Talk:Go North East
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Why has the information about single route branding been changed?
As a regular traveller I can confirm that none of the buses I travel on a daily basis carry the Go Northern, Gateshead etc branding but simply Go North East and this has been the case for a long time
Perhaps your confseing fleetname and legal lettering. As is said at the top of the article, buses carry Go North East fleetnames. When you get the bus tomorrow look just behind the front wheel, it will have something like; 'Go Wear Buses Ltd. 117 Queen Street.....' in sall black letters.
Glenn Scott 00:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pink Panthers
321/322 - Pink Panthers (Using the same buses on the now defunct Durham Pink Panther services)
Are these services promoted as Pink Panthers? It seems that the Solos have just been reallocated to Percy Main to get them out of the public eye in Durham. AFAIK these still have 'Durham - Arnison Centre' on the back, surely if they had been adapted for the 321/322 they would have something like 'Benton Asda - Holy Cross' on them? Their also seems to be no indication on the GNE website as to these services being officially branded or for this to come about in the forthcoming round of service changes.
Glenn Scott 12:38, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
This change was publicised (although quietly) for a short time on the Press Info main page and is now available through simplygo.com by clicking on the Press Info and then Archives than January 2007. The first paragraph of that press release is 'From Sunday January 14, Pink Panthers will be the new name for Go North East's 321 and 322 service running from Asda at Benton to Churchill Street via Wallsend Metro and Holy Cross'
Ah yes, they did keep that well hidden! Seems a shame the 321/2 are only getting a recycled livery and not a full rearrangement etc. that other services have gained.
Glenn Scott 14:46, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Standard Vehicle Types
The fleet in use is totally innacurate - many of the buses categorised as "past" are still in use in various districts.
Also note that a new fleet of buses is now in use on the 45/46/46A route, could someone please find out what type it is?
Adamj89 11:12, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
This has been done. It is the batch of Scania Omnicity that Go Ahead have ordered. I think they may have ordered around 60 (they are advertising new buses for the 21 services, despite a new-ish fleet operating there anyway and they are taking coaches off the Red Arrows route) At the moment its hard to get a grip on movements until the new service changes come into effect on 25th February, a lot of unfamilar vehicle types are on different routes as new buses are brought in
May I point out that 'Current Standard Vehicle Types' are the buses GNE are currently buying new as a 'standard', 'Past Standard Vehicle Types' are mostly still in use but are no longer purchased as standard. I have removed Scania L94UB/Wright Solar from the current list to past as GNE seems they no longer wish to standardize upon this. I have added Merc Citaro to the Current list as GNE have a batch of them on order and are to be their standard express buses.
Glenn Scott 14:46, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
In this case it may be worth clarifying the definitions within the actual article. The OmniCity are now operating on X2 Red Arrows routes in pink 21 livery due to a delay on Mercedes Citaro order
The List of Standard Vehicle Types was intended to be a short list of what GNE are buying now and what they had previousley bought, as standard. If people are interested in what buses do what and their allocations and current issues within the fleet, perhaps a table could be created showing service number, brand name, depot, standard bus etc. This may need to be on a serperate article as i imagine it would be quite a length.
Glenn Scott 13:46, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this is within Wikipedia rules but I can highly recommend www.jeffsbuslane.co.uk for anyone who would like a more comprehensive standing on movements
