I love that everyone that features in one of Geoff's videos is so enthusiastic. Potentially one of the most wholesome channels on KZfaq where people are just passionate about transport and not afraid to show it! Keep it up Geoff, your channel is great!

You're a big kid at heart Geoff. You looked so excited when the Bus went through the bus wash.

I used to live right above a bus stop that got 24/7 service and I'm grateful for every new electric bus. So much quieter, especially at night!

I love Colin's enthusiasm. The buses look great, really like how comfortable modern buses are.

Never thought I’d see the day where Geoff covers my local bus route in Gateshead, what a treat!

Very interesting, thanks Geoff! Our local route has got double decker electrics, and it hasn't taken long for me to start noticing how incredibly shaky and noisy the old ones are. Can confirm cycling behind them without getting lung cancer is also a plus. Also for the record I would be fully up for this channel branching out into interesting new sustainable transport.

Am just imagining Geoff’s rider - I must go through the bus wash I must get a Starbucks I must have the Chief Executive Good video Geoff 👍

I've had a drive of these, just an incredible experience. Very impressive setup and so proud to have it here in Newcastle!

I feel like the electeric trolleybuses are being overlooked in zero emissions transit. So much simpler and cheaper than a battery bus

“A couple of steps up to the rear seat.” Epic, Geoff is even step counting inside buses!

I've travelled on electric busses, 2 years ago in southern Poland, they are very popular and well used, the charging is slightly different with an overhead collector, placed at points along the route for a top up, as you say, very quiet and a smooth service.

I worked with Martijn at Reading Buses. His enthusiasm for public transport is infectious, and he’s a genuinely nice guy.

How is it possible for all the people you talk to to be such delightful and enthusiastic people? Love your videos and how you give the people behind the wheels and screens a voice!

Just forwarded this video to my state rep here outside of Boston Mass!

What fantastic insight! Thank you for putting in all the effort for this video, must've taken a while. So happy to see more and more bus companies going electric!

11:00 Geoff, we would love to hear how quiet it is but someone put some silly music all over the video!!!

Great video Geoff, Nice to see you checking out all of the great work at Go North East!!

There needs to be a BBC documentary series as these are brilliantly produced!

I love how enthusiastic everyone in this video is! And you, Geoff, seemed almost _giddy_ with delight! Great video! Thanks for all the hard work you are putting in your videos!

I've been on them buses loads they are just fabulous and are quiet🤣

Thank you Geoff. The aptly named Go Ahead North East, very impressive! Interesting that when the trolleybuses (smooth running, quiet and no smell) went few noticed the noise, smell and increased maintenance of the replacement diesel buses.

I'm no bus spotter, but I love the way infrastructure/tech/operation stuff works. Being 4000 miles away in the UAE, it always impresses me how forward thinking this company is. Remember going to Murton depot near me as a kid in County Durham around 1985… when Go North East were called Go-Ahead Northern. An inspector actually came to my house to take me there in a bus after sending a letter and a picture. Got to see some nicely kitted out some MCW Metrobuses just about to be put into service. I did the bus wash thing , too. Brill memories of going all over the north east by bus. Thanks for the video!

The one thing I love about your videos is the endless enthusiasm to all the quirky things. I enjoy watching your videos and look forward to more in the future

Absolutely loved every single second of this video!! The buses look amazing especially with the grey paint colour and the blue ⚡️

Thanks! What an awesome video and everybody was so nice. I couldn't stop smiling, esp in the bus-wash :-)

I Love it when you come up to the north east and do some videos. Come back more often. 😀

Loved this! Those buses are gorgeous. And the phone chargers - wow!

Thank you Geoff. I would love to see more electric busses on your channel. I can't wait to get to ride one.

My Hometown recently got some Mercedes-Benz eCitaros and man do I love biking behind and next to them!

