Arriva changes in the North East | North Tyneside / Darlington & Durham news...

In this video we look at how Arriva's presence in North Tyneside has severely diminished with the cancellation of the 51-55 and their replacements with Go North East's North Tyne Rockets. Take a quick look at North Shields Transport Hub which recently opened and look forward to new bus stations in Durham and Bishop Auckland.
Value for money ticket options in Tyne & Wear to Ride the Rockets and explore the wider county with Gateshead Central Taxis, Go North East and Phoenix Coaches.
Fleet news in Newcastle, Darlington and Durham with StreetLites and Pulsars replacing EcoCitys at Faverdale and some former Belmont Enviro200s moving to a new home within Arriva!
Pictures of the MAN EcoCity vehicles have been taken from various sources, mainly Flickr.
Credit to Mathew Jimmison for the original livery photos and 4803 in special green livery.
Credit for the repainted EcoCity pictures to AdamsNEPhotography and Scott Cooper.
All video clips and other photos are my own work.

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North Road bus stops where temporary, but the ones right down by the former gates shopping centre (adjacent to Cex / Poundland now) with digital displays where always there.

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Milburngate stops were always there, just to point out. (Going off street view from 2009)

[@klhtransportvideos]

Oh, I didn't realise that! All of the buses will probably move into the new bus station in November. Thanks for the comment.

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North Shields new Transport Hub is beautiful! Sad to see Arriva's MAN Ecocity's and Stagey's Scania K270UB Enviro 300 CNGs be withdrawn, to me they look and sound far better compared to ADLs standard Enviro 200s/300s and Streetlites. What did you think of them though?

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I'm not sure North Shields needed a bus station and it's particularly disappointing Arriva doesn't serve it and the Coaster only serves it one way. Very sad to see the MAN EcoCitys go, they are something different and I've only seen them once, the intended last day in service on 2nd September when a lot of them did get withdrawn from service. Sad to see the Scania K270UBs going as well, standardised fleets are boring for enthusiasts! Definitely better than Enviro200s/300s and StreetLites. E200 MMCs are decent. Thanks for the comment.