Looks like GNE have the Yutong double decker on demo for the 21.


Pelican Bus & Coach Yutong U11DD YD73FTP is currently at Go North East Riverside Depot and is seen resting in Durham Bus Station on 12 January 2024.


Info and photo from Ken Weaver in the Busesnortheast Facebook group.

Looks quite smart that!

The headlights are very Rivian

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One hopes the seats are comfier than the last electric demo!

Must say I'd love to see the 'design' team for Yutong as it really feels like it's a Chinese knockoff design of the Enviro 400 City that, and a bad one at it aswell. The front is a right mess.

The single decker version GNE has, is also rather similar to MAN Ecocity Darlington had, but they got away with that one as barely anyone bought them.

(12 Jan 2024, 8:38 pm)Michael wrote Looks like GNE have the Yutong double decker on demo for the 21.


Pelican Bus & Coach Yutong U11DD YD73FTP is currently at Go North East Riverside Depot and is seen resting in Durham Bus Station on 12 January 2024.


Info and photo from Ken Weaver in the Busesnortheast Facebook group.

go north east better get there wallets out

(12 Jan 2024, 9:56 pm)Graphite39A/39B/39 wrote go north east better get there wallets out

They won funding for 17? new buses for the 21.

Although not sure how much GNE have to put towards it.


https://www.route-one.net/news/52-more-b...t-england/

Edit: note the number for the deckers for the 21 is wrong, Dan confirmed that.

I believe the Yutong design came before the ADL Enviro 400EV, however I have seen a similar design on buses in France. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...2179151981

On close inspection. Are they camera wing mirrors?

Absolutely unsuitable for the 21, wing mirror issues is a prerequisite to be allocated to the Angel

With the door open, the front looks paper thin, looks like some Photoshopping (or if done by GNE, GIMPing) involved?

(12 Jan 2024, 10:21 pm)Rapidsnap wrote I believe the Yutong design came before the ADL Enviro 400EV, however I have seen a similar design on buses in France. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...2179151981

Aye the EV is quite new, the City has been around for near 10 years now though. It's too similar in parts for me for their not to be some stealing (inspiration). The black curve at the back, front window and the general whole side of the bus are pretty much near identical.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_...ro400_City - That one.

These are quite old tho to be fair, paint it in Angel green and they look absolutely horrific, the Singapore ones which are near identical (some changes since they're tri axle) are pretty much that - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4131763003530809&set=a.4131762840197492

Are the staff trying to see how many can get out of doing work for the day by taking a trip to Durham?

Surely it doesn't take 5-6 (in the picture alone) staff to make sure it can get to Durham and back?

No wonder the company is in the state it's in if that's what the (I'm assuming) office staff are spending their days doing.

(12 Jan 2024, 8:38 pm)Michael wrote Looks like GNE have the Yutong double decker on demo for the 21.


Pelican Bus & Coach Yutong U11DD YD73FTP is currently at Go North East Riverside Depot and is seen resting in Durham Bus Station on 12 January 2024.


Info and photo from Ken Weaver in the Busesnortheast Facebook group.

Is Pelican part of the Go Ahead Group or are random triangles for logos just the new in thing across the board?

(13 Jan 2024, 12:25 am)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Is Pelican part of the Go Ahead Group or are random triangles for logos just the new in thing across the board?

Its the UK partnership name for them and Yutong I think, not 100% sure though.

(12 Jan 2024, 11:10 pm)mb134 wrote Are the staff trying to see how many can get out of doing work for the day by taking a trip to Durham?

Surely it doesn't take 5-6 (in the picture alone) staff to make sure it can get to Durham and back?

No wonder the company is in the state it's in if that's what the (I'm assuming) office staff are spending their days doing.

They aren't all GNE staff

(13 Jan 2024, 11:58 am)Blockybus wrote They aren't all GNE staff

When is this Electric Angel demonstrator going to be out?

(13 Jan 2024, 12:20 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote When is this Electric Angel demonstrator going to be out?

next week probs

(13 Jan 2024, 4:52 pm)Graphite39A/39B/39 wrote next week probs

Thanks for the reply.

As in this coming week or week commencing 22nd January? I'd like to photo it and ride it.

(12 Jan 2024, 11:10 pm)mb134 wrote Are the staff trying to see how many can get out of doing work for the day by taking a trip to Durham?

Surely it doesn't take 5-6 (in the picture alone) staff to make sure it can get to Durham and back?

No wonder the company is in the state it's in if that's what the (I'm assuming) office staff are spending their days doing.

Takin a page out of our book from the PTE days ?

(12 Jan 2024, 10:39 pm)Ambassador wrote On close inspection. Are they camera wing mirrors?

Absolutely unsuitable for the 21, wing mirror issues is a prerequisite to be allocated to the Angel

You'll instead get instances where the camera screens aren't working though, so swings and roundabouts!

(12 Jan 2024, 11:10 pm)mb134 wrote Are the staff trying to see how many can get out of doing work for the day by taking a trip to Durham?

Surely it doesn't take 5-6 (in the picture alone) staff to make sure it can get to Durham and back?

No wonder the company is in the state it's in if that's what the (I'm assuming) office staff are spending their days doing.

Bit of an odd one! I'm surprised they didn't ask the cleaner along too.

I hope they never have a light bulb go out at Bensham. It'll tie the whole team up changing it...

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(12 Jan 2024, 11:10 pm)mb134 wrote Are the staff trying to see how many can get out of doing work for the day by taking a trip to Durham?

Surely it doesn't take 5-6 (in the picture alone) staff to make sure it can get to Durham and back?

No wonder the company is in the state it's in if that's what the (I'm assuming) office staff are spending their days doing.

I would guess that some of the people are from Pelican (the Yutong agent) assisting with familiarisation, some could be engineers and others from driver training.

(14 Jan 2024, 1:09 pm)busmanT wrote I would guess that some of the people are from Pelican (the Yutong agent) assisting with familiarisation, some could be engineers and others from driver training.

They could be, but obviously the GNE "Systems Assistant" was on board judging by a post on Twitter. 

In your examples, surely it's a bit of a waste of an engineers time? They should know the bus is capable of doing the 21 (otherwise literally what is the point), and a run without passengers will yield limited useful data in comparison to the days of service work it will do. Familiarisation should be easily doable around the depot too. From the outside looking in it just looks like folk have fancied a day out, which is not very productive of them...

(14 Jan 2024, 5:03 pm)mb134 wrote From the outside looking in it just looks like folk have fancied a day out, which is not very productive of them...

Based


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According to Bus Times it's numbered 9038.