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BusLoverMum



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10 Jun 2017, 7:14 pm #121
(10 Jun 2017, 6:33 pm)James M A bit off topic but this was the best place to put this?
Is there an acknowledgement of sorts between enthusiasts? You know, if you are on a bus and someone else is spotting, wouldn't it be handy to have a certain wave which means something along the lines of 'Hello, I am an enthusiast!'
Any ideas lol?

You mean you don't know the secret handshake? Wink
BusLoverMum
10 Jun 2017, 7:14 pm #121

(10 Jun 2017, 6:33 pm)James M A bit off topic but this was the best place to put this?
Is there an acknowledgement of sorts between enthusiasts? You know, if you are on a bus and someone else is spotting, wouldn't it be handy to have a certain wave which means something along the lines of 'Hello, I am an enthusiast!'
Any ideas lol?

You mean you don't know the secret handshake? Wink

Michael



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10 Jun 2017, 7:16 pm #122
(10 Jun 2017, 6:35 pm)LeeCalder 564 and 574 both at Saltmeadows

Good, haha
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Michael
10 Jun 2017, 7:16 pm #122

(10 Jun 2017, 6:35 pm)LeeCalder 564 and 574 both at Saltmeadows

Good, haha

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Dan

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10 Jun 2017, 7:27 pm #123
(10 Jun 2017, 7:16 pm)Michael Good, haha

Mentioned the other day that both were VOR (with engine issues). Not worth repairing, so have been withdrawn.
Dan
10 Jun 2017, 7:27 pm #123

(10 Jun 2017, 7:16 pm)Michael Good, haha

Mentioned the other day that both were VOR (with engine issues). Not worth repairing, so have been withdrawn.

Michael



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10 Jun 2017, 7:29 pm #124
(10 Jun 2017, 7:27 pm)Dan Mentioned the other day that both were VOR (with engine issues). Not worth repairing, so have been withdrawn.

Whats allocated to the X36 now?
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Michael
10 Jun 2017, 7:29 pm #124

(10 Jun 2017, 7:27 pm)Dan Mentioned the other day that both were VOR (with engine issues). Not worth repairing, so have been withdrawn.

Whats allocated to the X36 now?

Ooo Friend, Bus Friend.

Pulsar



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10 Jun 2017, 7:30 pm #125
(10 Jun 2017, 10:03 am)Michael Ah right, cheers.


Is 5466 out today?, forgot to add yesterday, the "Black Cats" brand suits the Streetlites.

I agree it looks great on both the streetlite and the solo. Suits them better than it does on the Scania.
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Pulsar
10 Jun 2017, 7:30 pm #125

(10 Jun 2017, 10:03 am)Michael Ah right, cheers.


Is 5466 out today?, forgot to add yesterday, the "Black Cats" brand suits the Streetlites.

I agree it looks great on both the streetlite and the solo. Suits them better than it does on the Scania.

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Malarkey



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10 Jun 2017, 9:21 pm #126
(10 Jun 2017, 7:29 pm)Michael Whats allocated to the X36 now?

5284 was on this afternoon.
Malarkey
10 Jun 2017, 9:21 pm #126

(10 Jun 2017, 7:29 pm)Michael Whats allocated to the X36 now?

5284 was on this afternoon.

thetravelman



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10 Jun 2017, 10:16 pm #127
Is 9097 - Mercedes Sprinter still at Hexham on demo, if so how much longer does it have?

Also is it still likely that 9099 - Optare Metrodecker will return for further trials, will it return to Chester le Street again or a different depot?
thetravelman
10 Jun 2017, 10:16 pm #127

Is 9097 - Mercedes Sprinter still at Hexham on demo, if so how much longer does it have?

Also is it still likely that 9099 - Optare Metrodecker will return for further trials, will it return to Chester le Street again or a different depot?

South Tyne Lad

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10 Jun 2017, 10:32 pm #128
Blaydon Racer Citaro 5275 got taken out of Service with a Door Fault a few hours back, Wasn't around to see what replaced it.
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South Tyne Lad
10 Jun 2017, 10:32 pm #128

Blaydon Racer Citaro 5275 got taken out of Service with a Door Fault a few hours back, Wasn't around to see what replaced it.

