Will the batch of 15x E400MMCs be registered in Yorkshire (YX) or be registered in the North East (NK) like the E200MMCs? 

Also, once they roll out the factory, will they be stored by East Yorkshire until collected by GNE or will GNE staff (or delivery contractor) drive down and collect them?

In terms of storage, will they be stored at Saltmeadows or (minus the 1x for the X30) will they be stored at Deptford then transferred across to Washington?

Good evening folks, with the new more topic related forum, I thought I would make this new thread to solely post the official Stagecoach fleet allocations from the monthly period fleet card when they land in my inbox. I have also attached the latest update I have on what is SORN due to the current Covid-19 pandemic. 


Busways
Fleet Movements
12081 NK11 DJJ Dennis E400H (Walkergate to Reserve)
19198 NK57 DWC Dennis E400 (Reserve to East Midlands) 
22570 SP08 DCV MAN E300 (Slatyford to Reserve)
37314 SN65 ZBO Dennis E200 (South Shields to Reserve)
39726 NK09 EGY MAN E200 (Sunderland to Reserve)

Reserve Fleet
Slatyford: 22024(sorn), 22082(sorn), 22570(spare)
South Shields: 37314(spare)
Sunderland: 35188(sorn), 39726(spare)
Walkergate: 12081(spare), 19379(sorn), 22024(sorn)

On Loan to Highlands
11297, 11298, 11299

Delicenced
Slatyford: 17239, 17240, 17643, 17645, 22066(engine), 22346(engine)

Vehicles for Disposal
Slatyford: 22013, 22050, 22051, 22069, 22508, 22509, 22511, 22579
Walkergate: 22020, 22022, 22511, 22512, 22513

Transit
Fleet Movements
27163 SN64 OJM Dennis Enviro 300 (Stockton to Reserve)
39658 NJ08 CRZ MAN Enviro 200 (Reserve to Delicenced)

Reserve Fleet
Stockton: 22063(sorn), 27163(spare)

Vehicles for Disposal
Hartlepool: 39657
Stockton: 22016, 22061, 22510, 22514, 22515

Covid-19 SORN Lists (as of 3rd May 2020)

Hartlepool (16)
ADL E200: 36083, 36085, 36089, 36461, 36463, 36466, 36467
MAN E200: 39660, 39662, 39664, 39665, 39666, 39667, 39668, 39669, 39709

Slatyford (65)
ADL E400: 19382
ADL E400MMC: 10638, 10639, 10640, 10644, 10646, 10648, 10651, 10652, 10654
MAN ALX300: 22068, 22072(trainer), 22080, 22081, 22082, 22341, 22342, 22345, 22347, 22348, 22408, 22409, 22410, 22411, 22413, 22428
MAN E300: 22574, 22580, 24106, 24107, 24108, 24109, 24110, 24111, 24112, 24113, 24114, 24115
ADL E200MMC: 26063, 26064, 26066, 26067, 26068, 26069, 26070, 26072, 26074, 26075, 26076, 26077, 26078, 26079, 26080
ADL E200: 36091, 36092, 36093, 36094, 36468, 36469, 36471, 36472, 36473, 36474, 36475, 36476

Stockton (49)
ADL E400: 19204, 19205, 19211, 19383, 19384
MAN ALX300: 22018, 22026, 22062(trainer), 22063, 22064, 22074(trainer), 22075(trainer)
ADL E300: 27159, 27160, 27162, 27164, 27166, 27167, 27168, 27169, 27170, 27172, 27173, 27174, 27175, 27176, 27177, 27178, 27179, 27180, 27181, 27239, 27240, 27241, 27242, 27243, 27244, 27245, 27247, 27248, 27249, 27250, 27251, 27252, 27253, 27254, 27006, 27507, 27509, 27510

South Shields (22)
Dart SLF: 35188
ADL E200: 37143, 37144, 37303, 37305, 37307, 37309, 37310, 37311, 37312, 37313, 37315, 37316, 37317, 37318
MAN E200: 39702, 39703, 39705, 39706, 39707, 39708, 39721

Sunderland (68)
ADL E400: 19642, 19644,
MAN ALX300: 22071(trainer), 22073(trainer)
Omnilink: 24001, 24002, 24003
ADL E300: 27726, 27727, 27728, 27729, 27730, 27731, 27732, 27733, 27734, 27736, 27737, 27738, 27739, 27740
Scania E300: 28005, 28009, 28010, 28011, 28014, 28016, 28027, 28029, 28030, 28031, 28032, 28034, 28036, 28040
Dart SLF: 34605, 35189
ADL E200: 36965, 36966, 36967, 36968, 36971, 36973, 36974, 36975, 36976, 36977, 36980
MAN E200: 39673, 39674, 39675, 39710, 39711, 39712, 39713, 39714, 39715, 39716, 39717, 39718, 39723, 39725, 39727, 39728, 39729, 39730, 39731, 39732

