DSCF2660 Go North East 5279 (NK07 KPO) in Newcastle - 1 Jun 2018

Friday 1 June 2018 (1709) – Go North East 5279 (NK07 KPO), a Mercedes-Benz O 530N Citaro new in June 2007, seen in Percy Street heading to Eldon Square bus station in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It is allocated to Riverside garage in Gateshead and carries the ‘Blaydon Racer’ livery for service 12 from the city centre via Scotswood Road to Blaydon and Winlaton.

A line from the lyrics from the 19th century musical hall style folk song ‘Blaydon Races’ adorns the cant rail panels. ‘Ganning along the Scotswood Road…’ [... to see the Blaydon Races]. Ganning in North East dialect meaning ‘to go’. The races at Blaydon ceased to be circa 1916.