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Andreos1



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10 Jun 2017, 11:03 pm #129
(10 Jun 2017, 4:11 pm)Ambassador Another unIDd Angel died at 12.30 at Front St. I was mid run for the 78 so missed fleet num

No idea if it was being kept local for a reason, but there was an un'id B5 on the Rod Stewart P&R last night.

I saw it operating that, rather than the 21, even though it would have been during the peaks.
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Andreos1
10 Jun 2017, 11:03 pm #129

(10 Jun 2017, 4:11 pm)Ambassador Another unIDd Angel died at 12.30 at Front St. I was mid run for the 78 so missed fleet num

No idea if it was being kept local for a reason, but there was an un'id B5 on the Rod Stewart P&R last night.

I saw it operating that, rather than the 21, even though it would have been during the peaks.

'Illegitimis non carborundum'

BFK



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11 Jun 2017, 10:01 am #130
(10 Jun 2017, 6:04 pm)EL1TE 564 Withdrawn? At Saltmeadows Road Depot looking rather taken apart..

Yes, along with 574.
BFK
11 Jun 2017, 10:01 am #130

(10 Jun 2017, 6:04 pm)EL1TE 564 Withdrawn? At Saltmeadows Road Depot looking rather taken apart..

Yes, along with 574.

Michael



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11 Jun 2017, 11:10 am #131
Why can't Deptford get allocations right lately?

Prince Bishops is down one branded vehicle so not including that and now both MPD's are withdrawn, means allocations is all over..... i would be annoyed if i was promised WIFI, USB ports but got a Scania and then  seen the bus with WIFI etc on a route which doesn't normally have them...so example Wear Express Citaro on the 9. 

Not really a gold standard service is it?
Edited 11 Jun 2017, 11:12 am by Michael.
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Michael
11 Jun 2017, 11:10 am #131

Why can't Deptford get allocations right lately?

Prince Bishops is down one branded vehicle so not including that and now both MPD's are withdrawn, means allocations is all over..... i would be annoyed if i was promised WIFI, USB ports but got a Scania and then  seen the bus with WIFI etc on a route which doesn't normally have them...so example Wear Express Citaro on the 9. 

Not really a gold standard service is it?

Ooo Friend, Bus Friend.

Coppercap40



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11 Jun 2017, 11:33 am #132
(10 Jun 2017, 10:16 pm)thetravelman Is 9097 - Mercedes Sprinter still at Hexham on demo, if so how much longer does it have?

Also is it still likely that 9099 - Optare Metrodecker will return for further trials, will it return to Chester le Street again or a different depot?

It was on the X81/185/681 routes on Friday
Coppercap40
11 Jun 2017, 11:33 am #132

(10 Jun 2017, 10:16 pm)thetravelman Is 9097 - Mercedes Sprinter still at Hexham on demo, if so how much longer does it have?

Also is it still likely that 9099 - Optare Metrodecker will return for further trials, will it return to Chester le Street again or a different depot?

It was on the X81/185/681 routes on Friday

Adrian

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11 Jun 2017, 12:07 pm #133
(11 Jun 2017, 11:10 am)Michael Why can't Deptford get allocations right lately?

Prince Bishops is down one branded vehicle so not including that and now both MPD's are withdrawn, means allocations is all over..... i would be annoyed if i was promised WIFI, USB ports but got a Scania and then  seen the bus with WIFI etc on a route which doesn't normally have them...so example Wear Express Citaro on the 9. 

Not really a gold standard service is it?

What is happening with the two spares they got with the Prince Bishops batch? Are they being used on the 20 or elsewhere?
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Adrian
11 Jun 2017, 12:07 pm #133

(11 Jun 2017, 11:10 am)Michael Why can't Deptford get allocations right lately?

Prince Bishops is down one branded vehicle so not including that and now both MPD's are withdrawn, means allocations is all over..... i would be annoyed if i was promised WIFI, USB ports but got a Scania and then  seen the bus with WIFI etc on a route which doesn't normally have them...so example Wear Express Citaro on the 9. 

Not really a gold standard service is it?

