(28 Jul 2023, 12:51 pm)Michael wrote Another one added:


PB0003954/1221
Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 1 Whitley Bay Metrocentre ASDA

(28 Jul 2023, 6:01 pm)j986986 wrote Where can you find the new timetables for all of the 351/2/3/4/5 changes?


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(28 Jul 2023, 7:18 pm)Storx wrote https://northeastbuses.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=4324&pid=297542#pid297542

(28 Jul 2023, 7:20 pm)Dan wrote Those timetables are obsolete.


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(28 Jul 2023, 6:01 pm)j986986 wrote Where can you find the new timetables for all of the 351/2/3/4/5 changes?


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(31 Jul 2023, 11:56 am)RedKite wrote You can get them on traveline.info if you plan a journey for after 3 September

(02 Aug 2023, 3:19 pm)Iamtheone8483748 wrote Going of the network map, I'm guessing there's going to be some Solos branded for some of these routes? What routes will they be for if this is happening?

(02 Aug 2023, 3:33 pm)KingSlayerRBLX wrote North Tyne Rockets is a fairly decent name for the network.
Didn't expect Solo SR's to also happen. Wonder which ones will be chosen then

(02 Aug 2023, 3:22 pm)Thomas12 wrote I’d guess the 335/351/359 which are all interworking.

(02 Aug 2023, 4:41 pm)Ambassador wrote As tenuous branding links go...this is up there

(02 Aug 2023, 6:16 pm)Andreos1 wrote Glad it's not just me. 
Genuinely wondering what North Tyneside has to do with Stephenson's Rocket.
I'm assuming it's that, and not the Dunston Rocket.

(02 Aug 2023, 3:03 pm)Dan wrote New services in North Tyneside from Sunday 3 September:
https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/new-services-north-tyneside-sunday-3-september

(02 Aug 2023, 6:30 pm)Ambassador wrote Absolutely nothing. One of Stephensons early machines, Billy, is housed there but aside them randomly naming the museum after him there is absolutely no connection to north Tyneside at all. 

I’ll assume one of the marketing kids or best impersonations looked at google maps and randomly picked out an nearby attraction

(02 Aug 2023, 6:16 pm)Andreos1 wrote Glad it's not just me. 
Genuinely wondering what North Tyneside has to do with Stephenson's Rocket.
I'm assuming it's that, and not the Dunston Rocket.

(02 Aug 2023, 6:53 pm)mb134 wrote According to Wikipedia, he grew up in Killingworth - and some of these routes go to Killingworth? I mean it's clutching at straws. 

To me, and I imagine to pretty much everyone else, a rocket is something that is quite quick. None of these services are really that quick from anywhere to anywhere. The word "regular" on the tagline is doing a *lot* of heavy lifting too, given that some of the services are a cut in frequency compared to what they are replacing, and what Stagecoach are offering in some cases. 

Ultimately, we've watched countless irrelevant brands be introduced over the past few years (particularly under previous management) and look at where the company is now. Given Stagecoach are offering decent service levels on a few of these routes, and that some are only surviving with subsidy, it wouldn't surprise me to see at least some of these needing another rebrand relatively soon. At that point, and with how many other ridiculous brands (Sunderland District anyone?) have died a very quick death, surely actually using the corporate livery starts to make sense?

(02 Aug 2023, 6:30 pm)Ambassador wrote Absolutely nothing. One of Stephensons early machines, Billy, is housed there but aside them randomly naming the museum after him there is absolutely no connection to north Tyneside at all. 

I’ll assume one of the marketing kids or best impersonations looked at google maps and randomly picked out an nearby attraction