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RE: QuayCity VOLTRA Yutong E12's
(13 Sep 2022, 3:58 pm)nova347 wrote Well according to Bustimes 5808 was lasted tracked around pilgrim street/market street this morning around 9:30-9:45 and I believe the X24 stands near there, so it must be this one.

Yes 5808 was involved in a accident a few days ago
Views and Opinions are my own
RE: QuayCity VOLTRA Yutong E12's
(23 Sep 2022, 8:56 pm)N391OTY wrote Do any of the Q3s have fully working NSAs. None of the ones I have been on north of Haymarket have any stop information. All you get is 'Next Stop' but then silence. They seem to start working again once you get onto Gosforth High Street.
I noticed that between St Peter's and Haymaket too with all stops exept the Quayside Guild Hall & Haymarket
RE: QuayCity VOLTRA Yutong E12's
(23 Sep 2022, 8:56 pm)N391OTY wrote Do any of the Q3s have fully working NSAs. None of the ones I have been on north of Haymarket have any stop information. All you get is 'Next Stop' but then silence. They seem to start working again once you get onto Gosforth High Street.
An update goes out tonight to fix this Smile
RE: QuayCity VOLTRA Yutong E12's
(23 Sep 2022, 12:18 am)streetdeckfan wrote Not sure if this has already been mentioned, but on the NSA, how are the Q3s referred to, is it just Quaycity Q3, or do they do Quaycity Voltra Q3?

They aren’t.

RE: QuayCity VOLTRA Yutong E12's
I was in Eldon Square recently and their was 2 Quay-Cities parked up, there has got to be a better place to park them up other than Eldon Square for upto 5 hours. 

Parking Spaces in Eldon Square are already bad enough with Arriva.
RE: QuayCity VOLTRA Yutong E12's
Will the Q3 take a different route along the quayside with the junior great North run on tomorrow? If so what route will it take?
RE: QuayCity VOLTRA Yutong E12's
(30 Sep 2022, 9:17 pm)Unber43 wrote I was in Eldon Square recently and their was 2 Quay-Cities parked up, there has got to be a better place to park them up other than Eldon Square for upto 5 hours. 

Parking Spaces in Eldon Square are already bad enough with Arriva.

Is that not what the parking spaces are there for?
RE: QuayCity VOLTRA Yutong E12's
(07 Oct 2022, 5:54 pm)Bazza wrote Is that not  what the parking spaces are there for?

There isn't that many and Arriva often share the spaces so it isn't that feasible to be parking buses up that long (if you get what I mean)
RE: QuayCity VOLTRA Yutong E12's
(23 Sep 2022, 10:06 pm)Blockybus wrote An update goes out tonight to fix this Smile

The one I was on earlier had working visual announcements but no audio announcements. Just said ‘Next stop.’ and ‘This is.’
No stop names and no route name/number/destination announcement.
Banned
RE: QuayCity VOLTRA Yutong E12's
The brand names used on these things is basically irrelevant. There's so much silver and black, that's all you see at the roadside, up close and at a distance.

The yellow stripe stands out in the daylight, but I'm guessing the short shelf life of QuayCity and the general shit show that GNE's approach to branding these last few years means that won't be meaningful for 99% of punters.

The neon certainly stands out, but what use that actually is, is not clear, given the ongoing ambiguity of what these colours signify, be that a route or a power source.

The whole thing seems daft at a time when I thought GNE was getting back to corporate or network level branding.

But I guess if its really true that X-lines = rapid long distance then Red/Gold/Silver X1Q1 VoltraKiteRider is an issue for 2030 or beyond.