(07 Mar 2023, 6:09 pm)missedbus wrote It would compensate Percy Main for losing the 19 and 311, and will also take the pressure off Riverside which still struggles with cancellations at times.I can't see Percy Main closing, not with the new qualifying agreement and the timetable too.
That said, if the 25 and 28/29 move to Riverside, it'll be Washington that has the net reduction in work.
(07 Mar 2023, 7:29 pm)L469 YVK wrote I can't see Percy Main closing, not with the new qualifying agreement and the timetable too.
Maybe if a successful bid to 'green' the 306/307/308/309, a joint depot facility with Arriva. Somewhere with centralised compounds for charging / gas in North Tyneside but GNE & Arriva having separate 'depots within a depot'. Then GNE could effectively move Percy Main there with Arriva also having a few non-EV operations stationed there too (for likes of the 50's, minibuses etc).
(08 Mar 2023, 10:36 am)Drifter60 wrote Timetables for the 26th March changes online now. Most of which are already known, but the PDFs appear in drop down menus. 65 now branded as ‘Prince Bishops’, half hourly during the day Mon-Sat. Q3 is now every 20 minutes across whole route and looks like the clockwise/anti-clockwise route around Great Park is dropped. And the 41 cut from Howdon with the 1 replacing 97.
(08 Mar 2023, 12:09 pm)cbma06 wrote 61/61a been put into the east Durham brand, saves a paint job.
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(08 Mar 2023, 1:00 pm)Drifter60 wrote Yet another colour scheme for the 61 then! Since 2006 route branding it’s been Cream, Green, Purple, Silver, Red, Blue*, Violet and now soon to be cream/brown, gone full circle I suppose. Mind ‘Explorer’ suits it considering that long winded route around Murton…
I’m surprised the Explorer Streetlites haven’t stayed on the 65/20A pattern, surely there aren’t near enough Prince Bishops buses with the 65 included and the 20 now going to Langley Park? Haven’t some only fairly recently been repainted out of Prince Bishops livery? Wonder if some will get painted purple (or back into purple) or will it be filled with corporate branded Streetlites.
(08 Mar 2023, 1:00 pm)Drifter60 wrote Yet another colour scheme for the 61 then! Since 2006 route branding it’s been Cream, Green, Purple, Silver, Red, Blue*, Violet and now soon to be cream/brown, gone full circle I suppose. Mind ‘Explorer’ suits it considering that long winded route around Murton…There are still two Prince Bishops 5422/26 that were going to be repainted into corporate livery, they will probably just stay as Prince Bishops now
I’m surprised the Explorer Streetlites haven’t stayed on the 65/20A pattern, surely there aren’t near enough Prince Bishops buses with the 65 included and the 20 now going to Langley Park? Haven’t some only fairly recently been repainted out of Prince Bishops livery? Wonder if some will get painted purple (or back into purple) or will it be filled with corporate branded Streetlites.
(08 Mar 2023, 1:08 pm)deanmachine wrote The gap might be filled with Double Deckers? It says on the service update the 65 is getting "bigger buses", the only bigger buses than full size Streetlites are double deck. Maybe they'll paint some of the Streetdecks in Prince Bishop livery?
(08 Mar 2023, 4:26 pm)KingSlayerRBLX wrote Did not see some of those coming! Hoping that Green Arrow change potentially sets up the X66 gaining the MMC's! Navy Blue 200MMC's would look really niceUnless partial vinyls or fleet livery, I think this is the end of branding for GNE.
(08 Mar 2023, 5:37 pm)L469 YVK wrote Unless partial vinyls or fleet livery, I think this is the end of branding for GNE.I don't think there is a PVR 8 deckers which need replacing
Maybe with these and the 8x Rex Kite StreetDecks now 'surplus' (although maybe used in future to replace older vehicles) plus a raft of other changes, has COVID actually been the cause of this, or was COVID just the tip of the iceberg with these problems steming years back?
(08 Mar 2023, 12:31 pm)Dan wrote https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/service-ch...m-26-March
(08 Mar 2023, 6:07 pm)Aaron21 wrote Wow a whole need for another route. I've used both and the 41 gets hardly anyone. 41A on the other had gets quite a few people
(08 Mar 2023, 12:09 pm).cbma06 wrote 61/61a been put into the east Durham brand, saves a paint job.
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