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(04 Jan 2015, 8:30 pm)tyresmoke wrote Solo's are rather boring unless it's an older one where you can hear the whine from the Allison gearbox which gives them a bit more character. I do like the Cummins engine in the Versas, the Quaylink ones up and down the hills are great.
Pulsar's are lovely to drive, they're great all rounders, equally at home on town work as they are flying upto Durham on the X1.
Can't beat a Scania Omnicity though - they're superb buses from a drivers point of view. Would love a go of a Merc Citaro too.
I'm a fan of driving Cadets too - but they suffer from horrendous electrical issues!
(04 Jan 2015, 8:29 pm)Dan wrote You've been on the Belmont examples - some of the worst examples in their fleet.
(04 Jan 2015, 8:42 pm)aureolin wrote Aye, I've said it before, but for buses that are about 6 years old, you'd think they've been on the road for 15 years by the sound of them. Not to mention how shabby the interior has been allowed to get.
(04 Jan 2015, 8:30 pm)tyresmoke wrote Solo's are rather boring unless it's an older one where you can hear the whine from the Allison gearbox which gives them a bit more character. I do like the Cummins engine in the Versas, the Quaylink ones up and down the hills are great.
Pulsar's are lovely to drive, they're great all rounders, equally at home on town work as they are flying upto Durham on the X1.
Can't beat a Scania Omnicity though - they're superb buses from a drivers point of view. Would love a go of a Merc Citaro too.
I'm a fan of driving Cadets too - but they suffer from horrendous electrical issues!
(05 Jan 2015, 2:16 pm)Andreos1 wrote Can anyone confirm the route the 82/82A will take between Vigo Bridge and Station Lane and vice versa please?
Looking at the timetables, I assume there isn't a service via Vigo Lane, Barley Mow Inn and Durham Road any more, with the roundabout on Blackfell Way being the point that the service changes direction. It goes up as the 82A and comes back down as the 82.
If this is the case, then it will no longer stop at the top of Orchard Avenue in either direction - but will it use Harras Bank (like it does on a Sunday currently) and continue to go via Fell Bank and Portmeads?
(05 Jan 2015, 9:07 pm)Tom wrote Is it just me who finds the 82/82A confusing?
From Birtley you have the 82 going all of the way to Heworth, yet heading in you have the 82A coming from Concord? Very confusing.
So you couldn't travel from Heworth to Birtley, yet you could travel from Birtley to Heworth?
(05 Jan 2015, 9:07 pm)Tom wrote Is it just me who finds the 82/82A confusing?
From Birtley you have the 82 going all of the way to Heworth, yet heading in you have the 82A coming from Concord? Very confusing.
So you couldn't travel from Heworth to Birtley, yet you could travel from Birtley to Heworth?
(06 Jan 2015, 3:31 pm)cbma06 wrote Dont know if its just me, I was looking at the new timetable for service 35/36, why would the pvr go up from the existing pvr?, since new service 35 will be every 30 minutes and new service 36 will be every 30 minutes, both providing a 15 minute joint service. and since the service will be every 15 minutes instead of every 10 minutes, and also since the Sunderland to South shields will be cancelled but the service will be going to Chester-Le-Street and Heworth which would cancel out the sunderland to south shields section of service run also the 10 minute freq turning into a 15 minute freq?
(07 Jan 2015, 11:09 am)Michael wrote It seems some of the new timetables for upcoming changes have being tidied up, they're still in the black and white style but they look much better.
Some have had brand names added (Not confirmed but going by the new timetables) - here is the 33/33A timetable for the updated tidy version..... - http://www.simplygo.com/download/publication/67632.24
(07 Jan 2015, 11:55 am)Dan wrote On this timetable format, the branding for each service is likely to remain exactly the same as what the timetable shows at present. Despite service 39 being operated by purple Versas, the service is down as 'Go North East' on the current timetable. In short: I wouldn't put money on the new timetables helping you at all with the revised allocations/brands.
It's quite likely that Go North East has devised these temporary timetables until everything is confirmed with regards to allocations and branding. It is clear that "Silver Arrows" services 2A/2C will no longer be branded as "Silver Arrows" from January 25th due to the fact some of its allocated Mercedes Citaros are undergoing repaint into gold for the revised 35/36 services.
One of our 'Go North East insiders' may be able to confirm, but I'd guess that the timetables are designed by an external company, along with the 'paper buses' which appear on said timetables and the website. If things are still unconfirmed, Go North East won't have sent the final details to the external company yet and hence the timetables haven't been designed. That, or they could still be waiting for them to return...
(08 Jan 2015, 10:40 am)Michael wrote The 35/35A/36 timetable has being updated in to a better style, at the top...
Go North East (Gold as per current Laser) although not confirmed, can anyone confirm that the 35/36 will be branded as Go North East or is that just to put people off its new brand?
Timetable... http://www.simplygo.com/download/publica...25-1-2015/
(08 Jan 2015, 10:45 am)Dan wrote The services will fall under a brand.
Just means that, at the time of the timetable's publication, the name for the brand mightn't have been confirmed.
(08 Jan 2015, 10:48 am)Michael wrote Good, let's hope its something decent...
I wonder if all the timetables when updated again (to the current style of other timetables), will show the services new brands.... instead of being behind.
