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GoNE Bus 5333 has just (at 12:10) reversed into a yellow East Durham bus at Peterlee bus station on the X7 route to Middlesbrough. All passengers swiftly changed onto the 21A! No injuries but the back window was apparently smashed in. (information from my wife who was on it at the time)
One point on this is that passengers who had paid for a ticket on the X7 had to pay again on the 21A. Hopefully they will be able to get a refund from GoNE as Arriva were obviously unable to honour the GoNE ticket. (We are old folks so get it for nowt anyway )
Are these new timetables temp or not because 27/35* & 20 don't have a pic of the bus or brand?
Thanks.
The temporary X36 timetable randomly has full times for services 4, 82/82A and 982 on the same timetable.
Ahead of the upcoming service changes in Sunderland, a number of Deptford-based vehicles are to undergo repaint. Although unconfirmed at this stage, the revised PVRs are given in this post, which will give a rough idea on how many buses need to be painted.
'Freshen up' repaints should be deferred until after the service changes in Sunderland take place, as Saltmeadows Road's maximum repaint output is 3 vehicles per week.
Those vehicles to have arrived at Saltmeadows so far include:
- "Laser" branded Scania L94UB/Wright Solar 4945 (NK51 OLJ), which is expected to be repainted purple to join the "Prince Bishops" family.
- "Silver Arrows" branded Mercedes Citaro 0530N/Mercedes Citaro 5325 (NK58 DWC), which is expected to be repainted gold to join the current "Laser" family*.
*Brand name subject to change in-line with the service changes to services 35/36.
The above therefore confirms that Deptford's Mercedes Citaros will not be allocated to service 20, and it confirms that the "Silver Arrows" will lose its present allocation of Mercedes Citaros too.
(30 Dec 2014, 1:35 pm)Dan Ahead of the upcoming service changes in Sunderland, a number of Deptford-based vehicles are to undergo repaint. Although unconfirmed at this stage, the revised PVRs are given in this post, which will give a rough idea on how many buses need to be painted.
'Freshen up' repaints should be deferred until after the service changes in Sunderland take place, as Saltmeadows Road's maximum repaint output is 3 vehicles per week.
Those vehicles to have arrived at Saltmeadows so far include:
- "Laser" branded Scania L94UB/Wright Solar 4945 (NK51 OLJ), which is expected to be repainted purple to join the "Prince Bishops" family.
- "Silver Arrows" branded Mercedes Citaro 0530N/Mercedes Citaro 5325 (NK58 DWC), which is expected to be repainted gold to join the current "Laser" family*.
*Brand name subject to change in-line with the service changes to services 35/36.
The above therefore confirms that Deptford's Mercedes Citaros will not be allocated to service 20, and it confirms that the "Silver Arrows" will lose its present allocation of Mercedes Citaros too.
(30 Dec 2014, 1:35 pm)Dan Ahead of the upcoming service changes in Sunderland, a number of Deptford-based vehicles are to undergo repaint. Although unconfirmed at this stage, the revised PVRs are given in this post, which will give a rough idea on how many buses need to be painted.
'Freshen up' repaints should be deferred until after the service changes in Sunderland take place, as Saltmeadows Road's maximum repaint output is 3 vehicles per week.
Those vehicles to have arrived at Saltmeadows so far include:
- "Laser" branded Scania L94UB/Wright Solar 4945 (NK51 OLJ), which is expected to be repainted purple to join the "Prince Bishops" family.
- "Silver Arrows" branded Mercedes Citaro 0530N/Mercedes Citaro 5325 (NK58 DWC), which is expected to be repainted gold to join the current "Laser" family*.
*Brand name subject to change in-line with the service changes to services 35/36.
The above therefore confirms that Deptford's Mercedes Citaros will not be allocated to service 20, and it confirms that the "Silver Arrows" will lose its present allocation of Mercedes Citaros too.
(30 Dec 2014, 1:52 pm)Michael Nooooo the silver arrows cant loose its citaro's... i hope they're not down grading it to scania's....possible that they could get the ones from the Crusdaer, if it gets new buses?
But they've repainted most of the silver arrows to silver... does this mean that the 35/36 will come under 2 different colours of the same brand?
Glad they're changing the brand name from laser... i hope its someing decent!
(30 Dec 2014, 1:52 pm)Michael Nooooo the silver arrows cant loose its citaro's... i hope they're not down grading it to scania's....possible that they could get the ones from the Crusdaer, if it gets new buses?
