(17 Jan 2020, 7:39 pm)Michael wrote Not sure, but i can't see any other routes which might get them?

93/94 are getting the Toonlink B9's

X84/X85 are getting the Volvo B5TL's from the X9/X10

ALSO:

Just spotted this on a reply from Martjin


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I have already replied to say that the vehicle in question is due for replacement and will be refurbished soon before use elsewhere. Ten feedback noted, thank you. Hopefully some good news for that route later this year. Anything seriously bad will be replaced in the meantime


New buses for the TEN too?

If the 6149-6161 are euro 6, why not put them on 6/6A/12/12A, with Mercs 5275/76/78/79/82 on to Loop 93/94, with 5277/80/81 in corporate.

Leave 6/6A/12/12A as ToonLink, using 6149-55, plus corporate 6160/61.

Mercs 5275/76/78/79/82 could get Loop Vinyls on replacing Blaydon Racer, with ex Citylink57 5277/80/81 into corporate.

Red Arrow 6001-6007/49-55, plus 6156/57/58/59 onto Crusader 26/27.

(19 Jan 2020, 12:18 am)streetdeckfan wrote Same with a lot of Arriva's as well. They don't seem loose so must have just been installed incorrectly

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Nothing to do with the installation.

There’s a separate box for the TFT monitor calibration and sometimes it loses sync to the box with the system itself on it, causing the TFT to be indented to the left or right.

Just needs calibrating again manually.


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Bus times reporting 5214 is back in service...

(19 Jan 2020, 1:20 am)park5354 wrote If the 6149-6161 are euro 6, why not put them on 6/6A/12/12A, with Mercs 5275/76/78/79/82 on to Loop 93/94, with 5277/80/81 in corporate.

Leave 6/6A/12/12A as ToonLink, using 6149-55, plus corporate 6160/61.

Mercs 5275/76/78/79/82 could get Loop Vinyls on replacing Blaydon Racer, with ex Citylink57 5277/80/81 into corporate.

Red Arrow 6001-6007/49-55, plus 6156/57/58/59 onto Crusader 26/27.

Wouldnt it make more sense to put 5281 and 5282 in Corporate to keep consecutive fleet numbers ?

(19 Jan 2020, 4:11 pm)S830OFT wrote Bus times reporting 5214 is back in service...

Go North East 5214 / NK54 NVJ by kieron mathews, on Flickr

Was on the 35 yesterday


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A stupidly parked 6148 was causing delays on Berwick Street today. 1431 was parked at the rear of the Berwick street stop today in layover before heading to the rail replacement stop and had plenty of space in front but instead of stopping in front of it the driver on 6148 who clearly needs parking classes decided to park behind the bus stand and 1431with it's rear hanging out making it difficult for any traffic to pass. The stupid parking actually caused for 1411 to get stuck trying to turn into Berwick street. Go North East seriously need to teach their drivers how and where to park as the 309 drivers park pretty badly too at blyth bus station. On Monday the 309 parked between the X9 & 309 stands when the driver went on a brief break which is stupid as clearly his stand was un occupied. And a lot of the time when the 309 stand is occupied by arriva buses about to go in the depot and the 309 will just park in a corner blocking the road or in the middle of the road also blocking the road.

(19 Jan 2020, 8:29 pm)GNE6312 wrote A stupidly parked 6148 was causing delays on Berwick Street today. 1431 was parked at the rear of the Berwick street stop today in layover before heading to the rail replacement stop and had plenty of space in front but instead of stopping in front of it the driver on 6148 who clearly needs parking classes decided to park behind the bus stand and 1431with it's rear hanging out making it difficult for any traffic to pass. The stupid parking actually caused for 1411 to get stuck trying to turn into Berwick street. Go North East seriously need to teach their drivers how and where to park as the 309 drivers park pretty badly too at blyth bus station. On Monday the 309 parked between the X9 & 309 stands when the driver went on a brief break which is stupid as clearly his stand was un occupied. And a lot of the time when the 309 stand is occupied by arriva buses about to go in the depot and the 309 will just park in a corner blocking the road or in the middle of the road also blocking the road.

Complain to the company, not on here.

I dont see the harm if it was only for a short while,drivers are allowed to stretch their legs,maybe he/she had to park there because another bus may have been in his stand,but had drove of before you saw it

Does GNE, arriva or SCNE every publish whats been found on thir buses?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ox...e-51177168

(06 Jan 2020, 12:44 am)OrangeArrow49 wrote The bus will never compete with the car, a taxi or app-based service like Uber. Buses have their place, but are not true competition, and they never will be.
 
