Here’s a photo of partially repainted and partially branded 6353 at The Works.

Photo taken by Michael McCalla posted onto Go Ahead Bus Enthusiasts group on Facebook.


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(30 Dec 2021, 7:33 pm)TEN 6083 wrote

Here’s a photo of partially repainted and partially branded 6353 at The Works.

Photo taken by Michael McCalla posted onto Go Ahead Bus Enthusiasts group on Facebook.


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I like that

(30 Dec 2021, 7:33 pm)TEN 6083 wrote

Here’s a photo of partially repainted and partially branded 6353 at The Works.

Photo taken by Michael McCalla posted onto Go Ahead Bus Enthusiasts group on Facebook.


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Not a fan of it to be honest, seems a bit dark, although as usual that could just be down to the photo!

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(30 Dec 2021, 10:01 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Not a fan of it to be honest, seems a bit dark, although as usual that could just be down to the photo!

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It’s the exact same colour as the coaches.


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(30 Dec 2021, 10:02 pm)Dan wrote It’s the exact same colour as the coaches.


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I think maybe it's the proportion of the colours that makes it feel darker, the coaches have a lot more gold/cream which could make it seem brighter

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Just need the 2 orange bits on the front covered over when the vinyl's get added

(30 Dec 2021, 10:01 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Not a fan of it to be honest, seems a bit dark, although as usual that could just be down to the photo!

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Looks like a Drifter (5371), and either 6335 or 6334 which hasn't been in service in over 5 weeks.

(30 Dec 2021, 10:13 pm)N1cholas wrote Just need the 2 orange bits on the front covered over when the vinyl's get added

That'll be guaranteed. No reason to touch anything on the gold & cream bits yet when repainting the rear.

The 'skyline' graphic between the windows will likely end up being replaced too.

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(30 Dec 2021, 11:20 pm)L469 YVK wrote Sorry for being blunt, but what's 5371, and 6334-35 got to do with the X10? 6334-35 now form the PVR of the X21 alongside 6308-14 and they'll never be used on the X10.

They were in the background...of the ADL 400 MMC photo

(30 Dec 2021, 10:02 pm)Dan wrote It’s the exact same colour as the coaches.


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And I must say it looks very smart!......only four years too late! Shame the previous management seen Volvo B5TLs as acceptable replacements for the X9/X10 back in 2017 and not E400MMCs or Scania N250UDs!

(30 Dec 2021, 11:21 pm)Bus3888 wrote They were in the background...of the ADL 400 MMC photo

Fair enough, I'll withdraw my original comment.

Spotted this on Dans Twitter -

All of the new stuff has been amazing. the work you and the team have done is crazy. 2022 is gonna be a mad start with 2 New X-Lines, new B5LH's and 400MMC's.
just cant wait for more brands and new buses!!

Happy New Year Dan!!

https://twitter.com/ImAKingSlayer/status...2481832968

(31 Dec 2021, 2:20 pm)Michael wrote Spotted this on Dans Twitter -

All of the new stuff has been amazing. the work you and the team have done is crazy. 2022 is gonna be a mad start with 2 New X-Lines, new B5LH's and 400MMC's.
just cant wait for more brands and new buses!!

Happy New Year Dan!!

https://twitter.com/ImAKingSlayer/status...2481832968

I assume that's referring to X-Lines X10 and X5/15?

(31 Dec 2021, 2:29 pm)peter wrote I assume that's referring to X-Lines X10 and X5/15?

Could be

We do have 9 electric buses arriving too - and hopefully some of the ZERBA funding buses.

One of the x10 coaches was getting hooked up a few minutes ago to be towed from Peterlee bus station


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(02 Jan 2022, 7:34 pm)cbma06 wrote One of the x10 coaches was getting hooked up a few minutes ago to be towed from Peterlee bus station


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#betterthanever

https://twitter.com/martijngne/status/14...64333?s=21


Odd thing to tweet if you’re about to remove said luxury experience soon?

(02 Jan 2022, 9:17 pm)ne14ne1 wrote https://twitter.com/martijngne/status/14...64333?s=21


Odd thing to tweet if you’re about to remove said luxury experience soon?

Cracking views out of the rear windo of a Versa though.

(02 Jan 2022, 9:17 pm)ne14ne1 wrote https://twitter.com/martijngne/status/14...64333?s=21


Odd thing to tweet if you’re about to remove said luxury experience soon?

How odd that Martijn neglected to mention the at-seat trolley service with complimentary bacon sandwiches.


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(02 Jan 2022, 9:17 pm)ne14ne1 wrote https://twitter.com/martijngne/status/14...64333?s=21


Odd thing to tweet if you’re about to remove said luxury experience soon?

I agree. I think its excellent having an MD that isn't afraid of using the services and seeing things from a customer perspective, but a bit odd to promote something that you're taking away.

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(02 Jan 2022, 9:45 pm)Dan wrote How odd that Martijn neglected to mention the at-seat trolley service with complimentary bacon sandwiches.


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What's he like eh? 
Plenty of brown sauce too. Got to make sure it doesn't get stuck on ones nose. I mean chin...

Do you prefer white, brown or a bun?

