Not looking for libelous answers, and talking purely professionally; Its just been announced that First Manchester are getting a new MD in the New Year. Its Phil Medlicott who used to be at SGNE. Can anyone shed any light on what he might change in terms of policy?

Do something amazing... How many of you do it?

I don't know if anyone has noticed but the VOSA website has been closed by the Civil Service and moved across to the www.gov.uk portal. It's impossible to use and I can't see anywhere to search using dates.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisati...missioners

22342 and 19387 (22 branded) on 12
39706 on 11

(01 Nov 2016, 2:23 pm)RBZ 5459 wrote Cross Pennine service 685/X85 timetable has been finally made public by Arriva. Timetable via SC C&NL will be up soon.
https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/globalassets...-sep16.pdf

New timetable commences Sunday 13th November 2016.

A small peak at the new Cross Pennine joint-brand is shown on the timetable.

(30 Oct 2016, 6:59 pm)GuyParkRoyal wrote Registration plate 340 GUP previously on 3866 is now allocated to a blue Omnidekka. 6144?

Anyone know when they will be entering service?


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RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - November 2016

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(31 Oct 2016, 4:49 pm)cbma06 wrote I wouldn't be surprised if service 20 gets split on Hylton road with half doing the pennywell shops circular and other half turning right and going to south Hylton to replace service 8, there was a mention in the air that service 5 will retain the 30 minute route between Chester road and town but hourly from Chester road to gilley law while the other does hourly from Chester road to south Hylton via Holborn road, Helmsdale road (old 13/14 terminus) Hylton road to south Hylton, soon find out more info when the changes appear on VOSA in a couple of weeks.


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Only service which i could see getting an increase, would they have enough gas buses though, in total,  they only have 5 spares out of the 40 gas buses. 


Unless its the 18/19 getting increased....



Have those Enviro's from Scotland entered service yet?, if not, maybe they can used on the new Sunderland express service?

Site Update: 31/10/2016 - News, Fleet Lists & Photos

A belated Happy Halloween, everyone!

We've been working hard on the site for the past few weeks, which you'll now be able to see. You may need to clear your cache in order to see the updated versions. Some of the features are still a 'work in progress', but these will definitely be completed by the end of the month.

Fleet Lists

• Minor cosmetic changes
  
• Users can now filter by 'features' - ie Wi-Fi, Next Stop Announcements, etc. If the symbol is clicked, only the vehicles with those features will be displayed.
  
• A new feature symbol has been introduced - USB sockets - due to the increased number of vehicles in Arriva and Go North East's fleet with this feature.
  
• Following requests; users can now export the fleet list as an Excel Document, in addition to being able to view a PDF version of the fleet lists.
  
• Cosmetic changes to Vehicle History section - example here
  

Changes which have been published to the fleet lists over the past few weeks will appear again tonight - one of the reasons behind a lack of updates recently has been while we upgrade to the new system, and wanting to reduce Liam's workload of 'converting' the old fleet lists to the new.

We've yet to finish the homepage for the new fleet list sections. In the mean time, please use the links below.

Arriva North East: http://northeastbuses.co.uk/fleet/list.p...rF=1&soldF=
Go North East: http://northeastbuses.co.uk/fleet/list.p...rF=2&soldF=
Stagecoach North East: http://northeastbuses.co.uk/fleet/list.p...rF=2&soldF=

The fleet lists for vehicles which have now been disposed will be available when we complete the new homepage.

News

• Minor cosmetic changes
  
• Better integration with fleet lists
  
• New 'popular' feature - only the most popular news will be displayed under this section.
  

Photos

• Minor cosmetic changes
  

Some links may not work yet. Feel free to drop me a PM if you spot anything that doesn't work correctly - chances are it will be something that hasn't yet been completed but will be before the end of the month.

You will continue to see minor changes to the above features on the website over the next few weeks, and we'll also be looking to launch our new Bygone Era at the start of the month. Some of you will notice the absence of the 'treasures from our archives' sections which we introduced to our photos and news pages in our last update - these will now be contained within the new-look Bygone Era, so we have all of this content in one place.

Cheers,
Dan

Have ticket machine manufacturers not considered emergency through ticketing for multiple services (unless such thing can be done already) for single and return fares.

For example, when the bridge collapsed on the Blaydon Highway and passengers had to use other services to Newcastle from the Metrocentre and vice versa particularly on one day when most got terminated there. Could there not have been an option for passengers to buy single and return tickets on the TEN services on board the 6/45/46/47?