(16 Jul 2019, 1:38 pm)JP6004 wrote

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Not gonna lie, I prefer when we get the Angel buses on the X21, the seats are far more comfortable!

(16 Jul 2019, 1:44 pm)streetdeckfan wrote

Not gonna lie, I prefer when we get the Angel buses on the X21, the seats are far more comfortable!

Yes they proper leather with foam topper. I'd imagine 2hrs from end to end might be a bit uncomfortable. You'll just have to make sure you only ride the 69 plate ones

(16 Jul 2019, 1:51 pm)JP6004 wrote

Yes they proper leather with foam topper. I'd imagine 2hrs from end to end might be a bit uncomfortable. You'll just have to make sure you only ride the 69 plate ones

(16 Jul 2019, 7:37 pm)Michael wrote More added:

PB0003954/1100 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Metrocentre to Lanchester
Service number: M6 (M8, 836)
Service type: Hail & Ride, Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019

PB0003954/1102 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Consett to Newcastle
Service number: X30 (X31, X32)
Service type: Limited Stop, Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019

PB0003954/1075 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Newcastle, Eldon Square to Tinddale Crescent
Service number: X21 ()
Service type: Limited Stop, Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019

PB0003954/936 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: SOUTH SHIELDS (bent's park road or frenchman's lea) to NEWCASTLE BARRAS BRIDGE
Service number: R1 ()
Service type: Limited Stop
Effective date: 08 Sep 2019

PB0003954/935 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: HEWORTH METRO to NEWCASTLE BARRAS BRIDGE
Service number: R3 ()
Service type: Limited Stop
Effective date: 08 Sep 2019

PB0003954/649 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Newcastle, Eldon Square Bus Station to Winlaton Bus Station
Service number: 12 (12A)
Service type: Limited Stop, Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019

PB0003954/821 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Rowlands Gill, Station Road to Lanchester, St Bede's Catholic School
Service number: 819 (820,827)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019

PB0003954/806 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Front Street, Low Moorsley to Heworth Interchange via Hetton Le Hole, Houghton Le Spring, Silksworth, Sunderland, Hylton, Boldon
Service number: 35 (35A)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019

PB0003954/779 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Park Lane Interchange, Sunderland to Newcastle, Monument Market Street via Monkwearmouth, Hylton Castle, Wrekenton
Service number: 56 (N56)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019

PB0003954/770 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Chester-Le-Street, South Burns to Newcastle
Service number: 28,28A (28B,28S)
Service type: Limited Stop, Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019


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Are these changes to include school services?

Hopefully with them moving the X21 to Chester and the removal of the X46, we'll get the X21 coming to Tindale (which is still spelled wrong!) later into the evening. Having the last direct bus leave Newcastle at 15:38 is a right pain in the arse.

(17 Jul 2019, 8:13 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Hopefully with them moving the X21 to Chester and the removal of the X46, we'll get the X21 coming to Tindale (which is still spelled wrong!) later into the evening. Having the last direct bus leave Newcastle at 15:38 is a right pain in the arse.

(17 Jul 2019, 10:02 pm)Jimmi wrote I can't see much changing, maybe a few extra trips between Bishop and Durham (or Chester at a stretch) in early mornings & early evenings (unless they'll just run dead).

Can maybe see some slight changes being made to the evening service as providing GNE keep the 86 I would imagine it will have to be tagged on to the end of the X21/21 workings.

(18 Jul 2019, 6:20 am)Jamie M wrote Just a versa or solo shuttling around is best, cant see them hiking up the PVR of the X21Es for that.

(18 Jul 2019, 11:02 am)JP6004 wrote Branded timetables for 21st July changes now online

(18 Jul 2019, 11:12 am)streetdeckfan wrote I was so happy they were using vector graphics for everything, and they went and buggered it up with this abomination!

The pixelation is burning my eyes!

Well pointless going all out on the timetable if a number of routes will be changing brands/ allocations in September...

(18 Jul 2019, 11:31 am)JP6004 wrote

Well pointless going all out on the timetable if a number of routes will be changing brands/ allocations in September...

