It will be intriguing to see what happens now Vivarail seem to be going the journey. 

All that investment, all that PR and now this.

https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/11/viv...ators.html

https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/12/viv...rvice.html

Did GNW 3201/2 transfer to GNE?

Was it this weekend. Passed a old london bus parked on the drive of one of the house next to dominoes on low fell with happy birthday then marjin Gilbert?

I have only recently noticed the different thicknesses of the coloured lines on the front panels between the 53/54 vehicles and Q3 vehicles (green /yellow)
Never noticed before

Ok a starter for this thread having come across this on Youtube? I'm sure many who live in GNE territory had the pleasure of riding on one of these.........

https://youtu.be/H5XGF941PFI

Can anyone tell me why the 555/556 got withdrawn? And roughly when and who operated it?

Does anyone know if GNE will be operating any of Arriva's services on Boxing Day this year?

So as I mentioned on the disruptions thread, if Arriva pulled the plug on the 47/51/52/53/54/55 and sent them out to tender, it would level the driver numbers at Blyth & Ashington almost immediately and get things back to normal. 

Obviously the margins on these services are probably marginal and likely even more so since the pandemic. Minibuses could be the next step but with that is the cost & logistics of the clean air zone not forgetting other logistics.

Working it out, if all routes out of Blyth & Ashington except the 1/2/57/57A are all decker operated (if there was enough), that would phase out most single deckers and minibuses.

Then for the 1 & 2 and 57 & 57A, the total PVR is 12 meaning that the 14x StreetLites would then cover them services with 2x spare and phasing out all minibuses.

Seems like GNE have won an award for...

The Buses for Pleasure sponsored by @CBWtweets SILVER WINNER is....
Toon Tour, Seasider X11 and the X75, @gonortheast

The Marketing sponsored by Coach & Bus 23 ( @DiversifiedUK ) GOLD WINNER Jobs with Real Purpose,@gonortheast CONGRATULATIONS

The Bus and the Community sponsored by @yourHeathrow SILVER WINNER @gonortheast CONGRATULATIONS! 

The Culture Change SILVER WINNER@gonortheast CONGRATULATIONS!  #BusWinners22 #MadeIt #UKBA

Other companies, Preston Bus, Stagecoach Preston, Diamond Bus NW, Abellio London, TransDev, Arriva London, Stagecoach Areas, Uno. 

All won awards, from what I saw on Twitter ArrivaNE nor SCNE won any awards

I'm not sure what's more reliable, GNE's service or this website.

Seems to be down more than it's up these past few days!