5488 is on the board to do the penultimate 21 of the evening...on a matchday

One hopes common sense prevails

5363 & 6302 on 85
6365 on 81

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if bustimes is to be believed 6194 made it onto the X10 for a couple of runs yesterday

6074 on the 16 if bustimes is correct

(01 Nov 2025, 2:22 pm)Iamtheone8483748 wrote 6074 on the 16 if bustimes is correct

Still at Consett.

On the X5 today

6072 is now also at Consett, perhaps the angel streetdecks will be going on the 10/a/b when the electrics come and the geminis will go to consett?

(05 Nov 2025, 11:05 am)Iamtheone8483748 wrote 6072 is now also at Consett, perhaps the angel streetdecks will be going on the 10/a/b when the electrics come and the geminis will go to consett?

Probably just shortages at Consett / Hexham, they're likely just easier to get as they're working to Hexham where Consett's engineers are already based.

6377 on the 6 and 6361 back to its origins on the X45

(05 Nov 2025, 11:05 am)Iamtheone8483748 wrote 6072 is now also at Consett, perhaps the angel streetdecks will be going on the 10/a/b when the electrics come and the geminis will go to consett?

StreetDecks on the 10/10A/10B will just be as bad if not worse, than the W*** RBB Tridents which replaced the M*** FTY Olympians on the 602!

But the seating is much better than e leather seating surely?

Half the Cityrider allocation of B9's were off the road today with Ex London B9's in there place.

I had 6095 back from my Mam's and this broke down at Wrekenton with an alarm going off which sound similar to ones you'd hear from reactors.

Looking at the Fleetlist on Bustimes.org Go North East now only have a Fleet of 492 Vehicles which does not seem to be enough vehicles for the services they're operating in my opinion.

8325 has also been operating at Consett today on the Venture network, 2 of the Venture solos on the 78 and the Corperate one (Euro 6) has been on Xlines services, Again.

(07 Nov 2025, 6:33 pm)Malarkey wrote Half the Cityrider allocation of B9's were off the road today with Ex London B9's in there place.

I had 6095 back from my Mam's and this broke down at Wrekenton with an alarm going off which sound similar to ones you'd hear from reactors.

Looking at the Fleetlist on Bustimes.org Go North East now only have a Fleet of 492 Vehicles which does not seem to be enough vehicles for the services they're operating in my opinion.

If you check bus times fleetlist you will see that half of the cityriders were not missing today, 6089 and 6090 can not currently be allocated to the 56 for time being so are used on the 20/20A/X20/65, there was only 2 vehicles suffering issues leading to their replacement, the rest have ran their runs, some 56s run off scholar's so use ex London B9s

well there is one Nexus secured service that didnt operate which was a nexus secured service bus around Wiltshire Drive tonight

Noted a 21 branded decker on the 27 yesterday.

(07 Nov 2025, 9:35 pm)N1cholas wrote If you check bus times fleetlist you will see that half of the cityriders were not missing today, 6089 and 6090 can not currently be allocated to the 56 for time being so are used on the 20/20A/X20/65, there was only 2 vehicles suffering issues leading to their replacement, the rest have ran their runs, some 56s run off scholar's so use ex London B9s

Why are 6089/90 unable to operate the 56 at the moment?

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Solo 682 on the X31 full and standing FROM Newcastle.at around 4. So goodness what it was was like going in with the match being on. Fab bit of allocating there

(22 Nov 2025, 4:15 pm)Kimlfixit wrote Solo 682 on the X31 full and standing FROM Newcastle.at around 4. So goodness what it was was like going in with the match being on. Fab bit of allocating there

Constantly allocated to those services. Madness to think they have a few decker's trudging around on services they don't need to be today because of there Euro Capability, not exactly putting the customer first.

(22 Nov 2025, 8:49 pm)WestDurhamSwift wrote Constantly allocated to those services. Madness to think they have a few decker's trudging around on services they don't need to be today because of there Euro Capability, not exactly putting the customer first.

Whole issue is that due to the heavy low height decker requirement because of poor route planning & timetabling not forgetting being short of PVR on the X45 - this then causes knock on effects and when GNE eventually can't pull a StreetLite / E200MMC to bail the X30s/X70s out......well!

GNE can easily sort this without making any major changes and even reduce the low height decker requirement to 8x during Mon-Sat.

- X30 does current X32 route hourly but via Shield Row rather than East Stanley. This helps with timekeeping (see further down).

- X31 2bph Mon-Sat and gives 3bph on common sections shared with X30 (Stanley) and X71 (Whickham & Dunston).

- X32 does current evening & Sunday X30 route, keeps it in line with '2's doing the evenings & Sundays (X32/X72).

- X30 & X73 interwork with PVR of 4x using remote reliefs in Stanley - also gives a handy same bus & throughfare option from Catchgate & Annfield Plain to Gateshead and Team Valley North.

- X31/X70/X71 all interwork with PVR of 8x and reliefs in Consett.

Sorted! And gives GNE more flexibility including the option to use full height Euro 6 compliant deckers (even if not the best) on the revised X30 & X73 if needed!

And here's the proof that it can easily be sorted. X70 also consistently timed for school finishing times (presumably Emmanuel why there's currently a change in the X70 & X73 times during the afternoons??). X73 still fine for Metrocentre shift workers starting and finishing at the top of the hour.

Slight change to the evenings & Sundays too. Rather than having a bus sitting in Stanley for god knows how long, give an evening & Sunday service to East Stanley (doing a clockwise loop after / before commencing a trip to Newcastle) as well as a service to the Lobley Hill Estate. Easy wins with no extra resource.

And the 6, 12 and X45 split into their own interworking patterns on Sundays - to further reduce the need to allocate low height deckers on what should be a rest day!

8322 is on the 78, currently in Park Lane

(24 Nov 2025, 4:28 pm)Michael wrote 8322 is on the 78, currently in Park Lane

Been at Hownsgill past few weeks, imagine it may stay until its ultimatlty withdrawn.

(24 Nov 2025, 6:06 pm)WestDurhamSwift wrote Been at Hownsgill past few weeks, imagine it may stay until its ultimatlty withdrawn.

Back in Sunderland where it’s life began as 42 simplicity