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Why don't they brand the 9 the centurion with diffrent buses bring back the red colour
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(04 Dec 2013, 7:26 pm)aureolin wrote Redundant role nowadays isn't it? Unless your hours have been cut to part time, and only when Soccerbus runs.
(04 Dec 2013, 8:52 pm)gtomlinson wrote Well, you know I've always championed the DAF as a vehicleDo you know if they have sockets?
Re - the exclusive photos. The interior shot of a B9. It looks to me like erm...well every other B9 in the fleet minus the luxury red leather (ahem) headrest.
(05 Dec 2013, 9:14 am)Michael wrote Do you know if they have sockets?
(05 Dec 2013, 9:37 am)gtomlinson wrote Actually, I don't. Can't imagine they would, same spec as Angel I'd guess at
Bit chaotic out there today. Redheugh Bridge now closed due to an overturned lorry (why the Police were letting lorries across the road during gale force winds is another matter)
(05 Dec 2013, 9:47 am)Michael wrote I hope they do, then i can do my Uni work while on the bus haha =D
Also noticed at Park Lane theirs only 1 person who cleans the buses when they arrive, i think GNE should employ people for each service.
So 1 person cleans the Laser buses, 1 cleans the Prince Bishops etc.
(05 Dec 2013, 10:06 am)andreos1 wrote How many services out of Park Lane are Gold Standard?
Pretty sure regular cleaning throughout the day is one of the Gold Standard promises.
If one guy is cleaning however many buses, the brush will be worn out in no time!
(05 Dec 2013, 10:12 am)Michael wrote Iv'e only ever seen 1 guy in Park lane with a brush, i think it would be a good idea for them to have 1 person allocated to a route to give the insides of the bus abit of a clean when they arrive.
Gold Standard i would say is Drifter,Laser, Simplicity?, Silver Arrows. He seems to regularly clean the Prince Bishops and FAB 56 Scanias, so can we include them.
(05 Dec 2013, 10:16 am)andreos1 wrote Got images of him running around Park Lane like something off the Benny Hill show!
Without checking, guessing you are correct with the routes which are Gold Standard.
(05 Dec 2013, 10:16 am)andreos1 wrote Got images of him running around Park Lane like something off the Benny Hill show!
Without checking, guessing you are correct with the routes which are Gold Standard.
(05 Dec 2013, 10:25 am)fozzovmurton wrote Dont know how it is now, but at one time the contract for cleaning the buses was exclusive to the 20/56...
(05 Dec 2013, 10:30 am)andreos1 wrote Just tried checking the website to see (www.simplygo.com/gold-standard/) and it doesn't stipulate which are/aren't.
There is a thread about Gold Standard in the forum somewhere, it may have been clarified in there.
(05 Dec 2013, 10:25 am)Michael wrote Wont be along before all GNE services will be gold standard.
After the 56 and 309/310,
GNE have confirmed they are planning to invest money for new buses these are:
2014/2015 which will cost them 11.2m
2015/2016 which will cost them 11.8m
Which GNE have said is at a rate of 80 new buses per year.
This is on on PDF document for Go North East Promotes Partnership Working - http://bit.ly/gonortheast - page 11 =)
Is it time for everyone to take a guess what routes will get new buses during 2014/2015?
(05 Dec 2013, 10:34 am)andreos1 wrote Just a guess, but:
8, 78, 78 - Citaro's.
20, 20a, x20 - Citaro's/Gemini's.
Centurion - Versa's.
Don't normally take much notice of this side of the forum, so it may have already been discussed/confirmed.
No doubt someone will come along and say it is this/isn't this - so just to clarify and stick in a disclaimer, these are just my thoughts and are probably wrong :p
(05 Dec 2013, 10:32 am)fozzovmurton wrote I just remember talking to one of the cleaners a couple of years ago and he said they only cleaned the 20/56, which was the reason he was always stood by Greggs waiting
(05 Dec 2013, 11:10 am)andreos1 wrote I would be very surprised if they were the only two Gold Standard services in Sunderland.
If what he said is true, then what has happened to the Gold Standard promise?
(05 Dec 2013, 11:18 am)fozzovmurton wrote My thoughts as well, just going on what I told at the time, remember this was about 2 years ago when I was talking to the guy about the cleaning of buses