Great video. Newport has had a fleet of 15 electric buses since last year, having previously had a couple on trial. They are due to expand out to 32 buses, which will be a third of the total fleet

brilliant hopefully i can get myself up to Newcastle next year and see them in service

When I was working in Arnhem (Netherlands) I've been taking electric buses for many years - trolleybuses that is. There is no diesel smell and engine noise, just the hum from the electric motors, wind and tyre noise. Very comfortable and indeed friendly for cyclists behind a bus :)

Woah! This looks incredible Geoff! I hope I can ride one when I go around all the stations on the entire line

Very interesting Geoff! great vid!

Really great insight into the new fleet!

I travelled on one of these buses last Saturday, great journey, very quiet.

Loved this vid, and congrats to Go-Northeast with them flawless buses.. I miss working for Go-Ahead London, but i can’t complain im still in the industry 🙌🏽

We've had a few of those arrive in New Zealand in the last few months, with another 65 (with an extra axle), on the way. From what I've seen of them they look great.

Absolutely marvelous !

Electric Buses are just... So cool. Like, as a big bus nerd, my favourite thing is just how nippy they are. Even the big double deckers coming in from Alexander Dennis can accelerate super quickly because theres no combustion happening. It makes journeys just so much nicer, and it's a much better system than Hybrids

What a fantastic development for the north east that is. They all have clearly bought into it and it can only provide a long term benefit for society at large. I love the genuine enthusiasm of the staff for the buses 👍🍻

Those guys really love their jobs! Love to see it.

My dad just left Go North East, he was a driver for them for just over 33 years, he's seen so many changes over the years but unfortunately left just before these buses came around.

Very proud to have these in Newcastle! 😁

yes i was hoping you would cover these new buses actually i think i might have seen you about next to the depot while i was at the metrocentre

Great video. It reminded me of the last time I visited the open day of my local operator, Reading Buses. A similar modern depot, lots of different coloured route branded buses, some seriously green buses (albeit bio-gas rather than electric), a ride through the bus wash, and blow me down if that is not Martijn Gilbert. Before he stepped up to Go North-East, Martijn was MD of Reading Buses, and that was his last Reading Buses open day too. Good to see he is keeping up the good work there. The weather was much better, mind.

Always nice to see some happy bus drivers!! I used to be one, as you know..

Another superb video !

That's brilliant!

Awesome content as always keep up the good work

Nice to see the new technology. I’m from Vancouver where trolley buses have whirred around town for decades. They plug in to hydro dams so their carbon footprint is approximately zero. Yes, the overhead wires are a pain, but the newer trolleys can go several kilometers on their internal batteries.

Now you need to go on the Ember electric coach between Dundee and Edinburgh. Amazing company and amazing founders.

Have seen these on my local route - the 33 and 33A. Looking forward to having a trip on one.

well put together video , nice

That was such a cool vid Geoff (Still catching up on your others too lol), All the staff seemed so decent, friendly and knowledgeable. Loved the colour scheme on the bus and the bright blue voltra flash. They even gave you a Voltra face mask lol

25 years ago our kids went through the bus wash on a summer play activity. They're still talking about it - and I've been jealous ever since!

I'll have to take one of these when I'm next in Newcastle. I took a trip through the bus wash at Stockwell Bus Station on an open day.

This is so brilliant! Between me watching videos about electric cars, and others about public transport, the algorithm has finally found the cross-over!

Thank you Geoff, (and Go Ahead).

Very good, Geoff. I'd love to see coverage of some of London's electric vehicles, or buses in General, as London obviously has one of the most widespread networks in the country, So to see the inner workings of the system would be good. The services 507 and 521 are particularly intriguing.

Nice video, like these quiet buses

Awesome as ever Geoff. Love doing other modes of transport.

Busses should have two doors. One for entry and one for exit. It helps with passenger flows and stopping times.

Awesome video

These buses look quite impressive. They remind me of the electric buses that my city has.

I started working for this outfit last week and even met Martijn Gilbert, great guy, very nice to talk to

Good publicity on the part of Go North East to invite you to make this video. Well done Geoff and Go North East.

