(05 Jan 2016, 7:30 pm)LeeCalder I believe it was 9119 on the 18, which broke down.
(05 Jan 2016, 7:33 pm)DanPicken Because it's horrible and cheap so it wouldn't surprise me, plastic crap.
(05 Jan 2016, 7:30 pm)LeeCalder I believe it was 9119 on the 18, which broke down.
(05 Jan 2016, 7:33 pm)DanPicken Because it's horrible and cheap so it wouldn't surprise me, plastic crap.
(05 Jan 2016, 7:48 pm)Dan I'm sorry to disappoint, but 9119 operated the following:
- 14:34 #X21 (Bishop Auckland - Newcastle)
- 16:05 #X21 (Newcastle - Bishop Auckland)
- 17:45 #X21 (Bishop Auckland - Durham)
- 18:35 #X46 (Durham - Beechburn Industrial Estate)
It did not break down - what a shame, eh?
(05 Jan 2016, 7:48 pm)Dan I'm sorry to disappoint, but 9119 operated the following:
- 14:34 #X21 (Bishop Auckland - Newcastle)
- 16:05 #X21 (Newcastle - Bishop Auckland)
- 17:45 #X21 (Bishop Auckland - Durham)
- 18:35 #X46 (Durham - Beechburn Industrial Estate)
It did not break down - what a shame, eh?
Yes 9119 is plastic and cheap, nowhere as good as an Enviro 400 MMC, but it is better than a knackered, ancient President and Streetdecks on X21 will be an improvement on the current hotch potch of vehicles. If 6037 is out on X21 with no destination tomorrow then someone give the driver a sheet of A4 paper ... A3 even better ... and a black felt tip and tell him to write NEWCASTLE on one side and BISHOP AUCKLAND on the other and put it in the windscreen. Not ideal, but it's better than nothing and perfectly legal, even if the DDA secret police are about.
(05 Jan 2016, 7:51 pm)Greg in Weardale Yes 9119 is plastic and cheap, nowhere as good as an Enviro 400 MMC, but it is better than a knackered, ancient President and Streetdecks on X21 will be an improvement on the current hotch potch of vehicles. If 6037 is out on X21 with no destination tomorrow then someone give the driver a sheet of A4 paper ... A3 even better ... and a black felt tip and tell him to write NEWCASTLE on one side and BISHOP AUCKLAND on the other and put it in the windscreen. Not ideal, but it's better than nothing and perfectly legal, even if the DDA secret police are about.
(05 Jan 2016, 7:51 pm)Greg in Weardale Yes 9119 is plastic and cheap, nowhere as good as an Enviro 400 MMC, but it is better than a knackered, ancient President and Streetdecks on X21 will be an improvement on the current hotch potch of vehicles. If 6037 is out on X21 with no destination tomorrow then someone give the driver a sheet of A4 paper ... A3 even better ... and a black felt tip and tell him to write NEWCASTLE on one side and BISHOP AUCKLAND on the other and put it in the windscreen. Not ideal, but it's better than nothing and perfectly legal, even if the DDA secret police are about.
(05 Jan 2016, 7:38 pm)DanPicken I wouldn't purely because Presidents are a nicer ride if maintained well.
(05 Jan 2016, 7:38 pm)DanPicken I wouldn't purely because Presidents are a nicer ride if maintained well.
(05 Jan 2016, 7:48 pm)Dan I'm sorry to disappoint, but 9119 operated the following:
- 14:34 #X21 (Bishop Auckland - Newcastle)
- 16:05 #X21 (Newcastle - Bishop Auckland)
- 17:45 #X21 (Bishop Auckland - Durham)
- 18:35 #X46 (Durham - Beechburn Industrial Estate)
It did not break down - what a shame, eh?
(05 Jan 2016, 7:48 pm)Dan I'm sorry to disappoint, but 9119 operated the following:
- 14:34 #X21 (Bishop Auckland - Newcastle)
- 16:05 #X21 (Newcastle - Bishop Auckland)
- 17:45 #X21 (Bishop Auckland - Durham)
- 18:35 #X46 (Durham - Beechburn Industrial Estate)
It did not break down - what a shame, eh?
(05 Jan 2016, 7:53 pm)BusLoverMum They're ancient, though. No amount of maintenance can keep a V reg bus reliable enough to make several 3 hour round trips a day, no matter how good a bus it used to be. I'm a big fan of the Presidents as they can offer a nice ride but they're past their best, they're largely beginning to fail permanently and some of them even leak when it rains.
