As from 24th July the GNE 20 will serve park lane twice and the 84/85 will serve concord twice I was wondering if there are any other services past or present that have stopped in the same bus station twice. 

I already know of the 168 (Hetton) and W5/W6 (The Galleries).

Go North East fares are changing/increasing (delete as appropriate) from 24th July.

Too many to list but a snapshot is:

Most adult single and returns to increase by 20p

Day tickets to increase 20 - 30p

£1.20 under 19 single becomes £1.30 (X10 is £2.30)

Discounts available for purchases made on the app.

£2 evening fare to remain capped.

Curious to know which is the longest Next Stop Announcement on any Go North East service

So it seems there will need to be atleast 3-4 Graphite Painting

61 needs to be painted/de-branded (wonder what going to operate these)

I think 1-2 Little Pinks will be getting re-branded

20 needs re-painting

60 needs repainting (not a new livery, just a refurb and a paint job)

There's been a lot of discussion on here about route numbers and how they are in a right mess, and I fully agree! You have the 1 serving North Tyneside mainly but then have the 2 serving Sunderland, the 4 mainly around Washington and Houghton, and then the 5 around South Shields. It's just all over the place. How about something this: -

North Tyneside - 1-50

Gateshead area - 50-100

Consett area - 101-150

County Durham area - 151-200

Washington Area - 201-250

Sunderland area - 251-300

South Shields - 301-350 etc

This is just an example. Ok there may not be 50 bus routes in one area but this would make room for any potential new routes for each area in the future. Routes to major attractions such as the MetroCentre should start with the letter of the main attraction it serves, so the X66 would become the M1 for example. All Xlines would be renumbered but retain the X at the start. Just a thought.

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2...carbuncle/

I've mentioned this in other threads (ECML possibly), but it probably deserves one of its own.

1550 (NK14 GFY) & 1552 (NK14 GGA) has been repainted at Bus & Coach World Blackburn into Journey Mark's

1550 - https://flickr.com/photos/62607125@N08/5...ateposted/
1552 - https://flickr.com/photos/62607125@N08/5...ateposted/

Photos by Chris Hinds.

So i had a thought to what the 24's allocation will be.
We'll either have the Violet Citaros that are coming off the 55 if they do not go on the Blue branding
or typical Streetlites.

I wonder if the 24 will get branding in the future obviously when GNE have the money and time to do it

Had no idea where to put this so stuck it here

Mouth of the tyne festival return to Tynemouth on the 8th/9th&10th July

A park and ride shuttle we be in place from the car park near Tynemouth Sea Life Centre running every 20 minutes. No idea who's running it

Road closure includes Tynemouth front street

A screenshot of the map has been attached. Admins can move it to somewhere else on the fourm as didn't know where to put it

Does anyone know why the amount of seats free has disappeared off bus times, I never realised how much I appreciate that feature