(28 Aug 2013, 12:44 pm)CatsFast101 wrote I want wifi for the X7! Good to see GNE going all out for a new service, it's very good. Hope it works out.

I hope they do in the future, all new buses - should be fitted with WIFI + stop announcements (think GNE said something about this a while back)

(28 Aug 2013, 11:03 am)Michael wrote The new Brand has being reveled for the X84/X85... Tynedale express - uploaded on the timetable =).

http://www.simplygo.com/download/publication/55974.36

http://www.simplygo.com/news/new-tynedalexpress/

Looks canny

And its got WIFI



Also the 687 timetable has being uploaded and its just yellow.

the new 71 timetable has yet to be uploaded..

That actually looks quite modern - which is unusual when looking back at GNE's recent rebrands/new brands

(28 Aug 2013, 2:37 pm)ne14ne1 wrote That actually looks quite modern - which is unusual when looking back at GNE's recent rebrands/new brands

It does, compared to some

Wonder if the X84/X85 is popular they will extend it to do more runs on a Sunday and maybe even a little later?

Any body know why GNE haven't uploaded the new 71 timetable yet?

(28 Aug 2013, 2:46 pm)Michael wrote Any body know why GNE haven't uploaded the new 71 timetable yet?

Which villages does it serve again? Great Lumley, Woodstone Village and....

Fill in the blanks and that's the reason why haha :p

PB0002400/419 - GO NORTHERN LTD T/A GO NORTH EAST, 117 QUEEN STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UA
Variation Accepted: Operating between Houton Le Spring the Broadway and Heworth Metro given service number 4 effective from 20-Oct-2013. To amend Timetable

New service - Solo SR's? if so i did say... =)

(28 Aug 2013, 2:55 pm)Andreos1 wrote Which villages does it serve again? Great Lumley, Woodstone Village and....

Fill in the blanks and that's the reason why haha :p

71 and 5 haven't had the new timetable uploaded and 53/54 still haven't either..

(28 Aug 2013, 3:09 pm)CatsFast101 wrote 71 and 5 haven't had the new timetable uploaded and 53/54 still haven't either..

Oh? their really behind, when was the 53/54 changed, a while back!

(28 Aug 2013, 3:08 pm)Michael wrote PB0002400/419 - GO NORTHERN LTD T/A GO NORTH EAST, 117 QUEEN STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UA
Variation Accepted: Operating between Houton Le Spring the Broadway and Heworth Metro given service number 4 effective from 20-Oct-2013. To amend Timetable

New service - Solo SR's? if so i did say... =)

Strange.. Variation? The M1 becoming the 4? And Houton.. Really? And I doubt it's a new service other wise it would be registration not a variation.

(28 Aug 2013, 3:11 pm)CatsFast101 wrote Strange.. Variation? The M1 becoming the 4? And Houton.. Really? And I doubt it's a new service other wise it would be registration not a variation.

I never noticed that, strange, unless this was reg before the M1 was launched?

(28 Aug 2013, 3:08 pm)Michael wrote PB0002400/419 - GO NORTHERN LTD T/A GO NORTH EAST, 117 QUEEN STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UA
Variation Accepted: Operating between Houton Le Spring the Broadway and Heworth Metro given service number 4 effective from 20-Oct-2013. To amend Timetable

Could be M4/W4 to fit in with the current service numbers for Heworth/Washington routes? It currently goes M1, M2/M2A and M3/M3A, then W5 and W6 - just a suggestion though.
I'm only saying it, because the precision of the registration isn't exactly great - unless "Houghton" has been renamed recently

(28 Aug 2013, 3:12 pm)Michael wrote I never noticed that, strange, unless this was reg before the M1 was launched?

That's odd, don't understand why they'd re-number though, unless GNE are planning on de-lettering services so it's just a Number minus the Xpress Services

so for example

M2 - 2
M3 - 3
M1 - 4
W5 - 5
W6 - 6

New 71 timetable is online but in driver running board style

(28 Aug 2013, 3:47 pm)gtomlinson wrote New 71 timetable is online but in driver running board style

yeh its being on their a while - wonder why its not in new style yet.. like a few other services

(28 Aug 2013, 3:25 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote That's odd, don't understand why they'd re-number though, unless GNE are planning on de-lettering services so it's just a Number minus the Xpress Services

so for example

M2 - 2
M3 - 3
M1 - 4
W5 - 5
W6 - 6

Um they could be but then there's the Washington ones plus the venture network and a few NexusBus services.

