 20 streetdecks would come for service 21 to allow for an every 5 minute service between Newcastle and Chester-le-Street and every 10 minutes between Newcastle and Durham. These streetdecks would not have tables. 6056-6069 would replace 5310-5319 and 5328-5330 on the Crusader, with 6056 being a red spare. 6070 would replace 3864 at Stanley. 3962 and 3965 would stay at Chester-le-Street to replace 3869 and 3872. 5310-5314 would stay at Riverside at would be painted purple for a new airport service, these buses would also gain luggage racks for airport passengers to rival the metro, 5310 would be a branded spare. 5315-5319 would transfer to Percy Main for service 19 to replace 4978-4982. 4978 would move to Riverside to replace 4919, 4979 and 4980 would move to Riverside to replace 4920 and 4922, 4981 and 4982 would replace 4923 at Riverside and 4924 at Deptford. 5328 would move to Deptford to replace 4925, 5329 and 5330 would replace 4925 and 4926 at Chester-le-Street.

Wagonway:11 streetlites to replace the existing solars including one spare allowing for an every fifteen minute frequency Newcastle-Beamish. 4956 would stay at Chester-le-Street to replace 4927. 4957 and 4958 will replace 4928 and 4929 at Chester-le-Street. 4959 would also stay at Chester-le-Street to replace 4930 along with 4960 which would replace 4931.

TEN, TYNEDALE EXPRESS, TYNEDALE LINKS AND DFDS: 6071-6076 would transfer to Percy Main to replace 3866, 3867, 3888 (assuming this is the extra DFDS bus), 3890 and 3891. 6076 would be painted red for service 434/448. 6077-6081 would stay at Hexham for extra capacity on services X84/X85. 6077 would be a red spare. 5229 would gain Tynedale Links livery for service 680 with 5210 being used on service 688. 5230 and 5231 would replace 4932 and 4933 at Riverside. 5232 would replace 4934 at Chester-le-Street. 5233 would replace 4935 at Washington. 6082 and 6083 would replace 3875 and 3878 at Chester-le-Street. 3888 would move to Stanley to replace 3876. 3889 would replace 3880 at Chester-le-Street. 3890 would remove 6009 at Stanley.

InDiGo Washington: 7 Streetlites and 5 solos would come to Washington for services 82/83/85 and 86. These would replace all cadets and mpds at Washington. 601-604 would go to Deptford to replace 559, 560, 562 and 564. 8261-8265 would also move to Dep

InDiGo North Tyne: 5 streetlites would come for service 17A which would be run on weekdays under service number 81 continuing to Northuberland Park from Rosehill. 

Fast Cats: 12 streetlites would come for Deptford for services X35 and X36 with one spare for solars to replace cadets

That was part one   

Fast Cats and Tynedale Links continued: 14 streetlites would come to allow an every half-hour full route X36 with one red spare. 4955, 4973-4976 and 5205 would replace Deptford's cadets. 5206-5208 would 549-551 and 5209 would move to Hexham to provide extra capacity on service 74, 680 and 688 with 5209 running on the 688, 5210 running on the 680 and 5229 running on service 74 with it's wifi and comfortable seats allowing for 556 to be withdrawn and the solo that would run on the 74 to run on the 686/687 and the one on the 688 to run on service 682. 618 could be kept as a spare with 557 also being withdrawn. 619 could then replace 547 at Stanley.

TOON LINK and X66: 5234-5238 would replace 5391-5394 on service X66 with 5401 being taken from Stanley to supplement 5391-5394 on service 12/12A. 5234-5238 would provide extra capacity on the X66. This would free up 5332 to go to Deptford for replacing 565. With the loss of NEXUS service 68, 626 could gain a green ASDA livery to allow for 9105 to be sent back to optare.

RED KITE and Venture V9: 6 streetlites would arrive for Red Kite service 45/45E/46/47 and would allow for the 47 to continue to Consett meaning service V9 will no longer need to run. This would free up 6118-6121 and 652 with 6118-6120 going to  to remove 6008, 6010 and 6015 with 6121 going to Crook to replace 6038. 641 would replace 573 at Deptford with a surplus bus removing 574. 

Tynedale Links and Tynedale Express: Service X84 renumbered 684 again and interworks with other Tynedale Links services. X84 follows service 685 to Hexham as a direct competitor and X85 remains unchanged with B9s running on new X84 and X85 and Solars would probably run the 684.

See It Do It and service 61: 61 has been mentioned above. 15 streetlites including one spare would come for services 35/35A/36. That would mean that 5298-5309 and 5325-5327 could be cascaded to remove:
5298 removing 6034 at Deptford. The rest could form a reserve role in the fleet.

