(13 Apr 2015, 8:12 pm)Robert wrote Can you tell it was the first time that i rode a vyking with all of these questions  Breaking down was the tip of the iceberg like. I HATE THEM and i can see why they were removed from the 21. The sooner they're gone the better.

(13 Apr 2015, 8:14 pm)Michael wrote I first rode them when they were on the 21.. it was soo cold as it was winter, i hate them so much, when Deptford got them.. they were on the 26 alot... 

(13 Apr 2015, 8:17 pm)Robert wrote I am guessing the second door is unable to be used too? Thats basically losing 4 seats at least. Ridiculous. Same goes for the dual door renowns.

(13 Apr 2015, 8:12 pm)Robert wrote Can you tell it was the first time that i rode a vyking with all of these questions [emoji14] Breaking down was the tip of the iceberg like. I HATE THEM and i can see why they were removed from the 21. The sooner they're gone the better.

(13 Apr 2015, 8:24 pm)Jimmi wrote When I was in my first year at college my mate was a regular user of the 21 when the Vykings were on the service and he often experienced breakdowns and no shows and often ended up on the X2.

I was often seeing them broken down and this was just on the section between Croxdale and Framwellgate Moor, the worst was once it just lost all power going down the A167 between Croxdale and Cock O' the North and we were following it on the 7.

Doubt anyone will miss these sheds.

(13 Apr 2015, 8:22 pm)Michael wrote They couldn't when they were on the 26, due to the curbs being to low, not sure if they can be used on any of the current routes.

It is but it was pointless refurbing them, can't remember the reason why though.

(13 Apr 2015, 8:33 pm)Dan wrote The Vykings retained the dual door configuration because removing it would make the vehicles non DDA-compliant. The wheelchair ramp is fitted to the rear door, and it cost far too much to make the appropriate adjustments to move it to the front.

The Vykings will be in the fleet for the foreseeable future. They're primarily allocated to Riverside's scholars services, though obviously there's a few others based at Deptford and Chester-le-Street for the time being, also seeing allocation to scholars.

(13 Apr 2015, 8:32 pm)Malarkey wrote Why is it when you pass The Angel of the North, you see an Angel, but when you pass Cock of the North, you dont see a Massive Cock. 

#JustCurious 
#BitBaffled
#HashtagsOnNEB

(13 Apr 2015, 8:51 pm)Andreos1 wrote Well the pub that used to be there, had a canny sized sign with a pic of it

(13 Apr 2015, 8:32 pm)Malarkey wrote Why is it when you pass The Angel of the North, you see an Angel, but when you pass Cock of the North, you dont see a Massive Cock. 

#JustCurious 
#BitBaffled
#HashtagsOnNEB

(13 Apr 2015, 8:51 pm)Andreos1 wrote Well the pub that used to be there, had a canny sized sign with a pic of it

(13 Apr 2015, 8:56 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Judging by a post made by Aureolin the other day, a new sign may well be on its way...

http://northeastbuses.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=930&pid=98704#pid98704

(13 Apr 2015, 4:50 pm)Robert wrote Thats an error made by Go North East rather than Michael since the same mistake is on that page too.

(13 Apr 2015, 9:06 pm)Coppercap40 wrote Apologies to Michael, I had not looked at the website 

(13 Apr 2015, 8:11 pm)mb134 wrote Just wondering, is there any difference between the ELC Lowlander and the Vyking? They look identical to me, is it to do with the chassis, VDL/DAF or Volvo, or is it something else?

(14 Apr 2015, 2:05 am)park5354 wrote Spotted 8330 today, with an NSA display fitted, and showing a purple screen with 'simplicity' on it.

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(14 Apr 2015, 5:14 am)Dan wrote 8319/27 have lost their Next Stop Announcenents and 8330/38 have gained them. 8320-26 are going to donate their screens to 8331-37 likewise. The screens will show "SimpliCity" until the revised Next Stop Announcement programme is loaded. This means that none of Deptford's Versas have Next Stop Announcements but all of Riverside's do - a rational move, given that all of Deptford's Versas are allocated to services 2/2A but four of them were not fitted with Next Stop Announcements so the announcements on 8319 - 8327 could not be used.

Go North East's Fleet Allocation document has been updated accordingly to show 8319 - 8327 without and 8330 - 8338 with ($ denotes a vehicle which is equipped with Next Stop Announcements):

(14 Apr 2015, 1:05 am)GMitchelhill wrote Lowlander was for DAF DB250 (however none were built).

(15 Apr 2015, 4:33 pm)idiot wrote Saturday for x66 launch...

(15 Apr 2015, 4:02 pm)NK05 GWZ wrote What do you mean Gary? There are a large batch at Durham depot with Arriva and a batch of VDL DB250's with ELC Lowlander bodies too?

(15 Apr 2015, 4:37 pm)Jimmi wrote Yep, confirmed on their Facebook.