Go North East

[tom.robinson206]

RE: Go North East
P325AFT was on the M1 and 'Washington Street Shuttle' NK53TLV was on the 88/88A.

[Kate]

RE: Go North East
Red Arrows Merc 5280 was on the 88A today - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dansnorthea...420251364/
Photo courtesy of Dan's Bus Photos on Flickr

There also seems to be at least 5 versions of the loop branding so far including pink, red, yellow, green and blue.

[A McNall95]

RE: Go North East
On the GNE website, the results of the Pulse/Fab57 and Highwayman consultations have been published. Interestingly, It says that the Highwayman will be getting newer buses later on this year.

http://www.simplygo.com/customer-consultation/

[W179 SCU]

RE: Go North East
The timetables for the Sunderland Airshow on the 21st and the 22nd of July can be seen here

[tom.robinson206]

RE: Go North East
Changes to Whitley Bay Town Services at the start of July.

W1 - Revised and re-numbered W1 and W1A.
W3/W4 - Becomes W3 only and extended to Percy Main to replace W7.
W7 - Withdrawn

[W179 SCU]

RE: Go North East
3867 (W177SCU) has been on the 'North Tyne Links' today.

[A McNall95]

RE: Go North East
A few odd workings today:
3872 was on the 58
5227 was on the 97
3811, 3812, 3813, 8217 and another Northern SPD were on the 27
4825 was on the X1
and a Tyne Tees Express was on the Loop.

[tom.robinson206]

RE: Go North East
'Highwayman' NK04ZNC (8261) was on the 27 today.

[venturego]

RE: Go North East
What's happening with Red Kite(RK) and West Durham Swift (WDS) Omnicities which have had branding removed. There was talk on previous forum some would be going onto Lime (8/78) Services. What are the replacements for the Omnicities for 43/44/45/46 (RKs&WDSs) Stanley have a lot of Yellow Bus R Reg Palatine 1 D. Deckers (13) Are these on their way out shortly?

[A McNall95]

RE: Go North East

(02/07/2012 21:47)venturego Wrote:  What's happening with Red Kite(RK) and West Durham Swift (WDS) Omnicities which have had branding removed. There was talk on previous forum some would be going onto Lime (8/78) Services. What are the replacements for the Omnicities for 43/44/45/46 (RKs&WDSs) Stanley have a lot of Yellow Bus R Reg Palatine 1 D. Deckers (13) Are these on their way out shortly?

I'm not entirely sure where the OmniCities are going. Like you say, there was talk at one point of the OmniCities replacing the Renowns on the Lime services.

The Red Kite is due to get a refreshed branding but I'm not sure whether it will use the OmniCities or another single-decker type.

The 43 and 44 are named the Diamond and are operated by Mercedes Citaros, not Scania OmniCities. The West Durham Swift services are the X30, X31, X70 and X71.

GNE are due to get brand new double-deckers for the Tyne Tees Express this month. So, this displaces seven Wright Eclipse Geminis which will be refurbished and are planned to be put onto the West Durham Swift services.

There are plans to withdraw the remaining NC Palatine 1's, with some already been sold.