(15 Sep 2019, 6:30 pm)NewcastleOne wrote

https://www.flickr.com/photos/45168281@N05/48727850226/in/faves-126644399@N06/

(30 Aug 2019, 11:02 pm)Kuyoyo wrote

Presumably with some bodging around 1 likely to be the board which currently starts at 1155 in Middlesbrough and finishes with the 1700 14.

It works bus board 128, which that I know of, does the 1333 of Middlesbrough towards Coulby Newham

(17 Sep 2019, 9:49 am)Rob57 wrote Michael. Is any of the buses loaned to Scotland come back yet . Robin

10646 was the only bus not allocated so the rest of them are  back.

(18 Sep 2019, 12:56 pm)Rob57 wrote neilwatson. Thanks mate for info. Robin

No worries

19205 parked with hazards on, on the Parkway just before Greystones.

Any idea why it would be there?

(18 Sep 2019, 5:38 pm)Rob57 wrote neilwatson. is 37318 back at Shields depot do you know. Thank you Robin

Yes it is

(18 Sep 2019, 5:08 pm)Andreos1 wrote

19205 parked with hazards on, on the Parkway just before Greystones.

Any idea why it would be there?

Broke down on the way to college this afternoon, replaced with 19204 about 1630 so would have been about half hour late leaving college on route 3 (so I've been told). They've had a few issues in the first few weeks already!

(18 Sep 2019, 8:54 pm)tyresmoke wrote

Broke down on the way to college this afternoon, replaced with 19204 about 1630 so would have been about half hour late leaving college on route 3 (so I've been told). They've had a few issues in the first few weeks already!

This was at about 1815. So it was there a while. No sign of a tow either.

Thought GNE leaving that X9 at the end of the Redheugh for nearly an hour was bad enough.

(18 Sep 2019, 9:33 pm)Andreos1 wrote

This was at about 1815. So it was there a while. No sign of a tow either.

Thought GNE leaving that X9 at the end of the Redheugh for nearly an hour was bad enough.

I've witnessed GNE leaving stranded X9/X10 DDs overnight in lay-bys on the A19... to be recovered the next day.

(20 Sep 2019, 4:34 am)RobinHood wrote

I've witnessed GNE leaving stranded X9/X10 DDs overnight in lay-bys on the A19... to be recovered the next day.

When you're in the hands of recovery firms, you have to wait in a queue!

I don't think this would be a regular occurrence - having had a bus recovered myself at 2am in the morning, Alpha tend to provide a round the clock service.

Hi, could anymore share/point me in the direction of any info on Stagecoach North East apparently introducing Next Stop Announcements, please? Thank you

(21 Sep 2019, 11:57 am)ne14ne1 wrote

Hi, could anymore share/point me in the direction of any info on Stagecoach North East apparently introducing Next Stop Announcements, please? Thank you

(21 Sep 2019, 12:04 pm)Dan wrote Stagecoach are now specifying it as standard on all new builds - so yes, the buses coming for the 36/37/38 will have this fitted.

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(21 Sep 2019, 12:04 pm)Dan wrote Stagecoach are now specifying it as standard on all new builds - so yes, the buses coming for the 36/37/38 will have this fitted.

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Ah okay, thanks Dan.

So we won’t see any in Newcastle just yet.

(21 Sep 2019, 1:20 pm)Michael wrote 28013 is making a right noise today on the 16, needs looking at.

Its been making a loud noise for a while now, it seems that a few of the 63 plate ones are quite loud now: 28001/2/4/15 are some of the other ones but 28013 is the loudest, sounds like its just the fans though

Does anyone know whats happening with Sunderland's 36971/2? They had their advert panels removed a couple of months ago and are looking quite tatty now, I though they must have been gaining SAFC branding but im assuming this is no longer the case?

(24 Sep 2019, 7:05 am)tyresmoke wrote Stagecoach are the winners of the Tees Valley DRT tender so watch out for some smaller buses arriving at Stockton shortly!

Guessing these will be cascades from elsewhere within the Stagecoach Group. 

(24 Sep 2019, 12:29 pm)Malarkey wrote

Guessing these will be cascades from elsewhere within the Stagecoach Group. 

New stock tender, think ArrivaClick.