What is happening with the two spares they got with the Prince Bishops batch? Are they being used on the 20 or elsewhere?

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Michael



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11 Jun 2017, 12:34 pm #134
(11 Jun 2017, 12:07 pm)Adrian What is happening with the two spares they got with the Prince Bishops batch? Are they being used on the 20 or elsewhere?

Not sure but one should be allocated to the 20 anyway due one of the branded ones being off the road.

The other branded one was on the 56 the other day.
Ooo Friend, Bus Friend.
Michael
11 Jun 2017, 12:34 pm #134

(11 Jun 2017, 12:07 pm)Adrian What is happening with the two spares they got with the Prince Bishops batch? Are they being used on the 20 or elsewhere?

Not sure but one should be allocated to the 20 anyway due one of the branded ones being off the road.

The other branded one was on the 56 the other day.

Ooo Friend, Bus Friend.

James M



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11 Jun 2017, 1:34 pm #135
(10 Jun 2017, 7:14 pm)BusLoverMum You mean you don't know the secret handshake? Wink

Even if it existed, you can't shake someone's hand through a bus  Tongue Rolleyes
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James M
11 Jun 2017, 1:34 pm #135

(10 Jun 2017, 7:14 pm)BusLoverMum You mean you don't know the secret handshake? Wink

Even if it existed, you can't shake someone's hand through a bus  Tongue Rolleyes

https://www.facebook.com/James-North-Eas...919338249/

Rapidsnap

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11 Jun 2017, 1:42 pm #136
(11 Jun 2017, 11:10 am)Michael Why can't Deptford get allocations right lately?

Prince Bishops is down one branded vehicle so not including that and now both MPD's are withdrawn, means allocations is all over..... i would be annoyed if i was promised WIFI, USB ports but got a Scania and then  seen the bus with WIFI etc on a route which doesn't normally have them...so example Wear Express Citaro on the 9. 

Not really a gold standard service is it?

I would be satisfied if the bus actually turned up. I would be peeved off it they didn't run a journey on a service because the only bus they had spare didn't have the features normally advertised.
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Rapidsnap
11 Jun 2017, 1:42 pm #136

(11 Jun 2017, 11:10 am)Michael Why can't Deptford get allocations right lately?

Prince Bishops is down one branded vehicle so not including that and now both MPD's are withdrawn, means allocations is all over..... i would be annoyed if i was promised WIFI, USB ports but got a Scania and then  seen the bus with WIFI etc on a route which doesn't normally have them...so example Wear Express Citaro on the 9. 

Not really a gold standard service is it?

I would be satisfied if the bus actually turned up. I would be peeved off it they didn't run a journey on a service because the only bus they had spare didn't have the features normally advertised.

Please feel free to visit my Flickr page - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/
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Michael



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11 Jun 2017, 1:44 pm #137
(11 Jun 2017, 1:42 pm)Rapidsnap I would be satisfied if the bus actually turned up. I would be peeved off it they didn't run a journey on a service because the only bus they had spare didn't have the features normally advertised.

So would i but still.... your service advertises it has WIFI etc and you get a bus without it and then, you see the bus on a different route, bit annoying tbh
Ooo Friend, Bus Friend.
Michael
11 Jun 2017, 1:44 pm #137

(11 Jun 2017, 1:42 pm)Rapidsnap I would be satisfied if the bus actually turned up. I would be peeved off it they didn't run a journey on a service because the only bus they had spare didn't have the features normally advertised.

So would i but still.... your service advertises it has WIFI etc and you get a bus without it and then, you see the bus on a different route, bit annoying tbh

Ooo Friend, Bus Friend.

