(18 Dec 2013, 8:24 pm)Dan wrote Point being it shouldn't have been 'confirmed' in the first place because it was far too early to be a definite plan.
Plans are often leaked, and this is of no great convenience to Go North East management because there are later difficulties of enthusiasts, employees, and even customers (if employees have told them rather foolishly) knowing the a previous plan, and that then not happening.
There is a correct time for plans to be hinted at, and latterly confirmed - and this is perhaps a week or two before the first vehicle involved in a plan is due to be repainted/re-branded.
When the time is right, I'm sure the same will happen again for the upcoming vehicle changes.
(18 Dec 2013, 8:28 pm)pdiddy wrote The Citaros are definatly going onto the X21 .... 26th Jan gauranteed
(18 Dec 2013, 10:27 pm)pdiddy wrote Trust me this is fact. I know cos i work for GNE
(18 Dec 2013, 10:29 pm)Dan wrote So does Rob!
I don't mean to sound rude at all, I just know how fluidly plans change with Go North East. We all do, in fact.
Rob did comment on the X21 being 'double decker operation for a reason'. For whatever reason this is, it does seem like single deckers would be unsuitable... Would you agree?
(19 Dec 2013, 7:16 am)nk55 wrote I have to agree putting single decks on the X21 does seem a strange decision, particularly at peaks and the weekends unless there's a frequency increase, however from Durham to Bishop the oaps would rather wait for the 6 with it being a single deck even if they have to wait more than the supposed 12 minutes, so maybe the planners may have that in mind.
(19 Dec 2013, 7:42 am)Dan wrote I think the trouble with upgrading the service's vehicle type and frequency is that it is quite a big ask for the service. It would have to generate enough revenue to make all of that justifiable, and the last time GNE proposed to do that (SimpliCity 39), it failed.
In the case of the 39, there was enough vehicles for a proposed frequency increase to happen too, but there never really was for the X21.
(19 Dec 2013, 11:55 am)Michael wrote Has any more of the Scania's being painted yet?
Are the Whey aye five-0 Scania's scheduled, to start going in after the FAB 56 ones?
Any one ventured down to Deptford to see if any of the B9's are their?
(18 Dec 2013, 8:47 pm)northtynelinks2 wrote Indeed, 641 has its roofline advertising connections to Durham and 642 to Newcastle.
(19 Dec 2013, 11:55 am)Michael wrote Has any more of the Scania's being painted yet?
Are the Whey aye five-0 Scania's scheduled, to start going in after the FAB 56 ones?
Any one ventured down to Deptford to see if any of the B9's are their?
(19 Dec 2013, 12:48 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote 4926 has been painted
(19 Dec 2013, 12:40 pm)Michael wrote Red B10 on the 8 today, heading to gall's from Sunderland about 5 mins ago.
Seem to be quite a few Northern B10's on their lately
(19 Dec 2013, 2:04 pm)Dan wrote I quite like the roofline advertising slogans.
I have outlined the ones I've noted below - if you have any you'd like to add, feel free to add them... It would be good to add such specific details to our fleet lists.
641: "Venture out with frequent connections to Durham" (NS), "Venture into Consett from Delves Lane every 15 minutes" (OS)
642: "Venture into Consett from Delves Lane every 15 minutes" (NS), "Venture in your local area - Consett Day Ticket £3.30" (OS)
643: ???? (NS), "Venture out with frequent connections to Newcastle" (OS)
644: "Venture out with frequent connections to Newcastle" (NS), "Venture into Consett from Shotley Bridge every 30 minutes" (OS)
645: "Venture out with frequent connections to Durham" (NS), ???? (OS)
646: ???? (NS), "Venture into Consett from Castleside every 30 minutes" (OS)
647: ???? (NS), "Venture into Stanley from Consett every 30 minutes" (OS)
648: ???? (NS), "Venture into Consett from Castleside every 30 minutes" (OS)
649: "Venture into Stanley from Consett every 30 minutes" (NS), "Venture out with frequent connections to Metrocentre" (OS)
650: ???? (NS), "Venture in your local area - Consett Day Ticket £3.30" (OS)
651: "Venture into Consett from Castleside every 30 minutes" (NS), "Venture out with frequent connections to Newcastle" (OS)
652: ???? (NS), "Venture into Consett from Shotley Bridge every 30 minutes" (OS)
(19 Dec 2013, 4:29 pm)northtynelinks2 wrote Ill try and get the rest since i will see a lot out and about.
(19 Dec 2013, 2:04 pm)Dan wrote I quite like the roofline advertising slogans.
I have outlined the ones I've noted below - if you have any you'd like to add, feel free to add them... It would be good to add such specific details to our fleet lists.
641: "Venture out with frequent connections to Durham" (NS), "Venture into Consett from Delves Lane every 15 minutes" (OS)
642: "Venture into Consett from Delves Lane every 15 minutes" (NS), "Venture in your local area - Consett Day Ticket £3.30" (OS)
643: ???? (NS), "Venture out with frequent connections to Newcastle" (OS)
644: "Venture out with frequent connections to Newcastle" (NS), "Venture into Consett from Shotley Bridge every 30 minutes" (OS)
645: "Venture out with frequent connections to Durham" (NS), ???? (OS)
646: ???? (NS), "Venture into Consett from Castleside every 30 minutes" (OS)
647: ???? (NS), "Venture into Stanley from Consett every 30 minutes" (OS)
648: ???? (NS), "Venture into Consett from Castleside every 30 minutes" (OS)
649: "Venture into Stanley from Consett every 30 minutes" (NS), "Venture out with frequent connections to Metrocentre" (OS)
650: ???? (NS), "Venture in your local area - Consett Day Ticket £3.30" (OS)
651: "Venture into Consett from Castleside every 30 minutes" (NS), "Venture out with frequent connections to Newcastle" (OS)
652: ???? (NS), "Venture into Consett from Shotley Bridge every 30 minutes" (OS)
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(19 Dec 2013, 4:42 pm)tyresmoke wrote Missing one's that I've photographed (I'm way behind on flickr!) are:
643 n/s "Venture into Consett from Castleside every 30 minutes"
648 n/s "Venture in your local area - Stanley Day Ticket £2.60"
Also: 644 n/s is Metrocentre not Newcastle. 652 o/s is "Venture in your local area, Consett Day Ticket £3.30"
(19 Dec 2013, 4:35 pm)Dan wrote Just looked on Flickr to find some more...
647: "Venture into Consett from Shotley Bridge every 30 minutes" (NS), "Venture into Stanley from Consett every 30 minutes" (OS)
648: "Venture in your local area - Consett Day Ticket £3.30" (NS), "Venture into Consett from Castleside every 30 minutes" (OS)
Would be greatly appreciated if you could find 643 (NS), 645 (OS), 646 (NS), 650 (NS) and 652 (NS).
(19 Dec 2013, 2:16 pm)Dan wrote I noted several repainted Solars receiving "Go North East" logos being put on top of their red base livery. When this was being done, rear adverts for the "Go!" campaign were also being added, as well as new pushchair/wheelchair logos and fleet numbers.
(19 Dec 2013, 2:16 pm)Dan wrote Lolyne 3801 was also present at Deptford. Wild speculation, but I do wonder if this could be Solar 5205's replacement... This would back up an earlier hypothesis that these vehicles are to go to Stanley for services X30/X31. 5205 was also still present at Deptford while I was there though (you could just see it), so who knows..?