(28 Jul 2023, 12:51 pm)Michael wrote Another one added:


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Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 1 Whitley Bay Metrocentre ASDA

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Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 56 (56) Newcastle Sunderland

(28 Jul 2023, 6:01 pm)j986986 wrote Where can you find the new timetables for all of the 351/2/3/4/5 changes?


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https://northeastbuses.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=4324&pid=297542#pid297542

(28 Jul 2023, 7:18 pm)Storx wrote https://northeastbuses.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=4324&pid=297542#pid297542

Those timetables are obsolete.


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(28 Jul 2023, 7:20 pm)Dan wrote Those timetables are obsolete.


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I was thinking the same too especially looking at the 355 unless fancying using binge drinking B9TLs on the 355 interworking with the 307 or 309.....or running standalone with remote reliefs

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5444 stripped of its vinyls:

https://flic.kr/p/2oSw5RA

I'm guessing they already moved to percy main (EG Orbit)

Wonder if they’ll get new vinyls?

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New GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 553 Wallsend Freeman Hospital


School services are now appearing too..

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Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 881 (881N) Allerdene Cardinal Hume Catholic School

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Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 135 (135, 135N) Great Park Sacred Heart Catholic High School

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Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 882 (882N) Cardinal Hume Catholic School Birtley Northside

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New GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 682N St Thomas More Backworth

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Cancellation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 442 (442N) St Thomas More RC Academy Monkseaton

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Cancellation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 890 (890N) Blackhall Mill Whickham School

(28 Jul 2023, 6:01 pm)j986986 wrote Where can you find the new timetables for all of the 351/2/3/4/5 changes?


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You can get them on traveline.info if you plan a journey for after 3 September

(31 Jul 2023, 11:56 am)RedKite wrote You can get them on traveline.info if you plan a journey for after 3 September

Looks like Sunday daytime 353 will interwork with the 307

New services in North Tyneside from Sunday 3 September:
https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/new-servic...-september

North Tyne Rockets....
Not as bad as I was expecting.

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Going of the network map, I'm guessing there's going to be some Solos branded for some of these routes? What routes will they be for if this is happening?

(02 Aug 2023, 3:19 pm)Iamtheone8483748 wrote Going of the network map, I'm guessing there's going to be some Solos branded for some of these routes? What routes will they be for if this is happening?

I’d guess the 335/351/359 which are all interworking.

North Tyne Rockets is a fairly decent name for the network.
Didn't expect Solo SR's to also happen. Wonder which ones will be chosen then

(02 Aug 2023, 3:33 pm)KingSlayerRBLX wrote North Tyne Rockets is a fairly decent name for the network.
Didn't expect Solo SR's to also happen. Wonder which ones will be chosen then

Same colour as the Peterlee Purples.

As tenuous branding links go...this is up there

Wonder how long it will take before a coaster branded streetlite ends up on the rocket branded route and vice versa , should just rename GNE as the #Dolly Mixtures as its pot luck for the passengers to work out if it’s there bus service coming down the road.

Dan, you should set up another bingo card [emoji23]passengers be marking the wrong brands on wrong routes within the 30 minutes of start of service [emoji2957]


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I'm giving it 6 months before these are cancelled or are changed heavily. 

Least Feetham has his little toys back again to piss about with again and again and again and again and again and again and again especially between Newcastle and Killingworth. The 54/55 swap being the lately of why....

Especially considing the 54 is to link Longbenton and Gosforth High Street...

Luckily he can't touch the 363/364/X25/X26/X4/X5/X6/X7/X8/X36 this time

(02 Aug 2023, 3:22 pm)Thomas12 wrote I’d guess the 335/351/359 which are all interworking.

I take it them plus 41/41 are the solo's and 352-55 are Streetlites

It's a pity the map designers / GNE proof readers haven't learned where High Farm is.

Westmorland Estate / Redesdale Park / Hadrian Lodge West would be suitable, but that's definitely not where High Farm is!