Cool bus! Wish we had buses like this here in Ottawa!

Love Newcastle. Used to catch the 38 between Cradlewell and Market St when I was working at Northern Electric!

I'm so glad you came up to review the Voltras... I saw all of the infrastructure going in and sent an email to Fully Charged... But never thought of sending an email to Geoff! Good stuff.

Great video Geoff. They look quite nice. Never heard of this manufacturer.

This video is just lovely. This could have been a fairly dry product announcement by a bus company, but you manage to capture their enthusiasm, the behind-the-scenes work and in a really fun and snappy video. You make great videos anyway, but there's nobody who does this type better than you.

Seeing more of these around, York has some on Park and Ride and Newport has a pile of them. It's a really positive step forward.

I live in Newcastle, and I don't normally take the 53 or 54, but I've seen these buses and look forward to checking out some more (local) public transport in the future 🚌🚇

Just awesome Geoff with new electric buses at the great city of Newcastle.

I never knew about this, thanks Geoff!

Nice. The Singapore counterpart of Go-Ahead has Yutong E12, single decker and double decker. Cool to see Yutongs in UK!

we got electric buses in Bergen, Norway little over half a year ago and now we have trolley buses with batteries that charge when driving on wire but they can drive off-wire too, for some considerable distance i might add. They're so quiet and so comfy to ride in, no gear changes and they don't struggle in uphill driving since electric motors have such awesome torque curve. All the buses on my usual line are electric now and i definitely noticed the gear shifts more when i recently had to ride in a gas bus. This is the future and it's really neat.

Can't wait to go on this bus

They've brought these in in Newport (SW) as well. I really like them.

Looks sweet!

You always manage to find the most enthusiastic workers lol

I can perfectly imagine leaving my phone on the bus by accident. :D

Yutongs are pretty nice, here in Finland Pohjolan Liikenne has a fleet of about 40 E12s and 15 E15s, some of those now run on my local line having replaced the VDLs which ran there previously. The Yutongs have been a huge improvement on the line.

As most things in Britain we have missed a point - other countries wired there towns and cities with trolly wires so when a battery bus reaches the wires they use the power to run from the wires while also charging the batteries so they have a much longer range.

First UK bus operator I travelled on back in 2002, glad to see they're investing in the future there!

Omg now I miss home seeing you go over the Redheugh Bridge and through the city centre

There lovely buses very nice

Brilliant. The whole industry needs updating

Excellent! Positive report gives hope, Geoff! From now on buses can be good, clean and fun! There are no new diesel buses here at the other end of Hadrian's Wall. I will be pleased when the services are full again and are fully electrified!

They look great. I look forward to the day when my local bus companies start to "go electric".

"I got wet from the bush wash" 😂 those pesky bush washes! 8:27

I rode on Yutong electric buses in Shanghai for years, as they've had them over there for a while now, always very reliable and comfortable. Happy to see them here.

My local bus :) They are a really nice upgrade from the previous buses - and I really hope they cause an uptake in the tap in/tap out format for us

Seems like GNE are upgrading their fleet recently. Love the look of these and the X9/X10 buses as well.

I did two weeks work experience in the Worthing bus depot back in 2019. Was quite the learning opportunity, and possibly vital if I want to get into the railway career I want now. However, I think I spent most of my time just washing the buses with the two Dave's. Ah well.

Recently got electric buses from volvo in my city and I gotta say they're great. The system they use is sorta like a pantograph that comes down from a pole and charges the bus, probably a fair bit faster than the traditional cable charger.

It's kind of strange that everybody in the UK hates the public transport system but this channel is permanently positive about every company involved in it and also has great access.

It's going to be awesome as electric buses take over - not just the clean air in the streets, but also the smoothest ride! That was the most surprising thing I found when I started with my EV - lots of stuff I expected to be great, but to find the drive so much smoother, so much quieter - and so much more relaxing.

bright sparks abound.