(30 Jul 2025, 9:32 pm)Ambassador wrote 6238 expired outside the old Wilko at Newgate St whilst on a 6

5412 broke down twice yesterday, whilst on the 6. Both times at Stanley Bus Station.

X43 to the rescue…

(03 Aug 2025, 11:52 am)Dan wrote 5412 broke down twice yesterday, whilst on the 6. Both times at Stanley Bus Station.

X43 to the rescue…

And yet GNE think they have resource to attack Northstar's X22 & X43, yet can't keep their own services running!

Not sure which tread to put this on but lately lve noticed theres been an increase in right route number but wrong destinations eg x45 Consett but heading to Newcastle and then a diamond on the 47 today heading through Newcastle to Consett showing Eldon Square.
You see it the odd time but must have seen 4 or 5 this past fortnight.
All Consett based buses and routes

(06 Aug 2025, 9:23 am)Tiger5105 wrote Not sure which tread to put this on but lately lve noticed theres been an increase in right route number but wrong destinations eg x45 Consett but heading to Newcastle and then a diamond on the 47 today heading through Newcastle to Consett showing Eldon Square.
You see it the odd time but must have seen 4 or 5 this past fortnight.
All Consett based buses and routes

I've just passed a '6' on its way to Newcastle with the destination saying Stanley.

I saw an X45 saying Consett on the way to Newcastle

(06 Aug 2025, 5:39 pm)Unber43 wrote I saw an X45 saying Consett on the way to Newcastle

Not really great if the basics arent right. But then par for the course when wrong coloured panels, branded buses on wrong routes, numerous no shows, etc etc etc. 
Multi award winning bus company?

Theres quite a lot of 21s just showing Chester Le Street and no via points, will assume its driver entering wrong code

There seems to be something up with the Hanover displays that they're randomly triggering back to the opposite direction, seemingly for no reason. It's happened to me at least 4 times over the past month or so on different routes, where I've heard the NSAs say the wrong direction, only to look up and see it's changed to the wrong direction, when I know for a fact I've changed it at the terminus.

(07 Aug 2025, 1:55 am)deanmachine wrote There seems to be something up with the Hanover displays that they're randomly triggering back to the opposite direction, seemingly for no reason. It's happened to me at least 4 times over the past month or so on different routes, where I've heard the NSAs say the wrong direction, only to look up and see it's changed to the wrong direction, when I know for a fact I've changed it at the terminus.

It seems strange that despite all the reporting that's been done by drivers and internal pushing within the relevant teams at GNE, that Hanover haven't found a fix.

(07 Aug 2025, 9:29 am)Andreos1 wrote It seems strange that despite all the reporting that's been done by drivers and internal pushing within the relevant teams at GNE, that Hanover haven't found a fix.

Sort of more strange that Stagecoach and Arriva in our neck of the woods also use Hanover and they seem fine.  Maybe a programming issue rather than the software?

I noticed a getting ready to start on its Newcastle bound route at CLS showing all the via points as if it had started at Brandon, this afternoon. Probably a related issue.

(08 Aug 2025, 7:09 pm)citaro5284 wrote Sort of more strange that Stagecoach and Arriva in our neck of the woods also use Hanover and they seem fine.  Maybe a programming issue rather than the software?

Sorry, the tongue sticking in my cheek wasn't too visible.

Where are all the Consett X lines deckers these days? On the scrap heap?

(09 Aug 2025, 1:05 pm)DodgepotMcDougal wrote Where are all the Consett X lines deckers these days? On the scrap heap?

Bottom line, only 14x available (not including temperamental 6336/37) to cover a PVR of 12x boards needing low height deckers. Not forgetting that the X45 is also short of deckers with E400MMC also doing the X45.

That combined with pressure to turn around any fixes and the usual engineering issues = longer term issues especially if issues not addressed early on.

GNE had no issues when the low height PVR was only 8x (X30/X31 & X45) before July 2024.