(16 Feb 2016, 4:43 pm)Dan wrote The Next Stop Announcements have been programmed for the 689 service since these vehicles were launched.
Sometimes the bus loses its GPS coordinates, and just shows a default 'Venture 689 Hexham to Consett' screen. It also displays this in between stops, and as the 689 service is hail and ride for a considerable section of the route, it regularly displays this. In future, it will display advertising of the company's key card, mobile app, etc, so that the screens are better utilised.
Still plenty of time to get a photograph of it.
It spends most of its time on the 185/681/X81 cycle, so your only chance to see it in Hexham is 08:05 or 18:05.
Go North East carry out PSV tests at Deptford and Riverside on Thursdays, where there are dedicated pits for the traffic commissioner. The bus is usually kept off the road at the 'home depot' from Monday, to prepare the bus for its PSV test.
Last one I had just showed Venture and possibly "for timetables etc vist website". Didn't show 689 at all and no announcements were made, I'll try and find out which one it was when I get home. Today it was announcing the stops and had the hail n ride screen once we got somewhere past Shotley Bridge, at some point it flicked to Venture 689 Consett to Hexham until we got to Dilston where the announcements stared again.
Most of the photos I've seen of 9106 recently have been on the 185/681 which is a bit annoying as it will probably be a bit of a pig to get a photo when you are travelling by bus or train.