Not sure if its new,but i when i was on my way to the shop,i saw 7617 which has recieved a livery for Daft As A Brush

If the North East was to roll bus franchising out, would vehicles operating services be required to operate in the NexusBus livery? Also with the likes of Stagecoach saying it will lead to higher taxes and lack of investment is completely untrue. If you take a look at TFL, services operate efficiently, and despite a higher subsidy the network of services are more accessible and understandable by the general public with the simple Oyster card.

It's the areas where only one operator runs is where you find the most problems. Look at Jarrow for example, dominated by Go North East although twice now they've changed the South Tyneside Hospital bus route, meaning as a result Nexus have had to step and provide the additional service. When the Metro was on strike last year, GNE took full advantage by charging normal fares.

If buses were franchised and there was one very affordable ticket that could be used on any form of Transport (not like the £7.80 Day Rover) then you would have more people using services and have services better connected.

And my final point is how Stagecoach treat their X24/X34 passengers by refusing to pay the bus station departure chargers, and as a result cause extra congestion on Pilgrim Street, not the nicest place to wait when everybody seems to push to get on the bus if it stops in the wrong place. I understand these services need to make a profit to keep them going, and with Stagecoach trying to do everything they can to reduce costs it seems passengers are not getting a good deal. And lets not forget how much the price of a day rider on Stagecoach has gone up, now £4.70 when it was only £3.90 when the X24 first started...

Darlington depot MAX pulsar 1406 now has now been dedicated to the much loved Stephen foster

After about 3 months off work I'm finally go back tomorrow. So today I've uploaded some photos I've taken in my final week off. These include the Teesside Flex demand responsive transport. Plus various photos of the big 3 bus companies plus some independent operators have been uploaded today. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/

Newcastle Central Station new entrances get go-ahead

A £4m plan to dramatically redesign Newcastle's Central Station has been given the green light.

The scheme includes two new entrances for the Victorian building, and the moving of its car parks and taxi rank.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ty...m2=twitter

7610 out on the 62

34610, now in Plymouth, has been repainted into the new Stagecoach livery:

New on old by Nick Rice, on Flickr

For Stagecoach repaints

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I noted 19670 in the new livery on Thursday,dont know if its a new repaint,or just that i havent seen it in a while,even before lockdown,last time i saw it looked rather tatty

https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/flexi5?fbc...t9WGqeYsjg

Any news on this? Noticed that Ian Levy has mentioned on his Facebook they have plans to regenerate both the bus station and depot site. First I've heard of anything on it but know there was rumours with a merger with Jesmond years ago which is for sale atm.