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RE: Toon Tour. - DeltaMan - 28 Aug 2023
Given the Toon Tour isn't above 4 on Trip Advisor (4.2 and above is seen as the golden number), it's got to take any good publicity it can.....
RE: Toon Tour. - Unber43 - 28 Aug 2023
wasn't it a twitter poll...
RE: Toon Tour. - Andreos1 - 28 Aug 2023
(28 Aug 2023, 8:04 am)DeltaMan wrote Given the Toon Tour isn't above 4 on Trip Advisor (4.2 and above is seen as the golden number), it's got to take any good publicity it can.....
Publicity that the public see's, or some meaningless back patting from the enthusiast community, that the public won't see, unless GNE advertise the fact they've had the enthusiast back-patting?
RE: Toon Tour. - citaro5284 - 29 Aug 2023
Newcastle open top bus tour crowned best in UK in cup-style competition
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/travel-tourism/newcastle-open-top-bus-tour-27611256
Toon Tour. - Dan - 29 Aug 2023
(29 Aug 2023, 12:32 pm)citaro5284 wrote Newcastle open top bus tour crowned best in UK in cup-style competition
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/travel-tourism/newcastle-open-top-bus-tour-27611256
I suppose the Chronicle is only read by bus enthusiasts, so this publicity will do them no good.
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RE: Toon Tour. - Rapidsnap - 29 Aug 2023
There is nothing like free advertisement, especially of the good variety.
RE: Toon Tour. - WestDurhamSwift - 29 Jan 2024
FROM GNE ENTHUSIAST AREA
'Repaints last week included open-top format Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 6996 (LIG 9116) into Toon Tour livery.'
Must of acquired this from Oxford, wonder if there is going to be another?
RE: Toon Tour. - Rapidsnap - 29 Jan 2024
Oxford did have 2 of them. They were new to Go-Ahead London but were sold out of the group to City Tours, London and were then acquired by the Oxford Bus Company. Remains to be seen if there is just going to be the two of them and any subsitutes will be closed top B9TLs (6101 mainly).
RE: Toon Tour. - ASX_Terranova - 30 Jan 2024
(29 Jan 2024, 10:49 pm)Rapidsnap wrote Oxford did have 2 of them. They were new to Go-Ahead London but were sold out of the group to City Tours, London and were then acquired by the Oxford Bus Company. Remains to be seen if there is just going to be the two of them and any subsitutes will be closed top B9TLs (6101 mainly).
Ive seen other open tops on the market, they could have purchased those as spares.
E.G: https://www.coachandbusmarket.com/vehicles/2014-mercedes-ayat-open-top-choice-of-2/
Or:
https://www.coachandbusmarket.com/vehicles/2007-volvo-b9tl-east-lancs-open-top/
Toon Tour. - Dan - 30 Jan 2024
(30 Jan 2024, 11:52 am)ASX_Terranova wrote Ive seen other open tops on the market, they could have purchased those as spares.
E.G: https://www.coachandbusmarket.com/vehicles/2014-mercedes-ayat-open-top-choice-of-2/
Or:
https://www.coachandbusmarket.com/vehicles/2007-volvo-b9tl-east-lancs-open-top/
Presumably an internal transfer from another Go-Ahead subsidiary would be better value than buying from outside of the Group.
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RE: Toon Tour. - Rapidsnap - 30 Jan 2024
Plus the Volvo B9TL is a vehicle familer to most engineers in the company.
RE: Toon Tour. - ne14ne1 - 09 Mar 2024
One of the open top B9s out on a private charter:
https://x.com/garyhunter91/status/1766502681269432622?s=46&t=tPuGEygnn6BhKgNFiA4yAw
https://x.com/vh_boxman/status/1766482505060745717?s=46&t=tPuGEygnn6BhKgNFiA4yAw
RE: Toon Tour. - ne14ne1 - 28 Jun 2024
(27 Jun 2024, 5:40 pm)busmanT wrote
Sadly, Go North East were given incorrect information about the ex Oxford Volvo B9TL vehicles, being told that they were Euro VI compliant.
Wait wait wait, so these open top B9s are NOT euro 6, yet the old ex-London Presidents they replaced, were?