Martijn has revealed the new Yutong E12's for the ??? Look much nicer than the Voltra 1's Interior Wise https://twitter.com/MartijnGNE/status/15...0781570048

since arriva have change the times of the 44, 45 and 43 ive used this service 3 times. And i am glad about that.  Ive went for the 505pm 44 each time and each time its never turned up... well thats not true it has turned up, just before the 525 44 is due so  on all 3 occastions 2 44's have traveled together. Not great...


But my mate has just text me.  He finishes at 3pm and went for the 44 at Haymarket.  No sing of it then a bus pulled in with 44 on the front.  Missive pile on, standing room only and the driver got of of his cab and said sorry this is the 43!!!  He just stayed on and walked t 2 mile home.... but lost of elderly and disabled customer got off who wanted hazlerigg or dinnington.  He say he hear a lot of grumbles!!

Anything new at Stockton/upcoming? Also I made this thread just to separate the depots because I’m sick of looking through SCNE thread and seeing posts from slatyford Sunderland etc

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.