(02 Aug 2023, 4:41 pm)Ambassador wrote As tenuous branding links go...this is up there

Glad it's not just me. 
Genuinely wondering what North Tyneside has to do with Stephenson's Rocket.
I'm assuming it's that, and not the Dunston Rocket.

(02 Aug 2023, 6:16 pm)Andreos1 wrote Glad it's not just me. 
Genuinely wondering what North Tyneside has to do with Stephenson's Rocket.
I'm assuming it's that, and not the Dunston Rocket.

Absolutely nothing. One of Stephensons early machines, Billy, is housed there but aside them randomly naming the museum after him there is absolutely no connection to north Tyneside at all. 

I’ll assume one of the marketing kids or best impersonations looked at google maps and randomly picked out an nearby attraction

(02 Aug 2023, 3:03 pm)Dan wrote New services in North Tyneside from Sunday 3 September:
https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/new-servic...-september

Has anyone else picked up on the new Go North East logo? Does another corporate livery ensure ?

(02 Aug 2023, 6:30 pm)Ambassador wrote Absolutely nothing. One of Stephensons early machines, Billy, is housed there but aside them randomly naming the museum after him there is absolutely no connection to north Tyneside at all. 

I’ll assume one of the marketing kids or best impersonations looked at google maps and randomly picked out an nearby attraction

Apart from the fact the Rocket was built in Newcastle...

(02 Aug 2023, 6:16 pm)Andreos1 wrote Glad it's not just me. 
Genuinely wondering what North Tyneside has to do with Stephenson's Rocket.
I'm assuming it's that, and not the Dunston Rocket.

According to Wikipedia, he grew up in Killingworth - and some of these routes go to Killingworth? I mean it's clutching at straws. 

To me, and I imagine to pretty much everyone else, a rocket is something that is quite quick. None of these services are really that quick from anywhere to anywhere. The word "regular" on the tagline is doing a *lot* of heavy lifting too, given that some of the services are a cut in frequency compared to what they are replacing, and what Stagecoach are offering in some cases. 

Ultimately, we've watched countless irrelevant brands be introduced over the past few years (particularly under previous management) and look at where the company is now. Given Stagecoach are offering decent service levels on a few of these routes, and that some are only surviving with subsidy, it wouldn't surprise me to see at least some of these needing another rebrand relatively soon. At that point, and with how many other ridiculous brands (Sunderland District anyone?) have died a very quick death, surely actually using the corporate livery starts to make sense?

(02 Aug 2023, 6:53 pm)mb134 wrote According to Wikipedia, he grew up in Killingworth - and some of these routes go to Killingworth? I mean it's clutching at straws. 

To me, and I imagine to pretty much everyone else, a rocket is something that is quite quick. None of these services are really that quick from anywhere to anywhere. The word "regular" on the tagline is doing a *lot* of heavy lifting too, given that some of the services are a cut in frequency compared to what they are replacing, and what Stagecoach are offering in some cases. 

Ultimately, we've watched countless irrelevant brands be introduced over the past few years (particularly under previous management) and look at where the company is now. Given Stagecoach are offering decent service levels on a few of these routes, and that some are only surviving with subsidy, it wouldn't surprise me to see at least some of these needing another rebrand relatively soon. At that point, and with how many other ridiculous brands (Sunderland District anyone?) have died a very quick death, surely actually using the corporate livery starts to make sense?

There’s a rocket on the roundabout at the top end of Southgate in Killy, very much clutching at straws when half the routes don’t serve Killy.


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Looks like GNE will fully run the 939 from September

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Variation GO NORTH EAST LIMITED 939 Team Valley Sunderland

(02 Aug 2023, 6:30 pm)Ambassador wrote Absolutely nothing. One of Stephensons early machines, Billy, is housed there but aside them randomly naming the museum after him there is absolutely no connection to north Tyneside at all. 

I’ll assume one of the marketing kids or best impersonations looked at google maps and randomly picked out an nearby attraction

According to Wikipedia the font of all knowledge, he was born in Willington Quay.