(08 Mar 2017, 8:56 am)Pulsar wrote Go North East Trialed a B8RLE back in 2015, fleet number 9108.

http://northeastbuses.co.uk/fleet/item.php?operatorF=2&fleetnoF=9108

Doubt they will trial one again and they will probably just continue to buy streetlites.

(08 Mar 2017, 10:14 am)Venturego wrote As the B8RLE is a Volvo product (with Wright bodywork) and not a mainline or part of the Wrightbus range, maybe it does not fit with the new relationship GNE have with Wright bus
Wonder why GNE haven't trialed the Volvo 7900 Hybrid:

Interesting video in link (Lothian / Volvo partnership) :

http://www.volvobuses.co.uk/en-gb/our-offering/buses/volvo-7900-hybrid.html

Seems to be a good all rounder for city, rural and long distance performance, economy and endurance.

(08 Mar 2017, 4:40 pm)dannygee wrote What can we expect on the 901s on sunday. Do the buses have to be cooperate livery or could the put a livery bus on for reliabilty than the older buses in the fleet. Also the b9s have two bays for pushchairs but b7s only one

(08 Mar 2017, 12:53 am)Panasonic44 wrote Would GNE get https://www.flickr.com/photos/70333100@N08/33265590796/ as demo to replace older L94s

(08 Mar 2017, 6:34 pm)cbma06 wrote Couple of drivers are saying that service X7 will be coming off after it's probation period, nothing was said about service X6


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(08 Mar 2017, 7:56 pm)2bagstew wrote I was at meeting today with a high level member of Go North East and he was praising X5/6/7 services, when i see the X6 and X7 they are nearly always carrying fresh air, he has also stated that there where no plans to alter the East Durham Network.
I think personally it was a mistake too have cancelled the Peterlee - Middlesbrough section.. Go North East say it was talking trade from there flagship service X9.

(08 Mar 2017, 7:56 pm)2bagstew wrote I was at meeting today with a high level member of Go North East and he was praising X5/6/7 services, when i see the X6 and X7 they are nearly always carrying fresh air, he has also stated that there where no plans to alter the East Durham Network.
I think personally it was a mistake too have cancelled the Peterlee - Middlesbrough section.. Go North East say it was talking trade from there flagship service X9.

(08 Mar 2017, 8:27 pm)2bagstew wrote The holder of the free pass will get the first bus that turns up. The Arriva 24 has some running late issues caused by delays in Durham.


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(08 Mar 2017, 9:18 pm)S813 FVK wrote 5284 entered service at Deptford on service 39: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/33288175276/in/dateposted/
697 repainted into the new corporate livery: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/32486416144/in/photostream/

Look at the Wear Xpress X5 branding from the front: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/32486308604/in/dateposted/

(08 Mar 2017, 9:36 pm)2bagstew wrote There is nothing much Express about the X5.
All the Citario's should be on the X5 within a few weeks.


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(09 Mar 2017, 6:51 am)cbma06 wrote The X5 is a express bus within Tyne and Wear boundary, you could say the same with service X6 and X7 also, having an X prefix before the number doesn't mean it's non stop, this has been talked about before on the Arriva thread especially on service X21/X22 in County Durham area.


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(08 Mar 2017, 9:18 pm)cbma06 wrote Arriva 24 is being hit by delays of roadworks and temporary traffic lights at Horden and Hartlepool, with delays to service 24 upto 16 minutes at peak times, passengers are using service X7 around Grampian drive area as there lost there service as Arriva streamlined there services in Peterlee area. It's a shame GNE couldn't retime X7 around Peterlee by 5 minutes earlier. Not all free bus pass holders get on the first bus that arrives especially when there traveling to Sunderland as Arriva pulled out of there direct service to Sunderland


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(09 Mar 2017, 11:47 am)Jimmi wrote 5338 is at Chester-le-Street depot today, working service 34A.

(09 Mar 2017, 12:05 pm)palatine3833 wrote The X6 through to Hartlepool seems to have helped Arriva quite a bit strangely.  After doing 2/3 days in a row on 23s, I noticed that the X6 was running with 5 people max. over all the journeys that I saw, whilst the Arriva Streetlites had around a half-loading.  I still think the problem that GNE have in Peterlee is that of weekly tickets.  They have no evening/Sunday services operating between Sunderland-Peterlee-Hartlepool whereas Arriva have some sort of network and therefore is more appealing to passengers.

(10 Mar 2017, 6:03 pm)S813 FVK wrote 5289 has entered service on X5: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/32978572400/in/dateposted/
707 also entered service (zoom in on the photo for the full No Change? tagline): https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/33233560161/in/photostream/

(10 Mar 2017, 6:21 pm)park5354 wrote 697 was parked in Riverside depot this afternoon.

(10 Mar 2017, 6:21 pm)park5354 wrote 697 was parked in Riverside depot this afternoon.

(10 Mar 2017, 9:13 pm)Michael wrote 697 was supposed to be going to Deptford to replace 635.

(10 Mar 2017, 10:01 pm)citaro5284 wrote They normally go to Riverside to be cleaned before going to their new depot.

(11 Mar 2017, 1:00 pm)LivingOnGNE wrote Does any one know when a X5 Citaro be leaving Hartlepool Marina at about 2.30 or 3.00

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