I doubt if the streetdecks will ever see their 16th birthdays in active service and I do think they are somewhat underpowered for rural routes, but they meet with current efficiency and emissions standards without costing as much as some other buses do. I can understand why GNE have bought them. I'll just not sit at the back downstairs, so I don't get to cringe at the engine on the A167.
(05 Jan 2016, 7:53 pm)BusLoverMum They're ancient, though. No amount of maintenance can keep a V reg bus reliable enough to make several 3 hour round trips a day, no matter how good a bus it used to be. I'm a big fan of the Presidents as they can offer a nice ride but they're past their best, they're largely beginning to fail permanently and some of them even leak when it rains.
I doubt if the streetdecks will ever see their 16th birthdays in active service and I do think they are somewhat underpowered for rural routes, but they meet with current efficiency and emissions standards without costing as much as some other buses do. I can understand why GNE have bought them. I'll just not sit at the back downstairs, so I don't get to cringe at the engine on the A167.
Exactly my point. Deckers don't need to be DDA. And I doubt that in the real world anyone is going to be worried about even a single decker going round with no destination for a day or two until it can be fixed. Anything is better than a bus being cancelled. Yes it's reasonable to expect wheelchair access, but many of the DDA regulations are obsessive pedantry and are unfair expense to small operators trying to run buses where everything favours the big guys.
(05 Jan 2016, 8:35 pm)Davie I forgot to mention, one of the Redarrow B9's blind wasn't working. It wasn't showing the service number, but did show the destination and via points.
(05 Jan 2016, 8:35 pm)Davie I forgot to mention, one of the Redarrow B9's blind wasn't working. It wasn't showing the service number, but did show the destination and via points.
(05 Jan 2016, 8:32 pm)Greg in Weardale Exactly my point. Deckers don't need to be DDA. And I doubt that in the real world anyone is going to be worried about even a single decker going round with no destination for a day or two until it can be fixed. Anything is better than a bus being cancelled. Yes it's reasonable to expect wheelchair access, but many of the DDA regulations are obsessive pedantry and are unfair expense to small operators trying to run buses where everything favours the big guys.
(05 Jan 2016, 8:32 pm)Greg in Weardale Exactly my point. Deckers don't need to be DDA. And I doubt that in the real world anyone is going to be worried about even a single decker going round with no destination for a day or two until it can be fixed. Anything is better than a bus being cancelled. Yes it's reasonable to expect wheelchair access, but many of the DDA regulations are obsessive pedantry and are unfair expense to small operators trying to run buses where everything favours the big guys.
(05 Jan 2016, 7:51 pm)Greg in Weardale Yes 9119 is plastic and cheap, nowhere as good as an Enviro 400 MMC, but it is better than a knackered, ancient President and Streetdecks on X21 will be an improvement on the current hotch potch of vehicles. If 6037 is out on X21 with no destination tomorrow then someone give the driver a sheet of A4 paper ... A3 even better ... and a black felt tip and tell him to write NEWCASTLE on one side and BISHOP AUCKLAND on the other and put it in the windscreen. Not ideal, but it's better than nothing and perfectly legal, even if the DDA secret police are about.
(05 Jan 2016, 7:51 pm)Greg in Weardale Yes 9119 is plastic and cheap, nowhere as good as an Enviro 400 MMC, but it is better than a knackered, ancient President and Streetdecks on X21 will be an improvement on the current hotch potch of vehicles. If 6037 is out on X21 with no destination tomorrow then someone give the driver a sheet of A4 paper ... A3 even better ... and a black felt tip and tell him to write NEWCASTLE on one side and BISHOP AUCKLAND on the other and put it in the windscreen. Not ideal, but it's better than nothing and perfectly legal, even if the DDA secret police are about.
(05 Jan 2016, 8:39 pm)Adrian I'd disagree, and suggest its looked at in another way. If there's no standard set in writing, then it potentially allows every vehicle to be fitted to a different standard. Being in a wheelchair isn't a prerequisite to being classed as disabled, and it's important to recognise the huge spectrum of disabilities out there.
(05 Jan 2016, 8:39 pm)Adrian I'd disagree, and suggest its looked at in another way. If there's no standard set in writing, then it potentially allows every vehicle to be fitted to a different standard. Being in a wheelchair isn't a prerequisite to being classed as disabled, and it's important to recognise the huge spectrum of disabilities out there.
(06 Jan 2016, 12:13 am)rc81 The front destination number on one of the cobalt connects was not working tonight. Was going through earsdon at around 5:30, didn't catch fleet number as going in opposite direction
(06 Jan 2016, 12:13 am)rc81 The front destination number on one of the cobalt connects was not working tonight. Was going through earsdon at around 5:30, didn't catch fleet number as going in opposite direction