Customer service is poor on Stagecoach and outstanding on GNE in my experience, broadly speaking. However there has been good customer service on Stagecoach and poor customer service on GNE. GNE customer service is good on social media and live chat as far I know. Arriva has a reputation for poor customer service, but I never use Arriva so won't comment too much. Gateshead Central Taxis has terrible customer service and Stanley Travel has outstanding customer service.  Customer service is clearly inconsistent within the companies, and the industry. There is work to be done for certain. Buses will never be perfect, and will never be the best way to commute.

Though arriva has a bad reputation I disagree with that and think arriva is the best company in the North East since I've been using them more in the last month. Generally I think arriva's buses are a lot cleaner. In blyth when I get the 309 and the buses are quite messy whereas on arriva the buses are often relatively clean and arriva have some polite drivers as today for example me and my freind were going for the X8 but as we reached the traffic lights he shut his doors but lucilly my freind got their when he was stuck at the stop at a red traffic light and blocked in by cars he opened his doors for an old couple and my freind and then agreed for to wait for me getting across the road which is when the green man came on conviniently and I got on the bus. Where as in December I was running for the 309 and my freind tried to get the driver to wait for me and told the driver I was at the traffic lights and the driver told my freind he was late and "couldn't" wait and left me for 15 minutes on the rain yet when I got to blyth on the next run he was just sat reading the newspaper so he mustn't have been too late. though GNE invest arriva are clean and have mostly polite drivers they also have better looking buses e.g sapphire, MAX, Corp, Whitby P&R, frequenta & NHS (1499)

(20 Jan 2020, 5:25 pm)GNE6312 wrote Though arriva has a bad reputation I disagree with that and think arriva is the best company in the North East since I've been using them more in the last month. Generally I think arriva's buses are a lot cleaner. In blyth when I get the 309 and the buses are quite messy whereas on arriva the buses are often relatively clean and arriva have some polite drivers as today for example me and my freind were going for the X8 but as we reached the traffic lights he shut his doors but lucilly my freind got their when he was stuck at the stop at a red traffic light and blocked in by cars he opened his doors for an old couple and my freind and then agreed for to wait for me getting across the road which is when the green man came on conviniently and I got on the bus. Where as in December I was running for the 309 and my freind tried to get the driver to wait for me and told the driver I was at the traffic lights and the driver told my freind he was late and "couldn't" wait and left me for 15 minutes on the rain yet when I got to blyth on the next run he was just sat reading the newspaper so he mustn't have been too late. though GNE invest arriva are clean and have mostly polite drivers they also have better looking buses e.g sapphire, MAX, Corp, Whitby P&R, frequenta & NHS (1499)

I rarely use Arriva in Newcastle so have little experience with them, but in County Durham it's the complete opposite. 

The GNE drivers are the nice and friendly ones, with the Arriva drivers being pretty miserable, assuming they can even understand/speak English (I've had quite a number of drivers on the Arriva 6 where they couldn't understand me saying Tindale Crescent, and I don't have a particularly strong accent!)
And I honestly don't think I've ever been on an Arriva bus that doesn't have litter all over it, or something spilled on the floor, or the seats ripped and with holes melted in the back.
GNE's 20 year old buses are in better condition than Arriva's 3 year old ones (Although that also has a lot to do with the places they visit!)

Having said that, Arriva do have some nice drivers as well and GNE have some truly awful ones.

One of my best GNE memories is getting swore at by one of the drivers because I was the last passenger on his shift and wanted the last stop, but he didn't want to drive there and told me it wasn't timetabled to go that far, after questioning it he showed me his timetable and it clearly showed it went to my stop so he told me to "F***ing sit down then" and when I turned back around he whispered "you fat C**t" to himself. I reported him and now every time I get on his bus he refused to even look at me.
I mean, I don't find swearing offensive (tbh, I don't find anything offensive) it was his attitude more than anything. If he had just said he needed to get back early I would have understood and left it there, but it was the fact he lied

6084 appears to have transferred to Deptford and is on 56 according to bustimes.org.

(21 Jan 2020, 7:17 am)EL1TE wrote 6084 appears to have transferred to Deptford and is on 56 according to bustimes.org.

That's correct, and 6099 has hence transferred to Percy Main as a result. 5230 has also transferred to Riverside to replace 5231, now withdrawn following MOT expiry.

Few other movements which took place last week:
https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/about/enthusiast-area/

(21 Jan 2020, 10:24 am)Dan wrote That's correct, and 6099 has hence transferred to Percy Main as a result. 5230 has also transferred to Riverside to replace 5231, now withdrawn following MOT expiry.

Few other movements which took place last week:
https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/about/enthusiast-area/

Also of note, Metrocentre Mini Solos 710 - 714 have now been sold to Scarlet Band.

710 and 711 were collected yesterday, while 712 - 714 have all been collected this afternoon.