(16 Jul 2019, 7:37 pm)Michael wrote More added:

PB0003954/1100 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Metrocentre to Lanchester
Service number: M6 (M8, 836)
Service type: Hail & Ride, Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019

PB0003954/1102 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Consett to Newcastle
Service number: X30 (X31, X32)
Service type: Limited Stop, Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019

PB0003954/1075 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Newcastle, Eldon Square to Tinddale Crescent
Service number: X21 ()
Service type: Limited Stop, Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019

PB0003954/936 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: SOUTH SHIELDS (bent's park road or frenchman's lea) to NEWCASTLE BARRAS BRIDGE
Service number: R1 ()
Service type: Limited Stop
Effective date: 08 Sep 2019

PB0003954/935 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: HEWORTH METRO to NEWCASTLE BARRAS BRIDGE
Service number: R3 ()
Service type: Limited Stop
Effective date: 08 Sep 2019

PB0003954/649 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Newcastle, Eldon Square Bus Station to Winlaton Bus Station
Service number: 12 (12A)
Service type: Limited Stop, Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019

PB0003954/821 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Rowlands Gill, Station Road to Lanchester, St Bede's Catholic School
Service number: 819 (820,827)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019

PB0003954/806 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Front Street, Low Moorsley to Heworth Interchange via Hetton Le Hole, Houghton Le Spring, Silksworth, Sunderland, Hylton, Boldon
Service number: 35 (35A)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019

PB0003954/779 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Park Lane Interchange, Sunderland to Newcastle, Monument Market Street via Monkwearmouth, Hylton Castle, Wrekenton
Service number: 56 (N56)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019

PB0003954/770 Registered
GO NORTH EAST LIMITED
Route: Chester-Le-Street, South Burns to Newcastle
Service number: 28,28A (28B,28S)
Service type: Limited Stop, Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Sep 2019


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Are these changes to include school services?

M6 and M8 changes I hope patch up the split journeys from Lanchester to Metrocentre, needing to change at Stanley.   That timetable can be considered confusing to older people.

X30, X31 and X32 I hope fills the gap in services on the Consett to Stanley stretch during the afternoon on the X30.   I'd rather the X31 travelled through to Consett, restoring a direct link from Catchgate and Annfield Plain to Gateshead.

Even better would be to merge the first Newcastle-bound X32 with the short 6 from Flint Hill to Stanley.   The 21st July changes ended the guaranteed connection at Stanley between the two, which quite a few people used.

Ian

The diversion has been announced and it's a big un, with ideal photo opportunities (if you're in to that sort of thing).

No mention of the potential delays to services, stopping arrangements on the diversion nor the shuttle bus operational hours at all mind.

Services 4, 78 and 78A at Bournmoor from 29 July until 27 September

Chester Road at Bournmoor will be closed westbound (towards Chester-le-Street) from Monday 29 July until Friday 27 September to allow for road reconstruction and utility works in conjunction with the new housing development at this location.

During this closure, Services 4, 78 & 78A will be unable to serve Bournmoor (4, 78 & 78A) or Fence Houses (4) in a southerly direction.

Service 4 will operate normal route to Shiney Row and Chester Road, then at the speed camera, will divert left to Golf Course Road, bearing right at Stott's Pastures to Blind Lane, then at The Beehive roundabout, turn right to Sedgeletch Road to Fence Houses, then left to Front Street and normal route. Customers for Bournmoor can alight and cross over to catch a 4 in the oppopsite direction. A shuttle bus will operate between Bournmoor and Fence Houses Community Centre during the day, extending to Chilton Moor during the evening.

Services 78 & 78A will operate normal route to Shiney Row and Chester Road, then will divert left to Golf Course Road, bearing right at Stott's Pastures to Blind Lane, then at The Beehive roundabout, turn right to Sedgeletch Road to Fence Houses, then right to Front Street and left to Lumley New Road and normal route. Customers for Bournmoor can alight at Fencehouses and catch a 4 towards Bournmoor, or catch the shuttle bus from Fencehouses Community Centre during the day. The shuttle bus will extend to Chilton Moor during the evening.

