(14 May 2021, 6:01 pm)Andreos1 wrote I just cant get my head around anyone spending the time and money to titivate a 15 year old decker.

(14 May 2021, 7:04 pm)mb134 wrote And, as Jimmi points out, they haven't even finished it off properly? Must have hired the ANE bodywork folk to paint that one up.

There also seems to be a bit of metal hanging from just behind the middle door.

(14 May 2021, 7:04 pm)mb134 wrote And, as Jimmi points out, they haven't even finished it off properly? Must have hired the ANE bodywork folk to paint that one up.

There also seems to be a bit of metal hanging from just behind the middle door.

(14 May 2021, 7:10 pm)Jimmi wrote Cut and shut job, no paint required! Just whack some vinyls on and jobs a good'un!

(14 May 2021, 7:16 pm)Dan wrote The vinyl contractor cannot paint buses. Go North East would have to paint the panels themselves.

(14 May 2021, 8:21 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Which begs the question, why haven't they?

(14 May 2021, 8:39 pm)Dan wrote I don't know, why would I? At a guess - the same type you could make yourself - I would assume that because Riverside has a fleet of almost 200 buses, they haven't gotten around to doing it yet? If you've wrongly assumed that these vinyls are being added at Saltmeadows, where a 'proper' paint job could be done at the same time, then you're mistaken. These vinyls are being applied locally at the depots (because it's very easy to do).

As for the reason why this work is being done - it's not 'titivating', there are well-established issues with the wheel washers being too intensive resulting in lower skirt panel paintwork and vinyls peeling. Once the vinyl starts peeling, the water from the 'normal' bus wash then starts getting underneath the rest of the vinyl, resulting in it all peeling away. Rather than replace these swooshes with more swooshes, for little extra cost, a 'patch' can be applied with stripes instead of a swoosh. This patch covers a greater area of the skirt panel, therefore is less likely to be damaged by the wheel wash. It also updates the buses into the current 'house style', where a full repaint cannot be justified given the age of the vehicles.

(14 May 2021, 8:39 pm)Dan wrote I don't know, why would I? At a guess - the same type you could make yourself - I would assume that because Riverside has a fleet of almost 200 buses, they haven't gotten around to doing it yet? If you've wrongly assumed that these vinyls are being added at Saltmeadows, where a 'proper' paint job could be done at the same time, then you're mistaken. These vinyls are being applied locally at the depots (because it's very easy to do).

As for the reason why this work is being done - it's not 'titivating', there are well-established issues with the wheel washers being too intensive resulting in lower skirt panel paintwork and vinyls peeling. Once the vinyl starts peeling, the water from the 'normal' bus wash then starts getting underneath the rest of the vinyl, resulting in it all peeling away. Rather than replace these swooshes with more swooshes, for little extra cost, a 'patch' can be applied with stripes instead of a swoosh. This patch covers a greater area of the skirt panel, therefore is less likely to be damaged by the wheel wash. It also updates the buses into the current 'house style', where a full repaint cannot be justified given the age of the vehicles.

(15 May 2021, 1:08 pm)Rapidsnap wrote The bus wash at Stanley had a reputation for being a bit of a brute, hence why a number of Optare MetroRiders, Optare Deltas and Scania Omnicities had their front registration plates re-positioned.

(16 May 2021, 3:28 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Not sure if this is the right place, but it looks like the social distancing window stickers are getting removed/replaced.
At least from 5453 as someone in a hi-viz came on and peeled them off!

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(16 May 2021, 3:35 pm)GNE6312 wrote Seems abit early, I've wondered what GNEs covid capacities actually are as I've seen the 50 get to the point where people had to sit  backwards and as I've mentioned earlier I've had an 8 with the driver irresponsibly letting a standee on even though she acknowledged the bus was full

(22 Sep 2021, 5:54 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Have any of the Coaster streetlites had their environmental leaves applied yet?

(22 Sep 2021, 5:57 pm)JP6004 wrote They fell off with it becoming more autumnal 

(22 Sep 2021, 6:11 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Ah, went brown, curled up and blew away, eh?

(22 Sep 2021, 6:13 pm)JP6004 wrote It certainly did. Thank god everything doesnt go like that in the cold!

(22 Sep 2021, 9:30 pm)Rapidsnap wrote Well the former X66 Streetlites went brown

(22 Sep 2021, 5:54 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Have any of the Coaster streetlites had their environmental leaves applied yet?

(04 Oct 2021, 8:41 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Leaves now appearing on the Coasters:

https://flic.kr/p/2mximhm

(04 Oct 2021, 8:41 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Leaves now appearing on the Coasters:

https://flic.kr/p/2mximhm

(30 Jun 2022, 8:32 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Are the training school solars all due to be replaced in time for the CAZ or will the likes of a training school omnicity upgraded to euro6 be used for driver training in central Newcastle the solars kept for non city centre driving?

(30 Jun 2022, 8:44 pm)KingSlayerRBLX wrote It might that they are kept away from Newcastle until Omnicitys or different buses are converted to Trainer Spec

(04 Jul 2022, 5:34 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Do the leaves and extra road-stripes create desire? no  
Are the leaves approved by the Ten Percent Club? yes, it was their idea. Expect it to be rolled out across all members fleets and feature in a number of back patting tweets and PR opportunities
Do the extra road-stripes provide titillation for all the GNE Fanboys and Girls?  quite possibly 
Have they exploited a new gap in their inane fandom, no
or has the commercial team finally ran out of steam?  not sure they ever had any steam to start with