(21 Jan 2020, 4:03 pm)Dan wrote Also of note, Metrocentre Mini Solos 710 - 714 have now been sold to Scarlet Band.

710 and 711 were collected yesterday, while 712 - 714 have all been collected this afternoon.

If anyone can squeeze a few more useful years out of them, SB can.

What is it with Durham Council and changing the timetable at stops a week early?
Times are completely different and anyone looking at the timetable would miss the X21 by 10 minutes. Or at worst, miss the last bus!


Speaking of the changes. I wonder what the chances of the new stops in West Auckland being added by Monday when the X21 starts going there. It took them over 6 months to add Tindale on, so I expect no different

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(21 Jan 2020, 4:48 pm)streetdeckfan wrote What is it with Durham Council and changing the timetable at stops a week early?
Times are completely different and anyone looking at the timetable would miss the X21 by 10 minutes. Or at worst, miss the last bus!


Speaking of the changes. I wonder what the chances of the new stops in West Auckland being added by Monday when the X21 starts going there. It took them over 6 months to add Tindale on, so I expect no different

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Durham County Council have been doing this for quite a while now.
I was by them that they only have one person doing all the timetables changes within the county.


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(21 Jan 2020, 5:06 pm)2bagstew wrote Durham County Council have been doing this for quite a while now.
I was by them that they only have one person doing all the timetables changes within the county.


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I know, they did it with the last 2 timetable changes for the X21. It wouldn't be so bad if it was just tweaks to the times, but the new timetable has services that don't exist yet

(21 Jan 2020, 4:03 pm)Dan wrote Also of note, Metrocentre Mini Solos 710 - 714 have now been sold to Scarlet Band.

710 and 711 were collected yesterday, while 712 - 714 have all been collected this afternoon.

When the first of the 10 reg solo's get withdrawn later in the year, will older solo's replace them or will bigger buses (Versa's for example), be allocated?

Omni on the 25 had a coming together earlier this evening. 
The front nearside of the Omni was damaged and the rear offside of a car was also damaged. 

I passed after the RTC and could see the damage to both vehicles. 
Came back not too long after and the Omni had gone, but the car was abandoned on the side of the road. 

Glass everywhere on the road surface.

(21 Jan 2020, 7:36 pm)Andreos1 wrote Omni on the 25 had a coming together earlier this evening. 
The front nearside of the Omni was damaged and the rear offside of a car was also damaged. 

I passed after the RTC and could see the damage to both vehicles. 
Came back not too long after and the Omni had gone, but the car was abandoned on the side of the road. 

Glass everywhere on the road surface
I think it might be 5270 involved .

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5270 believed to be Involved

Post from MG on twitter seems to confirm xlines on X1 will be dark/light red

(21 Jan 2020, 8:47 pm)JP6004 wrote Post from MG on twitter seems to confirm xlines on X1 will be dark/light red

Ye, should be smart.


Wonder what else they talked about in the meeting?, wonder if they confirmed anymore orders for the 2020/2021 financial year?

(21 Jan 2020, 9:00 pm)Michael wrote Ye, should be smart.


Wonder what else they talked about in the meeting?, wonder if they confirmed anymore orders for the 2020/2021 financial year?

Well we already know of X9/X10 plus 9 electric for 58, now maybe the 10s....

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(21 Jan 2020, 9:01 pm)JP6004 wrote Well we already know of X9/X10 plus 9 electric for 58, now maybe the 10s....

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Ye, but more could of been added to that order....

(21 Jan 2020, 8:30 pm)Citaro5338 wrote

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5270 believed to be Involved

Didnt manage to catch Id at all to be fair. 
Was hoping to get it coming back, but with it scooting off, I'd missed the opportunity. 

Sure it will be confirmed in due course.

Was I imagining it, or was one of the 62 reg ex-London B9s on the Loops today? Maybe 6156?

(21 Jan 2020, 10:44 pm)MrBoyt wrote Was I imagining it, or was one of the 62 reg ex-London B9s on the Loops today? Maybe 6156?

In the rare and odd working thread it's on loan to Riverside

(21 Jan 2020, 8:47 pm)JP6004 wrote Post from MG on twitter seems to confirm xlines on X1 will be dark/light red

Not a fan of the gold and red I have to say. Seems to be a bit of a clash.
Then again, it may look better once it's actually on the bus

So far, my favourite is the generic charcoal X-Lines livery, followed by blue, green and then purple (or whatever they call it)

(22 Jan 2020, 1:10 am)streetdeckfan wrote Not a fan of the gold and red I have to say. Seems to be a bit of a clash.
Then again, it may look better once it's actually on the bus

So far, my favourite is the generic charcoal X-Lines livery, followed by blue, green and then purple (or whatever they call it)

Plum

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