Services 4, 78 & 78A eastbound will operate normally at this time.

• Westbound services 4, 78 & 78A will not be able to serve Bournmoor or Fence Houses (4). Customers travelling from Bournmoor towards Chester-le-Street will be able to catch a shuttle bus to Fence Houses Community Centre and change to a diverted 8 there.
• Customers travelling to Fence Houses from Shiney Row or Washington will catch diverted service 4 to Fencehouses, then cross over at catch service 4 towards Bournmoor.
• Customers from Sunderland and Shiney Row for Bournmoor will catch diverted service 8 to Fence Houses Community Centre then catch shuttle bus to Bournmoor.
• Customers can buy their usual single or return from Bournmoor to Fence Houses or Houghton-le-Spring on the 4 when travelling towards Shiney Row.

GNE have published their changes, which will start with the opening of the new bus station.

As with SNE, they're operating an anti-clockwise loop from the bus station, passing asda and back out to the town hall.

Slight changes to timetables too.

Service changes from 1st September now published:

http://newsroom.gonortheast.co.uk/news/service-changes-from-1-september-2019-377968

X21 PDF showing as per an X-lines rebrand.

(15 Aug 2019, 1:35 pm)S813 FVK wrote

Service changes from 1st September now published:

http://newsroom.gonortheast.co.uk/news/service-changes-from-1-september-2019-377968

X21 PDF showing as per an X-lines rebrand.

Great, so they've cut some of the later services that go to Woodhouse. So I'll have to go back to using Arriva!

I mean, they were pointless services considering they terminated in the estate, and nobody ever used them, but why did they bother adding them in the first place for them to just be removed a few months later!

And I guess this basically confirms that the Castles Express Streetdecks will be getting a repaint pretty soon, and that one of the only good route brands will be disappearing

I do find it rather amusing that Go North East's definition of 'minor changes to a small number of services' includes completely removing a service (albeit one that runs twice in each direction a day), changing the route of the Sunday X21 and cutting short two of the evening X21 services.

I'd say some of those a pretty major changes, even if they don't affect that many people

(15 Aug 2019, 1:35 pm)S813 FVK wrote

Service changes from 1st September now published:

http://newsroom.gonortheast.co.uk/news/service-changes-from-1-september-2019-377968

X21 PDF showing as per an X-lines rebrand.

Disappointing that they've kept the generic city skyline vinyls instead of a castles skyline

(15 Aug 2019, 2:12 pm)JP6004 wrote

Disappointing that they've kept the generic city skyline vinyls instead of a castles skyline

They haven't, if you zoom in closely and look past the low resolution image, it's still got the Castles! That's the first thing I looked for

(15 Aug 2019, 2:19 pm)streetdeckfan wrote

They haven't, if you zoom in closely and look past the low resolution image, it's still got the Castles! That's the first thing I looked for

Looks same to me lol, they still have tyne bridge on, instead of the 4 castles

Also X30/X31 still down as Toonlink

(15 Aug 2019, 3:32 pm)JP6004 wrote

Looks same to me lol, they still have tyne bridge on, instead of the 4 castles

Also X30/X31 still down as Toonlink

(15 Aug 2019, 4:38 pm)streetdeckfan wrote I mean, it does cross the Tyne Bridge so it's not technically out of place. There's the bridge plus 4 castles, but they used such a low resolution image you can't actually see!
Id guess the X30/X31 are still Toonlink because the new buses won't be here in time for the new timetable, so I'd expect another timetable change soon.
The timetables seem to change more regularly than the buses actually turning up

Think the ADL be here before streetdecks. MG posted picture of them being built. But X21 streetdecks might be coming first from Wright

(15 Aug 2019, 1:35 pm)S813 FVK wrote

Service changes from 1st September now published:

http://newsroom.gonortheast.co.uk/news/service-changes-from-1-september-2019-377968

X21 PDF showing as per an X-lines rebrand.

For the X30/X31 changes, the link above says that the weekday journey from Stanley at 4.50pm to Newcastle will no longer run, but the new timetable shows that it's actually the 17:00 X31 service which has been removed.

Wonder which one it is?