(20 Oct 2017, 12:29 pm)JP6004 wrote Spare for 35? To be allocated 5329-5336?

(20 Oct 2017, 12:02 pm)Ambassador wrote Not sure if this is the right forum or if its service suggestions but I propose ditching the Angel brand, which is now imo, irreversibly damaged and tainted.

Suggestions on other names? I quite like 'The 21'...says it all

(20 Oct 2017, 10:31 am)S813 FVK wrote Blackburn for Refurbishment? It's Friday so 5328 should have returned allowing 5335 (fleet number order seems logical) to go down.

(20 Oct 2017, 3:21 pm)Dans_bus_photos wrote Is it just me or were they returning buses on a Monday aswell as a friday? Aroundthe time when the crusaders were done

(20 Oct 2017, 3:43 pm)Dan wrote They were originally taking two a week and bringing back two a week (one early on in the week and the other late on in the week) but the most recent examples have all been Friday morning drop-off and collect jobs.

Obviously taking more time now, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

(20 Oct 2017, 5:28 pm)Dans_bus_photos wrote They also might have other work on at the same time. Its going to take a while to get through the last of the batch if only 1 a week is going.

(20 Oct 2017, 12:02 pm)Ambassador wrote Not sure if this is the right forum or if its service suggestions but I propose ditching the Angel brand, which is now imo, irreversibly damaged and tainted.

Suggestions on other names? I quite like 'The 21'...says it all

(20 Oct 2017, 3:01 pm)Dan wrote I'm doubtful that Go North East will move away from the "Angel" brand name - it is, by far, the company's top performing service. The brand can't be that tainted, if customers keep coming back to use service 21.

It would be even more illogical to move away from this brand name, when the Angel turns 20 next year (which is naturally going to attract people to the structure).

It'll be even better in 2019 - "catch the Angel 21 bus to celebrate the Angel of the North's 21st birthday!" 

(20 Oct 2017, 5:33 pm)Dan wrote Suspect as we approach the end of the batch, it will speed up again with two per week delivered, but the refurbishment work is likely to be ongoing until the end of January at the earliest, with 13 more to go.

Still means that Go North East have 8 buses away at any given time, and they couldn't really afford to have any more than that away at once (especially when they have their own repaint programme ongoing at Saltmeadows Road).

(20 Oct 2017, 9:48 am)Jamie M wrote X21 now following the new display format. Is this being deployed across every GNE route?

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(20 Oct 2017, 6:53 pm)Michael wrote What's next to go in for repaint, after 5229-5232?

(21 Oct 2017, 7:49 am)Swiny1 wrote Are Washington going to receive any further deckers. There was a rumour a while ago 3941 and 3942 but they show as at Hexham?

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(21 Oct 2017, 11:26 am)Swiny1 wrote Ah right Thanks. I checked on the GNE website fleet allocation and it shows Hexham. I aint seen them in Washington but i will keep an eye out

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(21 Oct 2017, 11:32 am)Swiny1 wrote Aye i noticed may be the person who does it is on hols or summit

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(21 Oct 2017, 12:00 pm)Swiny1 wrote Haha. Has anything being rumoured about different buses for the 50. A washington driver told me a few weeks ago theyd heard the scanias where going due to reliability and with the Angels going to P M. For the 1 I was wondering if there's any truth in it

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(21 Oct 2017, 12:09 pm)Swiny1 wrote Ah ok. Would love to see mercs on the 50 like

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(21 Oct 2017, 3:06 pm)Jamie M wrote An Omnideck stil at chester -- when is this meant to transfer over?

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(20 Oct 2017, 7:32 pm)TyneWearTeesGNE wrote Have you got any photos of this new layout of the destinationew screens. If n try and get some please.