(22 Dec 2020, 5:48 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Speaking of which, check out the destination screens now the numbers are on the left

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The Ex London Geminis haven't been done yet every one I seen today on the 58 had it on the left tbh don't see them getting done considering they're mainly on scholars

(22 Dec 2020, 6:34 pm)GNE6312 wrote The Ex London Geminis haven't been done yet every one I seen today on the 58 had it on the left tbh don't see them getting done considering they're mainly on scholars

Sorry I was meaning look at the end of the lettering which overlaps the square of white LEDs intended for the route number.

(22 Dec 2020, 8:11 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Sorry I was meaning look at the end of the letter which overlaps the square of white LEDs intended for the route number.

Oh,  that looks wierd can't see that working on longer place names like South Shields or North Shields

(22 Dec 2020, 8:11 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Sorry I was meaning look at the end of the lettering which overlaps the square of white LEDs intended for the route number.

That’s an old photo. It was sorted so that the number was put back on the right for that display, as per all other colour route number displays.

Riverside had changed a water-damaged front destination display to a colour route number example, rather than a bog standard amber one as they should have done.


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(22 Dec 2020, 10:07 pm)Dan wrote That’s an old photo. It was sorted so that the number was put back on the right for that display, as per all other colour route number displays.

Riverside had changed a water-damaged front destination display to a colour route number example, rather than a bog standard amber one as they should have done.


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Does having the number on the offside face really benefit anybody? It's disturbed the many displays with a colour route number section — meaning they have had to retain the nearside number as you pointed out — and they just look really weird after seeing them on the opposite side for so long. I understand that the new format is how you would say it with it being left to right, but the numbers have been on the nearside for donkeys years as it's the first thing a customer will look for. It's crap that the blinds can't be placed right up to the glazing so as to not cut off the end bit when the bus approaches, or can they? I'm useless with the technical stuff.

This just seems like a pointless change to copy other operators (presumably Transdev as Martijn outlined on Twitter). Same goes with the hideous double-depth blinds on the StreetDecks, presumably copied off Lothian.

Why change them now?

To anyone who loves to cause drama on this so-called "friendly" community and wants to dispute my opinion, feel free. Enthusiasts are allowed to moan about things at times, because most of us are, too, customers for these operators and do like to pitch in with potential ideas and solutions to problems that crop up. It's not just "having a moan" for the sake of it, unless you're a certain individual who shall not be named. Some people see things like this as a passion of theirs, and should they be judged by that then why are you here?

(22 Dec 2020, 11:42 pm)BeachBoy99 wrote Does having the number on the offside face really benefit anybody? It's disturbed the many displays with a colour route number section — meaning they have had to retain the nearside number as you pointed out — and they just look really weird after seeing them on the opposite side for so long. I understand that the new format is how you would say it with it being left to right, but the numbers have been on the nearside for donkeys years as it's the first thing a customer will look for. It's crap that the blinds can't be placed right up to the glazing so as to not cut off the end bit when the bus approaches, or can they? I'm useless with the technical stuff.

This just seems like a pointless change to copy other operators (presumably Transdev as Martijn outlined on Twitter). Same goes with the hideous double-depth blinds on the StreetDecks, presumably copied off Lothian.

Why change them now?

To anyone who loves to cause drama on this so-called "friendly" community and wants to dispute my opinion, feel free. Enthusiasts are allowed to moan about things at times, because most of us are, too, customers for these operators and do like to pitch in with potential ideas and solutions to problems that crop up. It's not just "having a moan" for the sake of it, unless you're a certain individual who shall not be named. Some people see things like this as a passion of theirs, and should they be judged by that then why are you here?

Except the double depth displays are actually really useful, especially on routes like the X21 if it ever gets the Newcastle to Durham journeys back as the regular displays don't have enough room to have the legal destination of Durham and the actual destination of West Auckland, if even someone like myself who frequents that route could barely tell which one goes to Bishop and which one ends at Durham, then what hope do the regular public have!

6906 on the X10. Is this really true or is it something using 6906s ticket machine

(27 Dec 2020, 12:00 pm)Citaro5338 wrote 6906 on the X10. Is this really true or is it something using 6906s ticket machine

Its correct

(27 Dec 2020, 12:00 pm)Citaro5338 wrote 6906 on the X10. Is this really true or is it something using 6906s ticket machine

It's been sorted, was an accidental allocation. It was sorted by the time it got back into Newcastle.

(27 Dec 2020, 3:21 pm)reymyster9 wrote It's been sorted, was an accidental allocation. It was sorted by the time it got back into Newcastle.

Accidental? really?????

(27 Dec 2020, 4:39 pm)busmanT wrote Accidental? really?????

Yeah, apparently someone took the wrong bus from the depot and it was too late to get it sorted before it had to set off to boro

(27 Dec 2020, 4:39 pm)busmanT wrote Accidental? really?????

I'd bet it happens more often than people realise, just usually it'll be far less noticeable (though I believe if necessary people aren't notified/it isn't realised it can be quite problematic if a breakdown or something similar occurs). Driver has likely read the wrong row/column on the allocation sheet. The first driver this morning simply takes the bus light (as mentioned by Dan on Facebook), and probably didn't think "this is for an X10" - if they had then they probably would have double checked the allocation before it left the depot.

(27 Dec 2020, 8:22 pm)mb134 wrote I'd bet it happens more often than people realise, just usually it'll be far less noticeable (though I believe if necessary people aren't notified/it isn't realised it can be quite problematic if a breakdown or something similar occurs). Driver has likely read the wrong row/column on the allocation sheet. The first driver this morning simply takes the bus light (as mentioned by Dan on Facebook), and probably didn't think "this is for an X10" - if they had then they probably would have double checked the allocation before it left the depot.

Slightly different scenario, but I popped into Percy Main one day looking for a particular vehicle.  Someone there kindly checked for me, noting that it was due out in service later that morning, but it turned out it was nowhere to be seen - we concluded it had suffered something major, and been taken away for repairs.  Later on I discovered the vehicle at North Shields on a completely different route; the driver told me that his allocated bus had had a defect, so he'd just taken another bus at random without checking whether or not it was allocated!

6123 has been on the 10 today.

As part of the ongoing elaborate accidental allocation marketing ploy there’ll be a solo, streetlite, preserved prestige DAF and a Gateshead Taxis van allocated to the X9/X10 over the next few months and years so when the ex Oxford Tube coaches enter service in 2024 the only remaining willing bus passengers left in the region (94 year old Ethel and her enthusiast grandson, Clive) will be extra excited

A few from Boxing Day:

5387 on the 311 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...ed-public/

6001 on the 6 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...ed-public/

6157 on the Q3 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...ed-public/

Spotted a Green Arrow E200MMC in Dunston at about 3.20am, nothing on bustimes though.

Used to drive up the A1 and have seen one or two over the last year in Lobley Hill at around 2-3am too. Any idea what's going on?

(29 Dec 2020, 5:36 am)omnicity4659 wrote Spotted a Green Arrow E200MMC in Dunston at about 3.20am, nothing on bustimes though.

Used to drive up the A1 and have seen one or two over the last year in Lobley Hill at around 2-3am too. Any idea what's going on?

Probably a staff shuttle.

6377- 10B