(29 Apr 2024, 4:53 pm)mb134 It always makes me laugh when they bring out terms like this. You've had a fire lads, everyone can see it.  

Can guarantee the driver didn't ring for the Serious Thermal Incident brigade.

Quote: The driver and passengers had already been evacuated from the bus before the crews attended the incident, and firefighters wore breathing apparatus and used hose reels to extinguish the fire safely. Our crews left the incident location at 11.19 am.”

(26 Apr 2024, 10:51 pm)Andreos1 They let a 21 branded decker on to the X10 today

(05 May 2024, 2:25 am)L469 YVK If there's clearly issues at Riverside, GNE need a single uniformed fleet for the X10 & X21 with more muscle than a StreetDeck and with enough rotation so that 6352-55 aren't getting a daily hammering on the X10!

(05 May 2024, 8:46 am)Andreos1 I've said something similar previously. 

The X1 (now X12) and the X10 did just that.
Hard slog up and down the A19, followed by recovery on the slower and easier X1. 

Presumably, operators don't believe in interworking like they did previously. 
However, they do seem to prefer slogging a vehicle to death rather than making the interworking a feasible alternative.

It's ironic that the operators laziness, sees them kill their vehicles. Whereas the exact opposite, would surely prolong the reliability of them.

Having a uniformed fleet doesn't fix reliability though.

(05 May 2024, 1:08 pm)Jimmi Getting that feeling having 6359 on X21 today, struggled to break around 35mph on the A1(M) this morning due to being uphill Newcastle bound and now got it again back to Durham still absolutely basting hot air from the back downstairs and is 15 minutes late (tight timetabling being another hindrance to service reliability they seem to like doing) with an also late Durham bound 21 just behind us.

Good job Arriva upped the 7 to half hourly on Sundays, means I only have to stand around Durham like a fanny for 25 mins and not 55 mins now, thanks to missed connections.

I'll take the car/train next time, thanks GNE.

(05 May 2024, 8:46 am)Andreos1 I've said something similar previously. 

The X1 (now X12) and the X10 did just that.
Hard slog up and down the A19, followed by recovery on the slower and easier X1. 

Presumably, operators don't believe in interworking like they did previously. 
However, they do seem to prefer slogging a vehicle to death rather than making the interworking a feasible alternative.

It's ironic that the operators laziness, sees them kill their vehicles. Whereas the exact opposite, would surely prolong the reliability of them.

Having a uniformed fleet doesn't fix reliability though.

(05 May 2024, 5:26 pm)Dan In your example, is it that the “slower and easier X1” aided recovery after a hard slog on the A19, or is it that heavier weight buses were used back then which were better suited (and modern stock just isn’t cut out for the work that operators use them on, but there is no alternative)?


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(05 May 2024, 10:01 pm)Ambassador Although the data will never be public, it would be interesting to compare 'off road' and 'failure' rates at GNE vs other subsidaries.

Whilst we always take colleague comments on here with a pinch of salt but also backed up by social media... Riverside engineering team doesn't appear to have a stellar reputation

Its a bank holiday so I'll end with a positive...since most Angel streetdecks are so wrecked they are only trusted on the 51/2 and the 93/4....the fact once made it all the way to middlesbrough is cause for a street party

(26 May 2024, 9:28 pm)Ambassador I had the pleasure of 6325 on the Angel from the cannon to Newcastle today at around 10.50

What an utter disgrace. It stunk of vomit, there were empty McDonald’s wrappers everywhere, the bins were overflowing, empty drinks cans on the seats. Whatever vinyl had been on the table had been ripped off and jagged wooden base remained. There’s absolutely no way that vehicle was cleaned before it went into service

It’s to a point where I dread an actual angel turning up as at the least the trundling Ex London heaps are vaguely clean

(27 May 2024, 9:56 am)deanmachine Sounds like it's been on the N21 and it didn't get cleaned before it went out on the morning. Hopefully it at least got some diesel.