(13 Sep 2015, 9:03 am)Dan Some of the Baggage Buses include:

Chester-le-Street/Crook
3868, 6016, 6017, 6018, 6022, 6024, 6026, 6036, 6038

Deptford
6100

Percy Main:
3859, 6025, 6033, 6116, 6117, 

Riverside:
3969, 3970, 3972, 3973, 3975, 3976, 3977

Stanley:
6013, 6122, 6123, 6126, 6127, 6128, 6130, 6131

Washington:


Some of the vehicles allocated to service R1 include:

Chester-le-Street/Crook
6024

Deptford
3979, 3980, 3981, 3982, 6020

Washington
6001, 6002, 6005, 6007, 6029, 6049, 6050, 6051, 6054


I'm led to believe that some (if not all) of the Red Kite Volvo B9TLs will be allocated to service X27 later this afternoon; as such, this will lead to a few wrong allocations on the "Toon Link" and "Red Kite" services today (these include Saltwell Park 8346 and red spares 4964/5389).

(13 Sep 2015, 6:58 pm)Dan Hope my brand name logo destinations get Robert's approval...

Go North East: 8337 / NK11HKP by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

(13 Sep 2015, 6:58 pm)Dan Hope my brand name logo destinations get Robert's approval...

Go North East: 8337 / NK11HKP by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

(13 Sep 2015, 7:05 pm)LeeCalder They look great, Dan.

(13 Sep 2015, 7:05 pm)S813 FVK Haha! After seeing this photo on flickr i instantly made love with them. That crusader one is the most impressive imo - the 'the' being sideways like the actual logo probably does it for me The other 2 are good like. I'm guessing you have done this for every brand?

(13 Sep 2015, 7:05 pm)S813 FVK I'm guessing you have done this for every brand?

(13 Sep 2015, 6:58 pm)Dan Hope my brand name logo destinations get Robert's approval...

Go North East: 8337 / NK11HKP by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

(13 Sep 2015, 7:11 pm)Dan Thanks!


Bit worried about you if you're making love with a photo of some buses, mind! Not every brand is done yet as it takes a fair bit of playing around. Some are clearly a lot better than others, but you are fairly limited...

angel, Blaydon Racers, Citylink, Connections4, The Crusader, indiGo, Quaylink, Red Arrows, TEN, The OK Way, The Red Kite, ToonLink and X66 all done so far. Suppose they'll all make an appearance at bus rallies in the future, haha.

(13 Sep 2015, 7:11 pm)Dan Bit worried about you if you're making love with a photo of some buses, mind! Not every brand is done yet as it takes a fair bit of playing around. Some are clearly a lot better than others, but you are fairly limited...

angel, Blaydon Racers, Citylink, Connections4, The Crusader, indiGo, Quaylink, Red Arrows, TEN, The OK Way, The Red Kite, ToonLink and X66 all done so far. Suppose they'll all make an appearance at bus rallies in the future, haha.

(13 Sep 2015, 6:58 pm)Dan Hope my brand name logo destinations get Robert's approval...

Go North East: 8337 / NK11HKP by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

(13 Sep 2015, 6:39 pm)DanPicken 6087, 6096 and 6089 were also allocated to the R1.

(13 Sep 2015, 7:29 pm)DanPicken 5319 also did a stint on the R1.

(13 Sep 2015, 7:31 pm)DanPicken And 5330.

(13 Sep 2015, 7:34 pm)Dan That was just to get them to South Shields for the X27 - better than running light. Happens every year (except usually with Scania L94s).

(13 Sep 2015, 7:31 pm)DanPicken And 5330.

(13 Sep 2015, 7:35 pm)DanPicken Didn't know they did that.

(13 Sep 2015, 7:39 pm)Dan You do now!

It makes sense really, as a lot of people see how packed the Metros are and try and find an alternative means of transport. This was even more of a problem today due to the issues with the Metro.

The traffic in South Shields often means that buses get stuck at that end too, and there's very little scope to get things moving from the other end.

(13 Sep 2015, 7:37 pm)stagecoachbusdepot The following were all on the R1 today.  3864, 3869, 3878, 3943, 3969, 3979, 3980, 3981, 3982, 6001, 6002, 6005, 6007, 6020, 6024, 6029, 6032, 6040, 6049, 6050, 6051, 6054, 6055, 6087, 6089, 6096, 6098, 6099, 6100.  In addition 3967 as well as Crusaders 5328 & 5330 were departed South Shields out of service in the midst of peak queues.

(13 Sep 2015, 7:53 pm)aureolin Canny few posts on Facebook about the 78/78A going AWOL today. Any idea what was affecting it, as you wouldn't have thought it was in a GNR hot spot?