<p>Just been having a bit of a think about having a running day using some of the remaining fleet of Scania L94UB Wright Solars from Go North East for a final farewell before they are all withdrawn over the summer.</p><p><br></p><p>The idea would be to have a Solar from each batch from the year they were bought new with all of them being used during the day on some of the routes they used to operate, this could work two ways it could be set up for the Solar to run additional boards of various services on a Saturday or Sunday similar to what Lothian do,&nbsp;Alternatively it could be completely independent to enthusiasts only similar to the NNRG running days.</p><p><br></p><p>So the routes for the day if it went ahead would be:</p><p><br></p><p>4932- 57/57A - Newcastle - Gateshead - QE Hospital - Fewster Square - Heworth - Fellgate - South Shields</p><p><br></p><p>4966 - 194/294 - Heworth Metro - Concord - Washington - Fatfield - Shiney Row - Success Road - Houghton-Le-Spring</p><p><br></p><p>4968 - 35A/39 - Heworth - Boldon - Castletown - Sunderland - Barnes Park - Shiney Row - Houghton - Low Moorsley/Pennywell - Sunderland - Ryhope - Doxford International</p><p><br></p><p>4976 - Route 19 - Northumberland Park - Cobalt - Percy Main - North Shields</p><p><br></p><p>4989 - 20/20A/777/47 - South Shields - Sunderland/Sunderland -&nbsp;Penshaw - Fatfield - Harraton - Birtley - Low Fell - Gateshead - Newcastle/Newcastle - MetroCentre - Blackhall Mill</p><p><br></p><p>5216 - 220/222 - Sunderland - Houghton-Le-Spring - Durham</p><p><br></p><p>5221 - The Loop</p><p><br></p><p>5229 - OK1/X84/X85 - Middlesbrough - Darlington - Bishop Auckland - Crook/Hexham - Corbridge - Heddon On The Wall - Newcastle</p><p><br></p><p>Other vehicles from these batches could be used in order to create extra runs.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

<p>10641 on 31</p>

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(31 May 2019, 8:23 pm)Dan wrote </p><p>
</p><p><br></p><p>Have they all been treated to full repaints?</p><p><br></p><p>Here is a rare sight here is stagecoach Sunderland E200 fully stripped ready for the new coat seen at the back of wheatsheaf depot before taken by my mate Harry by Sunderland wheatsheaf depot, on Flickr<br></p><p>

</p><p><br></p><p>36971/2 haven't been repainted yet. Im surprised they haven't just used 3 of the gas buses instead&nbsp;</p>

<p>X57 branded Omni on the X66 and an X46 Alx 400 on the X12.&nbsp;</p>

inspector on arriva but to Newcastle this morning checking tickets - not seen one on the bus for years.

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(31 May 2019, 10:54 am)cbma06 wrote Yep, was 53/54


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</p><p>Thought so,i seen a "mock up" on google of a bus in Gypsy Queen livery which had 14 on its display,why was it changed form 53/54,was it so it could be re-used for the Saltwell Loop,might of been a little before my time</p>

Evening folks.

We've made some minor changes to the forum this weekend;

• The fleet lists and Bygone Era links are back - they were temporarily removed following the recent updates to Flickr and changes to their API (which meant the photos didn't work).
  
• The header bar is now in white rather than black, intended to be less intrusive.
  
• The forum homepage includes a new 'chatbox' - designed for users to chat among each other, without fear of 'clogging up' the main forum threads with general chit-chat.
  
• 'View unread posts' option is now back.
  
• A new 'announcement' section is now available on the forum homepage.
  

Appreciate everyone's thoughts and feedback on these developments. If anything appears buggy, let us know and we'll try and get it fixed.

Cheers,
Dan.

The palaver around velo Midlands, currently in the news, has had me thinking about this. The road closures are extensive, with Durham itself, pretty much cut in two on the morning of the event but some roads, towards the end of the route, closed for most of the day.

I think it's going to be a nightmare for buses that normally travel through Bowburn and much of the area towards Fishburn, Sedgefield etc.

https://www.velonorth.com/

Suspension woes for ADL

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...4mQloxFhCM

Stagecoach North East: Rare & Odd Workings - May 2019