Hello.

The Northern National Restoration Group are providing our Leyland National 2 FTN 710W 4710 for public transport at this event.

The event is on the 23rd of July. The trips will leave the station on the hour starting at 11. The last trip is 14.00.

Unusually a Fokker 70 operated into Newcastle this lunchtime in place of an embraer 190

I have been having a bit of a think, and thought it would a great idea to have a thread where all members of the NEB Forum can share photos and articles on a weekly basis at any point during that week from there Archives, this could even be tied together with "The Bygone Era" and "Treasures from our Archives" feature on the NEB News, with the best articles been shown on the news update for that week, in turn giving a more community feel to the site, as there are quite a lot of us who now take photos from across the region, rather than having images/articles from one individuals account each week.

So I shall start with an example from this week (Monday 27th June to Sunday 3rd July 2016).

This week in History saw on the 27th June 2014 the odd allocation of Go North East DAF SB120 Wright Cadet (8252) NA52 BVJ on Washington based Connections 4 Service 4 from Heworth to Houghton-le-Spring, seen here at Concord Bus Station.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...SUk-nWyuNA

The following day on the 28th June 2014 we are in Chester-le-Street we see former Volvo B5TL Wright Gemini 3 Demonstrator (9131) BF63 HDC on the X21 to Newcastle, this vehicle whilst with Go North East seen use on Service X21 (Bishop Auckland to Newcastle) and Services 31/32 and 47 (Newcastle to Winlaton & Blackhall Mill), 9131 started its life with Lothian Buses and has operation with various Bus Companies throughout the UK, and is currently part of the East Yorkshire Motor Services Fleet.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...8kW-mWhnyR

Finally we had further back in time to July 1st 2013, the scene is Houghton-le-Spring and the subject is Go North East Scania L94UB Wright Solar (4958) NL52 WVO having at the time recently been repainted into a maroon base ahead of transfer onto Waggonway Services 28/28A, with the imminent arrival of new Mercedes Citaro's for the Metrolink Service M1 (Houghton-le-Spring to Heworth), which then branded Connections 4.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...eWG-eW8UgY


Now that I given a few examples from my Archives, what are your opinions going forward with this idea?

OK, a bit early, I must admit....

I'm looking for some thoughts on running this for the upcoming season. What would encourage people more to take part? Would you like to use an alternative provider (e.g. Dreamteam FC)? Or anything else?

Give me your thoughts, and I'll get something set up in time.

Adrian

The previous thread has become quite large, and it doesn't allow the database to run optimally. So here is v2 of the service suggestion thread.

The previous thread can be found here.

Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2016

Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - July 2016 

Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion-July 2016

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(28 Jun 2016, 7:07 pm)BusLoverMum wrote If it is true, I'm sure it's not random. There tends to be a bit of thought goes into these things.

I don't think the 19 will receive any new vehicles just yet. I can however see something like this happening down the line and maybe some newer buses then:

- 9: Current 9 route from North Shields to Sunderland every 30 minutes
- 9A (split at Cramlington for Tacho rules): Current 19 route from Ashington to Percy Main then 9 route to Sunderland every hour
- 9B: Blyth - Newsham - High Pit then same route as 9A to Sunderland every hour