(11 Sep 2017, 5:16 pm)Citaro5326 wrote 6310 broken down on A19 sliproad , doors wont shut apparently ... great .. !
(11 Sep 2017, 5:40 pm)Jimmi wrote Video of 6308: https://youtu.be/93BK103wSug
(11 Sep 2017, 6:06 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Sounds like the Tees Barrage stop doesnt get announced until the bus is pulling away??
(11 Sep 2017, 6:26 pm)Dan wrote Yes - no real point announcing the next stop while people are still shuffling around and getting comfortable, so the next stop leaving Newcastle isn't announced until the lights on Percy Street, and the next stop leaving Middlesbrough isn't announced until the main junction before you head off onto the A66.
The announcements are set up completely differently for the X9/X10 to the usual style - some stops have no Next Stop Announcements until they pull away from the previous stopping point then announce a more train-like script (after all, it's a long distance service!) The announcements on the Castles Express X21 are likely to follow in this style - at least between Newcastle and Durham.
There are better "approaching" announcements than found on the X21 service - they are now plotted at a specific point rather than distance away from the next stop, and give passengers sufficient time to gather their belongings before alighting.
There are also announcements to advise customers of upcoming disruptions to the service - such as Testos Roundabout not being served on northbound journeys. There are also suggestions for what to alight at that stop for - such as the market on specific days of the week at Stockton (again, the announcements tell you what days these are).
All about making the most of the system's abilities. Go North East and Lothian Buses are working very closely with Hanover to develop new functionality in the system.
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(11 Sep 2017, 7:04 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Well from Jimmi’s video, either the display or the audio is wrong. From about 40 secs the display says Next Stop is Tees Barrage, at about 5min someone gets off, the display announces Tees Barrage, but the audio saying “This is Tees Barrage” doesn’t kick in until the bus is moving away from the stop, which seems a bit late.
(11 Sep 2017, 7:48 pm)Greg in Weardale wrote Just realised that "Tyne Tees Express" has been dropped from the brand which is now simply "X9/X10", a disappointing and illogical change. Brands with just numbers are rather meaningless, like "the 49" and it was a great improvement changing the boring "Ten" to "Tyne Valley Ten". The "Tyne Tees Express" was relevant and well known.
(11 Sep 2017, 7:48 pm)Greg in Weardale wrote Just realised that "Tyne Tees Express" has been dropped from the brand which is now simply "X9/X10", a disappointing and illogical change. Brands with just numbers are rather meaningless, like "the 49" and it was a great improvement changing the boring "Ten" to "Tyne Valley Ten". The "Tyne Tees Express" was relevant and well known.
(11 Sep 2017, 7:48 pm)Greg in Weardale wrote Just realised that "Tyne Tees Express" has been dropped from the brand which is now simply "X9/X10", a disappointing and illogical change. Brands with just numbers are rather meaningless, like "the 49" and it was a great improvement changing the boring "Ten" to "Tyne Valley Ten". The "Tyne Tees Express" was relevant and well known.
(10 Sep 2017, 6:47 pm)Malarkey wrote 6313 (NK67 EBG) departing South Shields Promenade on Private Hire for the Great North Run - https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...ed-public/
(11 Sep 2017, 4:47 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote I think we’ll just have to agree to disagree if you really think this shambles represents a well executed relaunch of the service. Relaunched 3rd Sept, new buses supposed to arrive a week later (ludicrous in itself) and even with that extension, only three of a PVR of seven were covered by the new buses, and reports of missed journeys on some of the other boards.
(11 Sep 2017, 8:42 pm)Adrian wrote Yet if they registered the service to start at the end of September, for argument sake, then people would be complaining that brand new buses are sitting round doing nowt, when the current ones are breaking down left right and centre! It is not ideal, but needs must sometimes.
Didn't Stagecoach drip feed their E400MMCs into service in Newcastle? I didn't see you calling that a shambles... maybe I missed your post?
(11 Sep 2017, 5:40 pm)Jimmi wrote Would this be a bad time to point that i got on 6308 this afternoon and one of the metal strips that go between the interior lights was dumped on the back ledge, not a major problem but hardly attractive seeing bits falling off already!It's bad enough that some of those strips have fallen off the streetdecks. That design detail needs a rethink!
Video of 6308: https://youtu.be/93BK103wSug
Also to give more of an idea where I was waiting for photos as to how I didn't see some buses heading to/from Middlesbrough:
Go North East: 6313 / NK67EBG by Matthew Jimmison, on Flickr
(11 Sep 2017, 9:12 pm)busmanT wrote The "fixed" change dates agreement with local councils means that if they didn't do the changes on the 3rd September, they would have to wait until the 29th October.
Surely the company will take the issue of late vehicle delivery up with Wrightbus.
(11 Sep 2017, 9:26 pm)BusLoverMum wrote It's bad enough that some of those strips have fallen off the streetdecks. That design detail needs a rethink!
(11 Sep 2017, 9:51 pm)Rapidsnap wrote The X9 / X10 new buses, much hype, much drama, much chaos, much frothing. So what if it didn't go to plan, there are worst things that happen at sea. Things are likely to go wrong and will go wrong. So what if you waited ages for a new bus to turn up. Surely you should know by now bus launches never go to plan and things don't usually settle down for a few weeks.
And before anyone moans that there is no need for me to be like this, well I don't give a flying feather, I'm not here for popularity and I don't need it, I've been stabbed enough in the back by a number of spotters around the North East that I trust very few people in this hobby around here now.
(11 Sep 2017, 8:18 pm)S813 FVK wrote The X9|X10 brand name, if it can be called that, gets straight to the point to me. I instantly know which services the buses operate on without having to look up at the destination display which, not now in my case but certainly soon, would involve taking my eyes off the road if I was driving.I'm sorry, but in what world is X9/X10 more explanatory than Tyne Tees Xpress? Both main destinations nicely laid out, and the fact it's an express is clearly highlighted.
(11 Sep 2017, 10:08 pm)Michael wrote Agree, no one ever moans about any other company in the NE when something goes wrong, such as a launch, problems with new buses etc.
(11 Sep 2017, 8:42 pm)Adrian wrote Didn't Stagecoach drip feed their E400MMCs into service in Newcastle? I didn't see you calling that a shambles... maybe I missed your post?
(11 Sep 2017, 7:18 pm)S813 FVK wrote I don't think it is wrong and is probably a case of 1 person getting off the bus takes less time than it does for that particular announcement to play. It certainly isn't specific to the X9/X10.
(11 Sep 2017, 9:51 pm)Rapidsnap wrote The X9 / X10 new buses, much hype, much drama, much chaos, much frothing. So what if it didn't go to plan, there are worst things that happen at sea. Things are likely to go wrong and will go wrong. So what if you waited ages for a new bus to turn up. Surely you should know by now bus launches never go to plan and things don't usually settle down for a few weeks.
And before anyone moans that there is no need for me to be like this, well I don't give a flying feather, I'm not here for popularity and I don't need it, I've been stabbed enough in the back by a number of spotters around the North East that I trust very few people in this hobby around here now.
(11 Sep 2017, 10:32 pm)mb134 wrote I'm sorry, but in what world is X9/X10 more explanatory than Tyne Tees Xpress? Both main destinations nicely laid out, and the fact it's an express is clearly highlighted.
(12 Sep 2017, 6:45 am)S813 FVK wrote I never said that it was more explanatory, just that it was simple and straight to the point which, when travelling 50/60mph down the A19, is something you need.