Walkergate (66)
ADL E400: 10000, 19214*, 19215*, 19216*, 19217*, 19219*, 19379, 19385,19387, 19388, 19389, 19430, 19431, 19432, 19433, 19434, 19435, 19437, 19438, 19439, 19440, 19441, 19442, 19443, 19445, 19446, 19646, 19647, 19670, 19671, 19672, 19673, 19674, 19677, 19678, 19679, 19680, 19681, 19682, 19683
ADL E400MMC: 10633, 10634, 10635, 10636, 10637
ADL E400H: 12061, 12062, 12063, 12064, 12069, 12071, 12072, 12074, 12075, 12078, 12079, 12080, 12082, 12083, 12084, 12085, 12086
MAN ALX300: 22024, 22065(trainer), 22076(trainer), 22437

*pending transfer to Highlands

1432 on the x4

I was checking for buses from newcastle on Saturday morning for the other half as she is doing a night shift and the GNE app on my phone was saying the the 28A will be running on Saturday? But when i checked this going onto GNE web site and using the journey planner it said it would be the 28b ( which i think is correct).  Is the app no reflecting the emergency timetable that's in use??

Have not seen 37315 for a while must be stored in top depot!

Fleet news for Arriva is particularly difficult to come by, and whilst I've been able to get a copy of their allocation sheets in order to update our fleet news, this doesn't include details of repaints or branding revisions.

Does anyone hold records of when Arriva North East's buses have been repainted (just fleet number and date will do, I can then find an appropriate photo and add this to the news) or had their branding modified?

Thanks in advance!

No idea if there's a thread already or not. 
Either way, 718 is on the 78.

Just merge if there's a thread already.

I've updated the fleet list for these guys with only (fairly) recent confirmed fleet members.
There is potentially another TIL4230 on a Volvo B12 chassis that's just arrived in March 2020 but no details on that yet.
Would be great if anyone can post any sightings (once we're out of lockdown!) or even visit their depot to catch up with the fleet as it's really hard to keep up!
Former Finglands B10M W100FFC may have been sold recently, possibly part ex for the B12 as it was around the same time!

Evening everyone.

In recent months we've seen participation on the forum vastly decrease - once upon a time probably the most popular discussion forum for enthusiasts in our region, most of our users now just post on groups and pages on social media instead. That said we do still have a significant amount of viewers, a lot of whom just do not post. Of our 646 registered users, just 62 are actually active, so we've lost a lot of members along the way, but we still have a lot of long-term users (those who have contributed since the website's early inception back in summer 2012!) and we want to do more to try and retain those users, as well as welcome new users to contribute and bring back the 'spark' that NEB once had.

As I mentioned yesterday, we're really hoping to use the current pandemic as a time to give NEB a bit of love and attention. We're going to regularly promote our news articles and Bygone Era submissions on social media to help drive more traffic onto our website, and we hope that by doing this it will encourage more new users to join.

We're going to make more of a conscious effort to keep the fleet lists and fleet news up to date. Both Go North East and Stagecoach's latest news is now up to date. The news is one of our best resources, and the archive of this news is really what sets us apart from most other enthusiast groups. We're still trying to find a reliable source for Arriva North East fleet news for us to be able to backdate our records (can anyone point us in the right direction for this?)

The biggest change that we're going to implement is a new-look forum. With improved mobile optimisation and user-specific colour/layout customisation, the new forum will include a number of new features:

• new index page, which is brighter and depicts sub-forums more clearly by use of imagery, and makes it easier to see which threads the latest posts have been made in
  
• new forum 'feed' page, which will allow users to preview the first post in newly created threads, so if it is of interest, they can read further.
  
• 'like' system re-implemented
  
• new notification system, which informs users when they receive a private message or when another user has quoted their post.
  
• new calendar system, which we can upload details of bus rallies and events to (once things go back to normal!) or even key dates for service changes etc.
  

We've tried to fix some of the various bugs reported over the past few weeks too.

Our approach with the new theme is to give the forum more of a social media 'feel'. We appreciate it's a big step from the board we've been used to, but a growing number of enthusiasts in our community are younger, and have not grown up with discussion boards and forums. By implementing some features commonly found on social media, we hope that this will encourage more younger enthusiasts to join our community and contribute to our discussion forum.

We'd encourage everyone to add an avatar/profile picture - our only request is that you try and ensure it's equal in height x width dimensions otherwise certain areas of the forum go slightly odd.

The biggest step-change for the forum is by moving away from our traditional 'monthly' operator threads. Discussion should now be shared in individual threads unique to that topic. This, like social media, means that if there is a particular topic that users would like to join in on the discussion, they can. Rare and odd allocations can be split into unique threads by day rather than monthly, should users still wish to report these (the inception of popular website "bustimes" has rendered these threads largely useless, as most enthusiasts use this to check rare allocations now rather than post them on our forum, but we appreciate there may still be users who'd like to discuss these allocations or share their photos). We have unfortunately lost in excess of 30,000 'rare & odd working' posts from Go North East, as I clicked the wrong button and we didn't have a backup of the database from today.

We hope everyone likes these changes. Feel free to leave us any feedback below, or to comment with any bugs you stumble across.

Dan.

Yesterday

1430 on the 62
And another pulsar was on the 81 was too far to get the number