(08 Apr 2016, 6:47 pm)NK53 TKT wrote That was part one   

Fast Cats and Tynedale Links continued: 14 streetlites would come to allow an every half-hour full route X36 with one red spare. 4955, 4973-4976 and 5205 would replace Deptford's cadets. 5206-5208 would 549-551 and 5209 would move to Hexham to provide extra capacity on service 74, 680 and 688 with 5209 running on the 688, 5210 running on the 680 and 5229 running on service 74 with it's wifi and comfortable seats allowing for 556 to be withdrawn and the solo that would run on the 74 to run on the 686/687 and the one on the 688 to run on service 682. 618 could be kept as a spare with 557 also being withdrawn. 619 could then replace 547 at Stanley.

TOON LINK and X66: 5234-5238 would replace 5391-5394 on service X66 with 5401 being taken from Stanley to supplement 5391-5394 on service 12/12A. 5234-5238 would provide extra capacity on the X66. This would free up 5332 to go to Deptford for replacing 565. With the loss of NEXUS service 68, 626 could gain a green ASDA livery to allow for 9105 to be sent back to optare.

RED KITE: 6 streetlites would arrive for Red Kite service 45/45E/46/47 and would allow for the 47 to continue to Consett meaning service V9 will no longer need to run. This would free up 6118-6121 and 652 with 6118-6120 going to  to remove 6008,

Ignore this, it is being modified after I accidentally pressed 'post'

(08 Apr 2016, 6:47 pm)NK53 TKT wrote That was part one   

Fast Cats and Tynedale Links continued: 14 streetlites would come to allow an every half-hour full route X36 with one red spare. 4955, 4973-4976 and 5205 would replace Deptford's cadets. 5206-5208 would 549-551 and 5209 would move to Hexham to provide extra capacity on service 74, 680 and 688 with 5209 running on the 688, 5210 running on the 680 and 5229 running on service 74 with it's wifi and comfortable seats allowing for 556 to be withdrawn and the solo that would run on the 74 to run on the 686/687 and the one on the 688 to run on service 682. 618 could be kept as a spare with 557 also being withdrawn. 619 could then replace 547 at Stanley.

TOON LINK and X66: 5234-5238 would replace 5391-5394 on service X66 with 5401 being taken from Stanley to supplement 5391-5394 on service 12/12A. 5234-5238 would provide extra capacity on the X66. This would free up 5332 to go to Deptford for replacing 565. With the loss of NEXUS service 68, 626 could gain a green ASDA livery to allow for 9105 to be sent back to optare.

RED KITE and Venture V9: 6 streetlites would arrive for Red Kite service 45/45E/46/47 and would allow for the 47 to continue to Consett meaning service V9 will no longer need to run. This would free up 6118-6121 and 652 with 6118-6120 going to  to remove 6008, 6010 and 6015 with 6121 going to Crook to replace 6038. 641 would replace 573 at Deptford with a surplus bus removing 574. 

Tynedale Links and Tynedale Express: Service X84 renumbered 684 again and interworks with other Tynedale Links services. X84 follows service 685 to Hexham as a direct competitor and X85 remains unchanged with B9s running on new X84 and X85 and Solars would probably run the 684.

See It Do It and service 61: 61 has been mentioned above. 15 streetlites including one spare would come for services 35/35A/36. That would mean that 5298-5309 and 5325-5327 could be cascaded to remove:
5298 removing 6034 at Deptford. The rest could form a reserve role in the fleet.

(08 Apr 2016, 5:30 pm)Richard Young wrote It would be good to see a bus running from Newcastle to Darlington.
TheOKExpressway possibly returned as service OK1 from Newcastle to Darlington via Gateshead would be good.

To operate on a combined 15min frequency with the X21 and follow the same route as far as Durham.
To then follow the same route as the X12 to Bowburn and then use the motorway to the Burtree Gate junction and then in to Darlington via the A68.

The 21 would then be able to operate Chester - Newcastle only. This should assist with reliability.
They could even re-introduce the 21A and B to utilise the full allocation, without changing the frequency of the 21.

I think the maths works for that (maybe).

Wonder if it would be worth combining the 30 and V7/V8. Would provide a few new links and would save people changing over. Also I think the V7 should be re routed via Hobson as it's not often people get on in Burnopfield really. I also think a link between Stanley and Rowlands Gill would be good. A new V10 service would replace the V7 and V8 in East Stanley/Fines Park and operate: East Stanley-Stanley-Annfield Plain Fines Park - Catchgate - Burnopfield - Gibside - Rowlands Gill, The additional buses could come from Nexus Solos.

(17 Apr 2016, 7:12 pm)Tom wrote Wonder if it would be worth combining the 30 and V7/V8. Would provide a few new links and would save people changing over. Also I think the V7 should be re routed via Hobson as it's not often people get on in Burnopfield really. I also think a link between Stanley and Rowlands Gill would be good. A new V10 service would replace the V7 and V8 in East Stanley/Fines Park and operate: East Stanley-Stanley-Annfield Plain Fines Park - Catchgate - Burnopfield - Gibside - Rowlands Gill, The additional buses could come from Nexus Solos.

The v7 connects with the r5 at Burnopfield