Go North East - Second-hand vehicle acquisitions
Go North East - Second-hand vehicle acquisitions
(08 Apr 2024, 7:45 pm)Storx Surprised at that. Isn't the seating about the same on both of them (without counting). Generally whenever I come across discussions people generally like the Gemini 2 over an Enviro 400 like but obviously some will have different opinions. I've always found the legroom on Enviro 400's, upstairs at least, to be pretty poor, especially the ones with Stagecoach.
Mind shame things went off a cliff with the Streetdeck which is awful.
Talking about refurbishments, Arriva get a lot of stick, but the refurbs of the ex London buses are generally fantastic, not like the crap above. The B7TL's Gemini 1's you could barely tell the difference between one of those and the much newer DB300's. It's a shame we don't see it more often.
(08 Apr 2024, 7:45 pm)Storx Surprised at that. Isn't the seating about the same on both of them (without counting). Generally whenever I come across discussions people generally like the Gemini 2 over an Enviro 400 like but obviously some will have different opinions. I've always found the legroom on Enviro 400's, upstairs at least, to be pretty poor, especially the ones with Stagecoach.
Mind shame things went off a cliff with the Streetdeck which is awful.
Talking about refurbishments, Arriva get a lot of stick, but the refurbs of the ex London buses are generally fantastic, not like the crap above. The B7TL's Gemini 1's you could barely tell the difference between one of those and the much newer DB300's. It's a shame we don't see it more often.
(08 Apr 2024, 4:13 pm)Ambassador Liberal use of the word #betterbuses
(08 Apr 2024, 4:13 pm)Ambassador Liberal use of the word #betterbuses
(08 Apr 2024, 10:11 pm)stagecoachbusdepot Indeed, older I think than the hybrids that were the last branded fleet, which in turn had replaced markedly younger vehicles themselves. Maybe GNE have a different definition of "better" than passengers. Would explain a lot. #betterthannever
(08 Apr 2024, 10:11 pm)stagecoachbusdepot Indeed, older I think than the hybrids that were the last branded fleet, which in turn had replaced markedly younger vehicles themselves. Maybe GNE have a different definition of "better" than passengers. Would explain a lot. #betterthannever
(08 Apr 2024, 10:59 pm)Ambassador I suppose as they trundle up a hill at 15mph, passengers will be thankful for the usb charging to keep their phones alive
But when your flagship 21 route has 20 year old buses running on it, I doubt there’s much hope for other services!
All this decay in standards seems to have kicked in when Riverside took over engineering for the Chester routes
(08 Apr 2024, 10:59 pm)Ambassador I suppose as they trundle up a hill at 15mph, passengers will be thankful for the usb charging to keep their phones alive
But when your flagship 21 route has 20 year old buses running on it, I doubt there’s much hope for other services!
All this decay in standards seems to have kicked in when Riverside took over engineering for the Chester routes
(08 Apr 2024, 11:11 pm)Andreos1 I counted 6x 21 branded vehicles parked up at Riverside at midday.
(08 Apr 2024, 11:11 pm)Andreos1 I counted 6x 21 branded vehicles parked up at Riverside at midday.
(08 Apr 2024, 11:20 pm)Ambassador Those pesky wing mirrors, amazed they weren’t trundling the wing mirror safe streets of the 51 route
(08 Apr 2024, 11:20 pm)Ambassador Those pesky wing mirrors, amazed they weren’t trundling the wing mirror safe streets of the 51 route
(08 Apr 2024, 11:11 pm)Andreos1 I counted 6x 21 branded vehicles parked up at Riverside at midday.
(08 Apr 2024, 11:11 pm)Andreos1 I counted 6x 21 branded vehicles parked up at Riverside at midday.
Do passengers really care what age there bus is or how padded the seats are. They are just happy the bus turns up TBH., I had the joy of brand new buses on the 44 in my younger days 251-258 nurthumbria then when arriva took over and the 44 reverted to newcastle to dinnington only we got loads of rubbish on the route, most ex London stack from what i recall. Did i stop using the bus because of it???
And dont get me started on the rubbish the was branded for bemish on the 28/28a/28b!!!
(09 Apr 2024, 11:26 am)Rob44 Do passengers really care what age there bus is or how padded the seats are. They are just happy the bus turns up TBH., I had the joy of brand new buses on the 44 in my younger days 251-258 nurthumbria then when arriva took over and the 44 reverted to newcastle to dinnington only we got loads of rubbish on the route, most ex London stack from what i recall. Did i stop using the bus because of it???
And dont get me started on the rubbish the was branded for bemish on the 28/28a/28b!!!
