May 20th 2019 @ 18:30: Latest fleet changes at Go North East

20/5/2019

Go North East
Buses repainted last week included Optare Solo SR M925/Optare 677 (NK16 BXV) into a new four-colour base livery for the “X-lines” X6/X7 and X20 services. Optare Solo SR M890/Optare 691 (YJ13 HNW) has been repainted into a new two-tone blue base livery; the brand name for the revitalised North Tyneside network has been revealed as “Little Coasters”. Scania CN230UB/Scania Omnicity 5258 (NK56 KJN) has been repainted into the 2019 fleet livery - the first of this type to be repainted into the new fleet livery.
In line with service changes and the introduction of new brand identities, there were a large number of vehicle re-allocations which took place on Sunday 19 May, the significance of which has been likened to the South Shields and Bishop Auckland depot closures in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
These are summarised as follows:

626 628 633 634 - Riverside to Percy Main
637 639 - Deptford to Riverside
648 - Percy Main to Hownsgill
649 650 651 - Percy Main to Deptford
653 654 - Percy Main to Peterlee
672 673 674 675 676 677 678 - Percy Main to Deptford
679 - Percy Main to Washington
681 689 690 - Deptford to Washington
691 692 693 694 - Peterlee to Percy Main
695 696 - Howsngill to Percy Main
697 - Deptford to Hownsgill
698 699 - Deptford to Percy Main
701 702 703 704 - Washington to Percy Main
718 719 720 - Peterlee to Deptford
724 725 - Crook to Percy Main
4949 - Riverside to Peterlee
4979 4982 - Withdrawn from service at Percy Main
5206 - Withdrawn from service at Chester-le-Street
5229 5230 5231 5232 - Chester-le-Street to Percy Main
5249 5251 5252 - Riverside to Chester-le-Street
5263 5264 5265 5266 - Percy Main to Chester-le-Street
5420 5440 5441 - Deptford to Riverside
6100 - Deptford to Percy Main
6136 - Percy Main to Chester-le-Street
6332 - Chester-le-Street to Crook
8302 8304 8305 8325 8326 - Chester-le-Street to Riverside

Further vehicle re-allocations and withdrawals will take place during this week and reported next, once buses return to service after completion of repairs.