(30 Aug 2020, 11:57 am)Storx wrote I'm not sure the history of these but from the photos those buses are in horrible condition internally. Threadbare seats, 2 seats replaced upstairs with 2 totally different designs, panels above a different colour where the adverts have been, paint peeling of the grab rails and under the seats, patching of the flooring downstairs with metal and no effort to make it blend in especially when they're not 'that' old.

Makes you appreciate the north east operators having better standards.

(30 Aug 2020, 12:14 pm)streetdeckfan wrote If a vehicle is in horrible condition internally, you can almost guarantee it spent at least some time on a scholars service

(30 Aug 2020, 2:52 pm)ASX_Terranova wrote Why go for 07 reg onmidekkas when theres 11 plate geminis and 13 reg e400s on the market. Will have euro 6 engines in case of emergency and a better quailitt interior.

https://www.ensignbus.com/2011-volvo-b9tls.html
https://www.ensignbus.com/2013-enviro-400s.html

(30 Aug 2020, 12:14 pm)streetdeckfan wrote If a vehicle is in horrible condition internally, you can almost guarantee it spent at least some time on a scholars service

(30 Aug 2020, 3:40 pm)Rob44 wrote forgive my ignorance but do go north east have to pay for buses from other subsidiaries under the Go Ahead banner?

(29 Nov 2020, 4:14 pm)Michael wrote More moaning on the forum

(29 Nov 2020, 4:31 pm)Ambassador wrote Yay! Really old uncomfortable buses being bought! Wooo! 

Roll on the January fare rises so we can all celebrate together.

(30 Aug 2020, 3:10 pm)Dan wrote You do realise there's a pandemic and very little cash coming into the company at the moment...?

These four OmniDekkas are on loan to assist with extra vehicle requirements for scholars, with Go North East having been awarded some short-notice contracts to operate duplicate services on both the main network as well as scholars services.

Even if they weren't on loan and they were permanent acquisitions, keeping assets moving around within the group is a low-cost option, whereas to buy pre-owned vehicles from a dealer like Ensign would come at a very big cost.

(29 Nov 2020, 5:17 pm)Malarkey wrote I can back this up following a conversation I had with a CLS Driver on the 21 a few weeks back, He was doing 11 hours shifts and had only taken shy of £20 over the two days he had worked in that week, More passengers are using Bus Passes or like myself are purchasing tickets via the App prior to boarding the bus.

Just out of curiosity could GNE not sell the current fleet of Omnidekkas back into the Go-Ahead Group in Part Exchange for Volvo B9's from London for example in order to keep costs to a minimum. 

Would I right be right in saying the current Omnidekkas would be valued at £40,000 to £50,000 a piece given there age, total of 32 03/04/54 reg in fleet livery would give a value of up to £1.6 Million

(29 Nov 2020, 5:31 pm)Storx wrote Remember you have to convert them to single door aswell which isn't cheap or have them double door which is less than ideal and takes up capacity.

(29 Nov 2020, 5:17 pm)Malarkey wrote I can back this up following a conversation I had with a CLS Driver on the 21 a few weeks back, He was doing 11 hours shifts and had only taken shy of £20 over the two days he had worked in that week, More passengers are using Bus Passes or like myself are purchasing tickets via the App prior to boarding the bus.

Just out of curiosity could GNE not sell the current fleet of Omnidekkas back into the Go-Ahead Group in Part Exchange for Volvo B9's from London for example in order to keep costs to a minimum. 

Would I right be right in saying the current Omnidekkas would be valued at £40,000 to £50,000 a piece given there age, total of 32 03/04/54 reg in fleet livery would give a value of up to £1.6 Million

(29 Nov 2020, 5:37 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Allows for one way systems though which is better for social distancing and means boarding and alighting can happen at the same time, reducing dwell times.

(29 Nov 2020, 4:39 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Of the many, many things I hate about the Omnidekkas, the comfort certainly isn't one one of them

(30 Nov 2020, 10:25 pm)Ambassador wrote I assume you’re short, under 6ft at least or under the age of 4 if you want front seat comfort.

(29 Nov 2020, 5:37 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Allows for one way systems though which is better for social distancing and means boarding and alighting can happen at the same time, reducing dwell times.

(01 Dec 2020, 10:38 am)6049 wrote Double doors can't be used in that fashion on most services in the North East. There's a lot of issues with them being used safely which all need checked. That's why you tend to see double doors only allocated to Scholars and Works services and are only used on regular services as a last resort.

Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk

(01 Dec 2020, 12:41 pm)cbma06 wrote Wasn’t the middle doors got banned in this area due to someone being killed many years ago, can’t remember if it was in the pte days or Busways days and I think it was in Sunderland when the accident happened


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

(01 Dec 2020, 12:41 pm)cbma06 wrote Wasn’t the middle doors got banned in this area due to someone being killed many years ago, can’t remember if it was in the pte days or Busways days and I think it was in Sunderland when the accident happened


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk