22 Nov 2016, 4:37 pm
#466
(22 Nov 2016, 4:18 pm)Dan Speaking of the Tyne Tees Xpress...
Go North East has received a demonstrator ADL Enviro400 City vehicle, which will be used on Tyne Tees Xpress services X9/X10 from tomorrow. It has been allocated fleet number 9098. It is of a premium specification, featuring coach style leather seats, tables with LED lighting, and USB sockets.
6043 - 6048 are now over four years old and have had extremely hard lives. I drove these buses on the TTX for a year in 2014, prior to retiring and when I left, each bus had close to half a million km on the clock after just two years service. After four years service they will now be approaching one million km. When you consider that this involves five or six return trips you Middlesbrough every day working hard on the A19, I think they have done very well. But even considering their relatave youth, they are probably now due to be moved to less demanding duties, and it is good to see that GNE are possibly considering this.
