Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - December 2017

[RBZ 5459]

Will it be a hourly service?

No timetable up yet, but sounds plausible. A round trip in the car would probably take about 40 mins.

[Jamie M]

When did 5217 move to Riverside?

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[LVK 404L]

Will it be a hourly service?

its on traveline now. Stupid route in my opinion, unless they decide to trial another H2 to operate the circular route in reverse.

[Panasonic44]

Well I have heard from my auntie who has been to meeting about H1 which is going to be hourly service from 10am to 2pm only. Not good timing for visiting hours.

In my opinion H1 should be non stop serving only South Shields Town centre, hospital, Jarrow bus station and hebburn town centre only as  hourly service  till 9pm Monday to Saturday that will get bus full instead of the way it's going.

H1 is 6 months trial but more likey to fail if demand is low. Or extend 515 to hospital like my opinion.

Is scaina l94 going to be h1 bus or not?

[Jamie M]

Another few pictures of 9086

YJ67GEK / 9086 - Optare Solo by Jamie MP, on Flickr

YJ67GEK / 9086 - Optare Solo by Jamie MP, on Flickr

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[Coastliner700]

Well I have heard from my auntie who has been to meeting about H1 which is going to be hourly service from 10am to 2pm only. Not good timing for visiting hours.

In my opinion H1 should be non stop serving only South Shields Town centre, hospital, Jarrow bus station and hebburn town centre only as  hourly service  till 9pm Monday to Saturday that will get bus full instead of the way it's going.

H1 is 6 months trial but more likey to fail if demand is low. Or extend 515 to hospital like my opinion.

Is scaina l94 going to be h1 bus or not?

A PR ploy to overcome negative press about the removal of the direct links. When it comes to withdrawn it then GNE can say we tried it but sadly it didn't work out.

[L469 YVK]

6057 broke at least 4 times on my trip with it to Newcastle, which brings me onto my review of the counter - 6319.

From moment one, it was an improvement. I was expecting double-decker Streetlite, but I was glad to find comfortable back seats. I noticed the lack of a monitor, although I prefer the monitor NSAs, it's hardly a complaint that it was lacking extra visuals.

The ride felt a lot more solid than what the current B5LH's ever offered, as well as the 16 plate Streetdecks. It felt like a premium ride, not just cheap plastic covered up to act like so. The stop/start tech was also a lot more fluid, it was hard to tell when it had cut out or was running.

A sound quality of journey. I don't like the rear adverts, it doesn't fit on the rear cosmetically, nor is the point of it clear. But I gather these won't last forever irrespective of the negative feedback on here about said adverts, and it's safe to assume that if the only major concern of a bus is to splash a bit of paint on, then the company hasn't done too bad!

The advantage of the advertisable features and the eco-friendliness make it more than justifiable to the customer and the operator.

Well done from me.

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What BHP / Torque do these Streetdecks have then compared to the Castles Express examples unless they're the same?

[Tyne_Traveller]

Go North East operating AB4 Asda free bus at Prudhoe this morning

https://flic.kr/p/EC1e67

[pdiddy]

What BHP / Torque do these Streetdecks have then compared to the Castles Express examples unless they're the same?

The Angels have the same size Merc engine but it idea newer vesion nd slightly uprated.  Also Angels have stop start and n extra alternator and electric compressor where the others have air.

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What BHP / Torque do these Streetdecks have then compared to the Castles Express examples unless they're the same?

The Angels have the same size Merc engine but it is a newer vesion and slightly uprated.  Also Angels have stop start and a extra alternator and electric compressor where the others have air compressors

[Jordan2104]

When will the coaster hybrids start in service

[Jamie M]

Sunday was thrown around as a ball park date.

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[V514DFT]

just a quick question,why are 4978-4982 which are 54 plates numbered like this when there are also other 54 plates which are numbered 52**

[Jamie M]

They are B7 forms, Eclipses rather than Solars. The differences are next to none but just to separate them.

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[Rapidsnap]

It was mainly to do with the fact that the block of 28 "54" plated Scanias wouldn't fit in the remaining number series used for Single Deckers, so they used them to start off a new one with any single deckers arriving secondhand to Go North East filling up the remaining 4983 - 4999, before going on to 51xx on the last 2 lots of second hand single deckers. Brief overview of it is as follows....

4983 - 4988 - DAF SB220LF / N-C Paladin LF - Ex Speedlink
4989 - 4990 - Scania L94UB / Wright Solar - Ex Travel Ludlow
4991 - 4992 - Scania L94UB / Wright Solar - Ex Anglian
4993 - Volvo B10BLE / Alexander ALX300 - Ex Beestons
4994 - Leyland Tiger / ELC EL2000 (Rebody) - Ex Northumbria Coaches
4995 - 4999 - Leyland Lynx Mk2 - Ex Northumbria Coaches (4995 - 4998 were new to North East Bus and 4999 was new to Metrobus)

5144 - 5150 - Volvo B10BLE / Wright Renown - Ex Arriva Northumbria
5151 - 5171 - Volvo B10BLE / Wright Renown - Ex Oxford Bus

[V514DFT]

right gotchya its only cus i was on 4978 last night which is a 54 plate but then you have 5203 which is also a 54 plate and it got me thinking,thanks for clearing that up,4978 it does sound slightly different tbh,dont know if the rest of the batch on the 19's are the same

[Michael]

More Streetdecks spotted at Heysham docks today, photo's by Alistair




6318 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...datetaken/
6327 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...datetaken/
6328 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...datetaken/
6329 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...datetaken/
6330 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...datetaken/



Unidentified: (not sure if its the same bus or different)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...datetaken/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...datetaken/


One of the Unidentified ones could be: 

6326

[citaro5284]

More Streetdecks spotted at Heysham docks today, photo's by Alistair




6318 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...datetaken/
6327 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...datetaken/
6328 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...datetaken/
6329 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...datetaken/
6330 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...datetaken/



Unidentified: (not sure if its the same bus or different)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...datetaken/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...datetaken/


One of the Unidentified ones could be: 

6326

Should be 6 there in total.

[Malarkey]

Hopefully something GNE will look at in the future rather than buying Streetlites - http://www.route-one.net/articles/Techno...id_package

[G-CPTN]

Hopefully something GNE will look at in the future rather than buying Streetlites - http://www.route-one.net/articles/Techno...id_package

I support the idea (of the mini-hybrid), however the Citaro is a full-size bus whilst the Streetlite is a Midi.

[S813 FVK]

I support the idea (of the mini-hybrid), however the Citaro is a full-size bus whilst the Streetlite is a Midi.

Ok, to be more specific, he is most likely referring to the Streetlite Max.