(02 Jan 2022, 9:53 pm)Andreos1 wrote What's he like eh? 
Plenty of brown sauce too. Got to make sure it doesn't get stuck on ones nose. I mean chin...

Do you prefer white, brown or a bun?

I prefer white with red sauce!

Sadly no good for getting a brown nose - sorry chin… - but I’m sure there’ll be other opportunities from Kyle’s Butchers.


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(02 Jan 2022, 10:05 pm)Dan wrote I prefer white with red sauce!

Sadly no good for getting a brown nose - sorry chin… - but I’m sure there’ll be other opportunities from Kyle’s Butchers.


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As classy as I feared.

Benidorm for two weeks in the summer?
Cocktails from spoons in the airport?
Pasty with red sauce as soon as you land back at Newcastle?

(02 Jan 2022, 10:14 pm)Andreos1 wrote As classy as I feared.

Benidorm for two weeks in the summer?
Cocktails from spoons in the airport?
Pasty with red sauce as soon as you land back at Newcastle?

Oh, Andreos - you know me so well. So quintessentially Mackem!


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The X84 is a nice route with lovely views. Even on a Versa these views can be enjoyed. Don't think much of the journey time Newcastle to Hexham though, but it's a good service for the other places it serves.

For Winlaton/Blaydon from Benwell would I need the 12/12A service?

(02 Jan 2022, 10:17 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote The X84 is a nice route with lovely views. Even on a Versa these views can be enjoyed. Don't think much of the journey time Newcastle to Hexham though, but it's a good service for the other places it serves.

For Winlaton/Blaydon from Benwell would I need the 12/12A service?

No. You would need to either walk to Scotswood Bridge and catch the 12/12A from there; catch whichever Stagecoach route passes your house into town; or wait for the X84/X85/684 to either Hexham or Newcastle and catch a Go North East bus from those locations.

The 12/12A ain't going to Benwell in any of our lifetimes....

(02 Jan 2022, 10:27 pm)MurdnunoC wrote No. You would need to either walk to Scotswood Bridge and catch the 12/12A from there; catch whichever Stagecoach route passes your house into town; or wait for the X84/X85/684 to either Hexham or Newcastle and catch a Go North East bus from those locations.

The 12/12A ain't going to Benwell in any of our lifetimes....

That's what I meant, walk to Scotswood Bridge. Never thought of going to Hexham, but I'm not sure if the 684 will be around much longer? Benwell to Hexham also takes a while on the X84/684 unfortunately. Bus into Newcastle probably makes the most sense, but walking to Scotswood Bridge is the most direct. 

Why doesn't/couldn't the 12/12A (or a new 12B) serve Benwell?

(02 Jan 2022, 10:59 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote That's what I meant, walk to Scotswood Bridge. Never thought of going to Hexham, but I'm not sure if the 684 will be around much longer? Benwell to Hexham also takes a while on the X84/684 unfortunately. Bus into Newcastle probably makes the most sense, but walking to Scotswood Bridge is the most direct. 

Why doesn't/couldn't the 12/12A (or a new 12B) serve Benwell?

Benwell is like Newcastle's answer to Beirut, their is nothing there as it got levelled many years ago 

(02 Jan 2022, 9:45 pm)Dan wrote How odd that Martijn neglected to mention the at-seat trolley service with complimentary bacon sandwiches.


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Im not sure whether to be amused or a bit ahhh bless of the bunker mentality by Dan here. I do love gallows humour. I can get middle management  and project owners suddenly feeling cornered and fearful at cuts and more losses and no govt slush fund to keep things going (they are always the first to go)

Tbf to MG. passengers don’t follow him,  nobody knows who he is, he’s tweeting about a nice journey home. It’s just more poorly judged if anyone were to look into it (which they won’t). If he was the CEO of say Nexus or LNER then there’d be interest about a forthcoming downgrade but he runs a bus company…nobody cares, not even his passengers…that’s half the problem

(02 Jan 2022, 10:59 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote That's what I meant, walk to Scotswood Bridge. Never thought of going to Hexham, but I'm not sure if the 684 will be around much longer? Benwell to Hexham also takes a while on the X84/684 unfortunately. Bus into Newcastle probably makes the most sense, but walking to Scotswood Bridge is the most direct. 

Why doesn't/couldn't the 12/12A (or a new 12B) serve Benwell?

Why does it need to?

There's nothing in Blaydon which the folk of Benwell couldn't easily get in Newcastle unless they have some sort of Morrisons/Home Bargains fetish and I don't think the folk of Blaydon or Winlaton will be too enamoured with what the delights Adelaide Terrace has to offer. The added journey time of the 12/12A if it went through Benwell and Elswick would probably deter people currently using the service from using it plus it would need an extra bus or two added into the PVR to maintain frequency. Resources costs money and I don't see this being a profitable venture, especially in the current climate ,where bus operators are looking to cut costs to reduce overheads; or being cajoled into to cooperating with each other along key corridors in order to receive subsidy - which removes any competitive element of your suggestion.

It's a dead horse, stop flogging it.

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(02 Jan 2022, 11:12 pm)Malarkey wrote Benwell is like Newcastle's answer to Beirut, their is nothing there as it got levelled many years ago 

It's not so much that, but the suggestions are similar to when you used to route every one of your suggestions through Lambton Village Centre.