(30 Dec 2013, 2:46 pm)fozzovmurton wrote So another another year over, a new one round the corner...Some brief words to sum this year up
*So big year for GNE, they invested heavily for Wright Steetlites and Optare Solos, and the recent purchase of deckers for Fab56 and Cobalt
*The Centenary
*Sunderland North was messed about with yet again
*Some of the oddest allocations I ever seen i.e. A Laser on the 202 and Sunderland Connect on 61 a while back.
*Brands were dropped and Brand Mergers(61 into Simplicity)
*Trespassing happened quite a few times at depots to get a picture, this annoyed us all
In other news
*Martin O'Neill was sacked and Paolo Di Canio was brought in
*Di Canios celebration at St James' Park was hilarious(wonder how expensive the dry cleaning bill is for that suit after a 3-0 win at Newcastle
*A new Prince of the Realm was welcomed by the country, securing the Monarchy for the next 3 generations
*Paolo Di Canio is fired after his face to face with Sunderland fans at The Hawthorns, wonder if he took getting sacked on the chin
*Gus Poyet is appointed and manages the team to only Sunderland's 2nd home Derby win in over 30 years, the only other was in 2008
Chelsea are beaten at Sunderland, with Sunderland landing a semi final spot
*Possibly the most loved leader, civil rights activist and elder statesmen, Nelson Mandela died aged 95...
Feel free to add to this
- GNE also invested heavily in Gemini 2s (TEN/Cobalt Clipper/Fab Fifty Six)
- Volvo B5LH Hybrid Geminis arrived at Arriva for use on the 308 Coastliner
- Launch of the Sapphire brand on the Arriva service 7
- New batch of Enviro 200s arrived at Stagecoach in Sunderland
- Stagecoach gas buses also arrived at Sunderland
- DB Tyne and Wear pretty much ballsed up anything that could possibly be ballsed up on the Metro
- Metro replacement ran for a whole month in August.
- Metro apologised a lot.
- Andreos1 and eezypeazy was close to being billed as the next 'Thriller in Manila'