But they've repainted most of the silver arrows to silver... does this mean that the 35/36 will come under 2 different colours of the same brand?
Glad they're changing the brand name from laser... i hope its someing decent!
(30 Dec 2014, 2:03 pm)Dan The examples allocated to the "Crusader" are required on service 27 until their replacements arrive. Whether that is during 2015, 2016 or 2017, I expect nobody on this forum knows... The revised allocations will commence when the service changes take place - so the "Silver Arrows" will not receive any of the "Crusader" allocation.
As I believe the original plan was a mere freshen up repaint for the "Silver Arrows" allocation, Mercedes Citaros 5320 - 5324 and 5326 were all repainted, leaving 5325 and 5327 in "Silver Arrows" branding. The repaints will now coincide with the service changes in Sunderland, meaning that 5326 is likely to be repainted again, into gold. The present "Laser" allocation (5298 - 5309) and the newcomers (5325 - 5327) add up to 15 buses - the PVR of services 35/36. So, which service(s) do we think that 5320 - 5324 will be allocated to?
(30 Dec 2014, 2:03 pm)Dan The examples allocated to the "Crusader" are required on service 27 until their replacements arrive. Whether that is during 2015, 2016 or 2017, I expect nobody on this forum knows... The revised allocations will commence when the service changes take place - so the "Silver Arrows" will not receive any of the "Crusader" allocation.
As I believe the original plan was a mere freshen up repaint for the "Silver Arrows" allocation, Mercedes Citaros 5320 - 5324 and 5326 were all repainted, leaving 5325 and 5327 in "Silver Arrows" branding. The repaints will now coincide with the service changes in Sunderland, meaning that 5326 is likely to be repainted again, into gold. The present "Laser" allocation (5298 - 5309) and the newcomers (5325 - 5327) add up to 15 buses - the PVR of services 35/36. So, which service(s) do we think that 5320 - 5324 will be allocated to?
(30 Dec 2014, 2:03 pm)Dan The examples allocated to the "Crusader" are required on service 27 until their replacements arrive. Whether that is during 2015, 2016 or 2017, I expect nobody on this forum knows... The revised allocations will commence when the service changes take place - so the "Silver Arrows" will not receive any of the "Crusader" allocation.
As I believe the original plan was a mere freshen up repaint for the "Silver Arrows" allocation, Mercedes Citaros 5320 - 5324 and 5326 were all repainted, leaving 5325 and 5327 in "Silver Arrows" branding. The repaints will now coincide with the service changes in Sunderland, meaning that 5326 is likely to be repainted again, into gold. The present "Laser" allocation (5298 - 5309) and the newcomers (5325 - 5327) add up to 15 buses - the PVR of services 35/36. So, which service(s) do we think that 5320 - 5324 will be allocated to?
(30 Dec 2014, 2:03 pm)Dan The examples allocated to the "Crusader" are required on service 27 until their replacements arrive. Whether that is during 2015, 2016 or 2017, I expect nobody on this forum knows... The revised allocations will commence when the service changes take place - so the "Silver Arrows" will not receive any of the "Crusader" allocation.
As I believe the original plan was a mere freshen up repaint for the "Silver Arrows" allocation, Mercedes Citaros 5320 - 5324 and 5326 were all repainted, leaving 5325 and 5327 in "Silver Arrows" branding. The repaints will now coincide with the service changes in Sunderland, meaning that 5326 is likely to be repainted again, into gold. The present "Laser" allocation (5298 - 5309) and the newcomers (5325 - 5327) add up to 15 buses - the PVR of services 35/36. So, which service(s) do we think that 5320 - 5324 will be allocated to?
So are we thinking that the 2/2A will become SimpliCity? 61 will get Mercs?! Fozz will be pleased if that goes ahead!
PrinceBishops 20/20A: Scania Solars (current PB + Laser examples & 2 more)
Laser 35/35A/36*: Mercedes Citaro (current Laser + 3 Silver Arrows)
SimpliCity 2/2A: Optare Versa (10 current SimpliCity + 3 Purple)
Service 61^: Mercedes Citaro (5 Silver Arrows)
*Laser under new brand? As Dan mentioned
^61 to get Mercs?! And under what brand? SimpliCity? Or something new? Will 2/2A be Silver Arrow or SimpliCity?
Edit: Oh could the Mercs go to 57?! I keep banging on about 57 today!
Could we see temporary allocations? Til new buses arrive?