BusLoverMum



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11 Jun 2017, 9:51 pm #138
(11 Jun 2017, 1:44 pm)Michael So would i but still.... your service advertises it has WIFI etc and you get a bus without it and then, you see the bus on a different route, bit annoying tbh

Fairly used to that happening in Durham - because of the layout of the city and plethora of roadworks, it's often the case that everything gets delayed, so arriva start pushing out whatever's waiting that's been held up previously. Sometimes it's as simple as various sapphire vehicles (ie 6, 24 and 22 getting rotated) s that makes little difference (the pulsars feel like a comfort uprade vs their streetlites, tbh!) but sometimes the result is that one of the Max ALX 400s gets rotated in, or one of their plain pulsars - or in desperation a solo or frequenta E200. Once one goes out, it's hard to correct it without finding extra vehicles or, as Gary mentioned, further runs being missed, which pees everybody off!
BusLoverMum
11 Jun 2017, 9:51 pm #138

(11 Jun 2017, 1:44 pm)Michael So would i but still.... your service advertises it has WIFI etc and you get a bus without it and then, you see the bus on a different route, bit annoying tbh

Fairly used to that happening in Durham - because of the layout of the city and plethora of roadworks, it's often the case that everything gets delayed, so arriva start pushing out whatever's waiting that's been held up previously. Sometimes it's as simple as various sapphire vehicles (ie 6, 24 and 22 getting rotated) s that makes little difference (the pulsars feel like a comfort uprade vs their streetlites, tbh!) but sometimes the result is that one of the Max ALX 400s gets rotated in, or one of their plain pulsars - or in desperation a solo or frequenta E200. Once one goes out, it's hard to correct it without finding extra vehicles or, as Gary mentioned, further runs being missed, which pees everybody off!

Michael



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12 Jun 2017, 5:59 am #139
Couple of more Streetlites spotted at Heysham: No reg so not sure if they're the same bus haha

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...ateposted/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...ateposted/

Photo by Alistair


I would imagine it/they could arrive later today?
Edited 12 Jun 2017, 6:08 am by Michael.
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Michael
12 Jun 2017, 5:59 am #139

Couple of more Streetlites spotted at Heysham: No reg so not sure if they're the same bus haha

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...ateposted/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...ateposted/

Photo by Alistair


I would imagine it/they could arrive later today?

Ooo Friend, Bus Friend.

Dan

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12 Jun 2017, 6:24 am #140
(10 Jun 2017, 10:16 pm)thetravelman Is 9097 - Mercedes Sprinter still at Hexham on demo, if so how much longer does it have?

Also is it still likely that 9099 - Optare Metrodecker will return for further trials, will it return to Chester le Street again or a different depot?

The original loan agreement was for four weeks - so it should be going back any time now, really.

Although it was originally intended for 9099 to come back to Go North East after it underwent annual PSV test at Optare, it has now left the fleet and will not come back (for the foreseeable future, anyway). Go North East are satisfied from the data they have obtained from it, during its extended loan period.


(12 Jun 2017, 5:59 am)Michael Couple of more Streetlites spotted at Heysham: No reg so not sure if they're the same bus haha

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...ateposted/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...ateposted/

Photo by Alistair


I would imagine it/they could arrive later today?

5464 (NK17 GHU) and 5467 (NK17 GHY).

Four due this week but 5463 was delivered early when it arrived last week, so should be these two and a further one to come this week. I believe a further four have now left the factory and gone for PDI prior to shopping, so quite likely that we have some more arrive early too.
Dan
12 Jun 2017, 6:24 am #140

(10 Jun 2017, 10:16 pm)thetravelman Is 9097 - Mercedes Sprinter still at Hexham on demo, if so how much longer does it have?

Also is it still likely that 9099 - Optare Metrodecker will return for further trials, will it return to Chester le Street again or a different depot?

The original loan agreement was for four weeks - so it should be going back any time now, really.

Although it was originally intended for 9099 to come back to Go North East after it underwent annual PSV test at Optare, it has now left the fleet and will not come back (for the foreseeable future, anyway). Go North East are satisfied from the data they have obtained from it, during its extended loan period.


(12 Jun 2017, 5:59 am)Michael Couple of more Streetlites spotted at Heysham: No reg so not sure if they're the same bus haha

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...ateposted/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsf323alis...ateposted/

Photo by Alistair


I would imagine it/they could arrive later today?

5464 (NK17 GHU) and 5467 (NK17 GHY).

Four due this week but 5463 was delivered early when it arrived last week, so should be these two and a further one to come this week. I believe a further four have now left the factory and gone for PDI prior to shopping, so quite likely that we have some more arrive early too.

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