(04 Jun 2014, 8:53 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote That M1 looks shockingly filthy :p
Same with the white van from the papershop!

(07 Jun 2014, 2:27 pm)aureolin wrote On Compass YJ04BZU on the 73. It's worth mentioning that it's spotless inside and out. They must have been following #DirtyBusesOnNEB

(07 Jun 2014, 2:33 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote Interesting, as it was scruffy on Thursday and Friday when I seen it, Probs had a wash off the Rain, which is more than likely than Compass cleaning it themselves.

#DirtyBusesOnNEB

(16 Jun 2014, 6:46 pm)Dan wrote Solo YJ08PKU made an appearance on services 515/558 today. Fairly common, but breaches the contract specification, so I thought I'd note it...

Compass Community Transport: YJ08PKU by danielgrahamm, on Flickr

(16 Jun 2014, 6:51 pm)aureolin wrote Looks like it's had a wash too they definitely follow NEB.

(16 Jun 2014, 6:46 pm)Dan wrote Solo YJ08PKU made an appearance on services 515/558 today. Fairly common, but breaches the contract specification, so I thought I'd note it...

Compass Community Transport: YJ08PKU by danielgrahamm, on Flickr

(16 Jun 2014, 7:00 pm)BJ10VUS wrote Livery or capacity? Wouldn't have thought the 515 or 558 required anything bigger than the Iveco van, to be honest!

(16 Jun 2014, 7:04 pm)Dan wrote Capacity, believe it or not!
We'd have a thread the size of Go North East's Rare & Odd Workings thread if we included non-Nexus liveried vehicles being used!

(16 Jun 2014, 7:08 pm)Kuyoyo wrote BIB: If that is the case, Classic also breaches the contract specification on a daily bases given Compass' Solo only has 2 seats less than the Caetano Nimbus Darts Classic use on their board (and the Solo they previously used)

(16 Jun 2014, 7:10 pm)Dan wrote Yes, that confused me somewhat also (having also used the Classic-operated 558 today).

I believe it was mentioned that only the Cadets do not breach the contract specification - so I'm not sure how Compass coped when they weren't around!

(16 Jun 2014, 6:46 pm)Dan wrote Solo YJ08PKU made an appearance on services 515/558 today. Fairly common, but breaches the contract specification, so I thought I'd note it...

Compass Community Transport: YJ08PKU by danielgrahamm, on Flickr

(16 Jun 2014, 7:39 pm)BJ10VUS wrote That's mad! Has anyone from Nexus actually used the service? You'd be lucky to get 4 people on either service at once, never mind 40! Just seems like a waste of a bus really.

(16 Jun 2014, 7:43 pm)Dan wrote Minimum Capacity of 49 when it goes over to GCT from next month...

(16 Jun 2014, 7:47 pm)BJ10VUS wrote What a joke! Do GCT actually have anything that large?

(16 Jun 2014, 7:48 pm)Dan wrote Not yet - but they do have some nice 16 seater vans if it all goes tits up!

(16 Jun 2014, 7:51 pm)BJ10VUS wrote Maybe a nice Renault taxi?

(16 Jun 2014, 9:08 pm)AIG20 wrote I remember when Stagecoach used van-sized "Mercedes-Benz 709D's" on many services, like the 10/11 in South Shields.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/11919979826/in/set-72157627873647330
Image owned by Gary James Mitchelhill.

Unfortunately, it will be something that the 515/558 passengers will have to get used to.

(16 Jun 2014, 9:13 pm)aureolin wrote I'd love to be proven wrong here, but I really think that GCT have taken on more than they can chew. Worryingly, if they can't and a bailout is required, I can't see the operators that have missed out, and are capable of delivery, wanting to do it for as low as the original bid...

Is capacity classed as seated or as seat+stand? Can't see the pensioners who use these services be willing to stand.

(17 Jun 2014, 10:01 am)Andreos Constantopolous wrote Bluebird was on the 79 this morning.

(18 Jun 2014, 9:24 pm)Dan wrote I suspect this regular allocation has led to 38C no longer being allocated a Cadet, as the Solo previously found on service 79 is on service 38C tonight.

(19 Jun 2014, 3:59 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote The 73 is a Cadet working with the Iveco on the 37.
Presumably the Bluebird is on the 79 again.