(28 Aug 2013, 3:56 pm)Michael wrote yeh its being on their a while - wonder why its not in new style yet.. like a few other services

This from the company that dates press releases for this year from December 2012!


Ps - Sorry Adam, I seem to have clicked a red x next to your post by mistake

(28 Aug 2013, 4:00 pm)CatsFast101 wrote Um they could be but then there's the Washington ones plus the venture network and a few NexusBus services.

they could be going back to 3 Digit Numbering on more services to make more standardised so people won't get confused.

We will have to wait and see the post about the changes but it is interesting to see what happens.

Can i suggested this is a new service or has VOSA done it wrong?

If new service - Solo SR? haha

Just out of curiosity when does the Contract for the 79 run out with compass community transport, could it be possible that GNE are taking this over again with the extension to Heworth. Just a thought

(28 Aug 2013, 11:50 am)gtomlinson wrote Very limited Sunday service as expected (2 runs each way) as we've obviously not got commuter traffic

Isn't the existing 684 timetable basically just the depot runs/ relief driver for the 74? If so, then no wifi on Sundays, or else it could get a bit tasty at Cheeseburn Bridge.

Rob or Citaro5284 can you give any hints about what this '4' is all about? Or are you just going to sit there teasing?

new timetable has being uploaded for the 71 just a B10 and still Northern, like we knew.

South Tyne 5 has its new timetable to

53/54 timetable has just gone up. It's a Versa!

Took them long enough haha

GNE watching this thread?! We have a voice at last!

New leaflets for 74/74A, 686 & 689 now online all dated 8 September 2013. Also new style clippings for H11, H53, 683 but no indication of which leaflet they’ll appear in (appears not to be a combined one with 74 etc now). 688 remains in the old style, as does the 60.

Link to the new (Sept) timetable for the 5 takes you to the 28 July timetable...

(28 Aug 2013, 8:23 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote New leaflets for 74/74A, 686 & 689 now online all dated 8 September 2013. Also new style clippings for H11, H53, 683 but no indication of which leaflet they’ll appear in (appears not to be a combined one with 74 etc now). 688 remains in the old style, as does the 60.

Link to the new (Sept) timetable for the 5 takes you to the 28 July timetable...

I don't understand why they don't have them uploaded in leaflet form for all services for things like TyneDale Links. Have a TyneDale Links leaflet 74/74A/683/686/687/688 including TyneDale Express X84/X85 (with TyneDale Express in a standalone leaflet also). A venture network one V1/V2/V3/V4/V5/V6/V8/V9/130/131/704/689. Have all the lime services together 8/78/78A alongside the V8. Have the 60/61 together in a drifter leaflet. And the South Tyne services 5/88/88A.

Sorry to spoil the party BUT.........

This new service 4 isn't a new service its what we know as the M1.
If you do a deeper search on Traffic area network you will discover that the M1 was cancelled from 13th June 2010 and a new service 4 was registered from then, not sure that the TC, GNE, Nexus ect realised that they had registered the service as a 4 not an M1. I've known about this for a couple of years and have pointed it out once to GNE with little interest in return, now its gone more public through this site it might get sorted. Either the person that registered the service and is doing the variations isn't paying attention to detail or the TCs are not. Hope its a TC error as its a canny fine if its not.

(29 Aug 2013, 2:39 am)ADLEnviro wrote Sorry to spoil the party BUT.........

This new service 4 isn't a new service its what we know as the M1.
If you do a deeper search on Traffic area network you will discover that the M1 was cancelled from 13th June 2010 and a new service 4 was registered from then, not sure that the TC, GNE, Nexus ect realised that they had registered the service as a 4 not an M1. I've known about this for a couple of years and have pointed it out once to GNE with little interest in return, now its gone more public through this site it might get sorted. Either the person that registered the service and is doing the variations isn't paying attention to detail or the TCs are not. Hope its a TC error as its a canny fine if its not.

Pretty big mistake. Not even like it was something like N1 instead of M1. Well, even if there isn't a new service, something is happening in October that we can look for in Washington.

Rather bizarrely, the number of a service isn't a registered particular and doesn't need to be shown. Thus, it could equally be called 'Fred's bus' in registration terms, albeit rather unhelpfully to customers.

The destination point of a service, however, must be shown on the blind.