(09 Apr 2024, 11:26 am)Rob44 Do passengers really care what age there bus is or how padded the seats are. They are just happy the bus turns up TBH., I had the joy of brand new buses on the 44 in my younger days 251-258 nurthumbria then when arriva took over and the 44 reverted to newcastle to dinnington only we got loads of rubbish on the route, most ex London stack from what i recall. Did i stop using the bus because of it???
And dont get me started on the rubbish the was branded for bemish on the 28/28a/28b!!!
Is the number of seats the same as the dual door ones just a different layout downstairs, or are extra seats added/removed?
(09 Apr 2024, 12:20 pm)Iamtheone8483748 Is the number of seats the same as the dual door ones just a different layout downstairs, or are extra seats added/removed?
(09 Apr 2024, 12:20 pm)Iamtheone8483748 Is the number of seats the same as the dual door ones just a different layout downstairs, or are extra seats added/removed?
(09 Apr 2024, 12:20 pm)Iamtheone8483748 Is the number of seats the same as the dual door ones just a different layout downstairs, or are extra seats added/removed?
(09 Apr 2024, 12:20 pm)Iamtheone8483748 Is the number of seats the same as the dual door ones just a different layout downstairs, or are extra seats added/removed?
(09 Apr 2024, 11:26 am)Rob44 Do passengers really care what age there bus is or how padded the seats are. They are just happy the bus turns up TBH., I had the joy of brand new buses on the 44 in my younger days 251-258 nurthumbria then when arriva took over and the 44 reverted to newcastle to dinnington only we got loads of rubbish on the route, most ex London stack from what i recall. Did i stop using the bus because of it???
And dont get me started on the rubbish the was branded for bemish on the 28/28a/28b!!!
(09 Apr 2024, 11:26 am)Rob44 Do passengers really care what age there bus is or how padded the seats are. They are just happy the bus turns up TBH., I had the joy of brand new buses on the 44 in my younger days 251-258 nurthumbria then when arriva took over and the 44 reverted to newcastle to dinnington only we got loads of rubbish on the route, most ex London stack from what i recall. Did i stop using the bus because of it???
And dont get me started on the rubbish the was branded for bemish on the 28/28a/28b!!!
(09 Apr 2024, 11:03 am)NL62WVW 6317 - Not sure whats up with that one, one of the better ones out of the rest
6319 - Broke down at Bishop yesterday morning
6320 - Dead Engine
6323 - Dead Engine
6326 - Local Only
6330 - Schools Only
6323 is the one that was towed in, been in the same spot since 23rd March
A testement to the outstanding maintenance facilities at Riverside
(09 Apr 2024, 11:03 am)NL62WVW 6317 - Not sure whats up with that one, one of the better ones out of the rest
6319 - Broke down at Bishop yesterday morning
6320 - Dead Engine
6323 - Dead Engine
6326 - Local Only
6330 - Schools Only
6323 is the one that was towed in, been in the same spot since 23rd March
A testement to the outstanding maintenance facilities at Riverside
(10 Apr 2024, 5:03 pm)Tiger5105 2 E400 Durham Diamonds, hiding behind some E200s at Consett tonight.Looking forward to seeing these!
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(10 Apr 2024, 5:03 pm)Tiger5105 2 E400 Durham Diamonds, hiding behind some E200s at Consett tonight.Looking forward to seeing these!
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(10 Apr 2024, 7:19 pm)ne14ne1 Why haven’t they painted between the windows black!?
(10 Apr 2024, 7:19 pm)ne14ne1 Why haven’t they painted between the windows black!?
(10 Apr 2024, 9:13 pm)Dan A change in personnel is the likely answer.
It was my personal preference for that to be black on an E400, but most engineers would see this as an unnecessary thing to do as it adds an extra day to the painting process.
I suspect engineers have a much louder voice these days and there will be a greater focus upon lean engineering, which is also why StreetDecks run on the 51/52 and 93/94 daily (GNE staff have openly confirmed on public Facebook forums that the Angel StreetDecks are being “kept local” to reduce lost mileage, as opposed to repairing the faults so they can be allocated to the routes for which they were purchased).
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(10 Apr 2024, 9:13 pm)Dan A change in personnel is the likely answer.
It was my personal preference for that to be black on an E400, but most engineers would see this as an unnecessary thing to do as it adds an extra day to the painting process.
I suspect engineers have a much louder voice these days and there will be a greater focus upon lean engineering, which is also why StreetDecks run on the 51/52 and 93/94 daily (GNE staff have openly confirmed on public Facebook forums that the Angel StreetDecks are being “kept local” to reduce lost mileage, as opposed to repairing the faults so they can be allocated to the routes for which they were purchased).
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