6315 has been named Darren Gray after a CLS colleague who died earlier this year.

I wonder if anyone can remember when this started from? I can remember in the late 1970s my gran not being able to use her (then Tyne and Wear) concessionary pass on the "rush hour" on a late afternoon. I think it has always been that the pass couldn't be used before 9.30am but there was also a time when at a certain point on the afternoon they couldn't be used either. Can anyone remember what the afternoon times were when the pass couldn't be used and also what year it changed where passes could be used at any time after 9.30am?

I think I've just seen 1605 being towed, but was too far away to know for sure.  1605 was on the X1 this morning. Could anyone help to identify which bus it was?

Since the new minibuses have come into service at Ashington, it means 1800, the last MPD clinging on has been finally withdrawn.

No doubt we've all been on one at some point either with Arriva or GNE and have had different views on them with them being pretty much everywhere in the North East from local routes in Whitby, Peterlee and North Tyneside, urban routes in Stockton, Sunderland and Newcastle and across the hills in Tynedale.

Thought I'd make a thread to give them a bit of credit since they won't get the big song and dance like other buses that have gone ie. the Solar's. I'm struggling to think of any other type of bus which have got about more in the NE other than maybe their bigger brother.

First have placed an order for 193 electric vehicles from Wrights.

https://news.firstbus.co.uk/news/first-b...ding-award

Given all the alleged failures of management, do we know what the new management structure will be at GNE?

Have East Yorkshire been separated yet, or are they still under GNE for now, and how will it work with Nigel being over both GNE and GNW?

Few photos on Facebook confirming a new advert booklet of a load of pubs round Newcastle & Gateshead. 

These mostly include the ones on the Q3 which is mentioned as QuayCity Voltra Q3 on 8 of the pubs

Microbus and others are on there. I'll send the screenshot of them below 

There is a registration on Companies House for a Go North East Buses with Transdev having significant control. Does anyone have any further information on this?

Nexus have revealed the timetables for the services during Metro Flow Closure.

It states that the replacement bus services will carry pink signage on the sides of the vehicles (no doubt using the advert frames) to show it's working on the Metro Replacement.

Frequency for the services are....

X900 (Heworth - Jarrow - South Shields) - Journey Time: 36 Minutes Heworth to South Shields, 32 Minutes South Shields to Heworth.
Every Day - Every 24 minutes - PVR 3

900 (Heworth - All Stops - South Shields) - Journey Time: 53 Minutes Heworth to South Shields, 45 Minutes South Shields to Heworth.
Mon - Fri Peak - Every 6 Minutes - PVR 18
Mon - Fri Off-Peak - Every 12 Minutes - PVR 9
Mon - Fri Evening - Every 15 Minutes - PVR 6
Saturday Daytime - Every 12 Minutes - PVR 9
Saturday Evening - Every 15 Minutes - PVR 6
Sunday All Day - Every 15 Minutes - PVR 6

So at peak hours Mon to Fri, if all Enviro 400s are reliable, 21 of the 23 shall be in service during peak hours Mon to Fri.

Very surprised to see that based on the maps on the Nexus site, Stagecoach won't be running their 553 this year, leaving the Newcastle to Shields work entirely to GNE with the R1 (what could possibly go wrong...) 
https://www.nexus.org.uk/greatnorthrun

Good to see ticket acceptance in place across all operators and modes of transport, less good to see only very vague info about what buses are running when, with only a couple of weeks to go.
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and...-north-run