(15 May 2019, 6:22 pm)Michael wrote I quite like it the timetable design, better than before.

In someways, its not end of the world if they remove certain brands.... the likes of the Whey Aye Five-0 was ridiculous, same as See It Do it Sunderland.... 

(15 May 2019, 6:42 pm)TEN 6083 wrote Go North East: 0691 / YJ13HNW by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

If anyone hasn’t seen it

(15 May 2019, 6:42 pm)TEN 6083 wrote Go North East: 0691 / YJ13HNW by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

If anyone hasn’t seen it

(15 May 2019, 6:42 pm)TEN 6083 wrote Go North East: 0691 / YJ13HNW by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

If anyone hasn’t seen it

(15 May 2019, 6:47 pm)Tom wrote Looks smart, main question is what's gonna make up the additional PVR on the big coasters aha? Omnidekkas?

(15 May 2019, 6:49 pm)JP6004 wrote Is the current PVR not 14? Therefore the green big days out B9 could officially join coaster brand

(15 May 2019, 8:35 pm)V514DFT wrote The Indigo NT brand staying?

(15 May 2019, 8:36 pm)Tom wrote Yeah, new PVR will be 16 though

---

Little coasters is replacing it

(15 May 2019, 6:58 pm)BusLoverMum wrote I like the new timetable design. For this service, at least, it's nice and clear and easy to use. The test will be more complex and frequent services like the Angel and the the tens as, obviously, a lot more information is needed within the format.

(15 May 2019, 11:47 pm)V514DFT wrote I can understand the 11 becoming little coasters but the 40/41/42/42A dont go to the coast,at all

(16 May 2019, 1:13 am)omnicity4659 wrote Think they'll go for the booklet style that Arriva used to use. Anything is an improvement over the excessively sized timetables which GNE used to use and what Arriva use now!

(16 May 2019, 1:13 am)omnicity4659 wrote Think they'll go for the booklet style that Arriva used to use. Anything is an improvement over the excessively sized timetables which GNE used to use and what Arriva use now!

(16 May 2019, 5:49 am)S813 FVK wrote Absolutely. That was my biggest gripe with the old format.

(16 May 2019, 6:24 am)Dan wrote For now, at least, everything will be done in the style it was previously.

I wouldn't read too much into X-lines and Best Impressions being the standard for everything. The whole X-lines concept is to try and set apart a more premium customer experience and better quality product from 'standard' local service work, a la Sapphire, MAX, Stagecoach Gold etc.

Clearly this is difficult to do by way of the specification of the bus, as Go North East's standard specification is already quite high, but the livery design has been purposely designed to look a bit more premium (more colour etc, use of gold) and a different style of timetable including detailed route map etc.

(16 May 2019, 5:06 am)Dan wrote Why do they need to? The 42/42A also serve  North Shields - is this not a coastal town now? 

The Little Coasters brand sits within the blue North Tyneside family of brands - Coaster and Cobalt & Coast. The Little Coaster buses provide connections and links to the "big" coastal buses.

Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

(16 May 2019, 8:02 am)Andreos1 wrote I wouldn't say it was. Or ever was. 
The fact it's town centre overlooks the river (or is actually further inland if you take in to account the outlying suburbs) tells me it's not. 

Are Tynemouth, Cullercoats, Whitley Bay on the coast and therefore coastal towns or villages - yes. 
North Shields - no.

(16 May 2019, 6:32 am)Michael wrote When will the online timetables be changed from the horrid black and white versions to GNE standard?

0F18B416-2635-4346-AF5C-0BE2C1746832.jpeg (Size 93.66 KB | Downloads 39)

(16 May 2019, 8:32 am)Dan wrote Really... We're talking here as if North Shields is a million miles away from Tynemouth. The outlying suburbs I'd agree aren't coastal but the town centre is just a stone's throw away from the likes of Tynemouth which is strongly associated with the coast.

Suppose Stagecoach will have to do away with the 'Seasider' open-top brand, as North Shields Ferry Landing isn't at the seaside, just a river... 

(16 May 2019, 10:53 am)RBZ 5459 wrote Think we're being a weeny bit pedantic here. North Tyneside Council certainly regard it as a coastal town, as part of their coastal walks - by the way, it's a lovely walk I might add down on a joyous day like today. Cracked open my Collins dictionary and the actual definition of the word 'Coastal' is to be positioned on or near the coast. North Shields' boundaries on a map are near enough the coast for it to be classed as coastal man....

I'm sure the residents of North Shields won't start picketing, they might be even be joyful that their pink inDigo buses have been splashed with some lovely colours.....

(16 May 2019, 11:04 am)OrangeArrow49 wrote As the Blue Arrow 11 is being replaced by the Coaster 1A, are the NSAs going to be changed? The 1 and 1A won't have all the required announcements currently. Just interested, the 11 didn't have NSAs so they are not vital. Is the Little Coasters 11 going to get NSAs? Shouldn't it be Little Coaster? A bus can't be a Little Coasters! It's one bus.

Are the Cobalt & Coast NSAs going to have the Cobalt Clipper brand removed?

(16 May 2019, 3:29 pm)JP6004 wrote Just been looking at new timetables on GNE website that may give a few hints to brands/allocations.....

55/55A have corporate citaro
13/14/25/35/X22 have corporate omnicity
71 corporate versa
33 corporate solo

A lot of corporate omnicities......