North East Buses

(16 Nov 2013, 4:17 pm)citaro5284 wrote [ -> ]But they don't.....

'tis a shame.
Would love to see some old school competition - that has a lasting legacy for passengers.
I shall live in hope, or wait until the QCS battle shows the public what really goes on

Many thanks for the reply and link Dan. I didn't search back far enough!

Despite the fact 7456 has been withdrawn for quite some time and is not on the fleetlist, probably at Barnsley by now so don't see how it can be at Alnwick.

(16 Nov 2013, 6:36 pm)peter wrote [ -> ]Despite the fact 7456 has been withdrawn for quite some time and is not on the fleetlist, probably at Barnsley by now so don't see how it can be at Alnwick.

This was the info passed on when that article was first posted, Peter. If you refer to the date, you can see it is not November. I assume it was correct at the time.

(16 Nov 2013, 6:36 pm)peter wrote [ -> ]Despite the fact 7456 has been withdrawn for quite some time and is not on the fleetlist, probably at Barnsley by now so don't see how it can be at Alnwick.

7456 is based at Alnwick! 7456 is one of the 2007-built Lowlanders.

(16 Nov 2013, 6:37 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]This was the info passed on when that article was first posted, Peter. If you refer to the date, you can see it is not November. I assume it was correct at the time.

Dan, your information was correct - 7456 is definitely based at Ashington/Alnwick.

(16 Nov 2013, 6:42 pm)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]Dan, your information was correct - 7456 is definitely based at Ashington/Alnwick.

Had me raking through allocation sheets and fleet lists there! Ta for clearing that up, Tony.

Sorry guys my mistake! the picture of 7456 shows a picture of it and 7265 (a now withdrawn olympian probably in Barnsley) and for some reason I was really thick and thought 7456 was the Olympian (and a Lowlander was a type of Olympian) completely ignoring the second bus (7456) on the picture. I think I should stick to what I know best (Darlington, Stockton and Redcar depots).

(16 Nov 2013, 6:53 pm)peter wrote [ -> ]Sorry guys my mistake! the picture of 7456 shows a picture of it and 7265 (a now withdrawn olympian probably in Barnsley) and for some reason I was really thick and thought 7456 was the Olympian (and a Lowlander was a type of Olympian) completely ignoring the second bus (7456) on the picture. I think I should stick to what I know best (Darlington, Stockton and Redcar depots).

7265, Scania N113DRB/East Lancs E-Type, was indeed sold to Wigleys back in May of this year - the photo on the news article was one of the final photographs of 7265 as a matter of fact!

I am not having a good night, thinking 7456 is 7265 and thinking 7265 was an Olympian. At least it proves I cannot multitask. Note to self: never look at Arriva Fleet News and watch BBC IPlayer at the same time!

(16 Nov 2013, 7:24 pm)peter wrote [ -> ]I am not having a good night, thinking 7456 is 7265 and thinking 7265 was an Olympian. At least it proves I cannot multitask. Note to self: never look at Arriva Fleet News and watch BBC IPlayer at the same time!

Type of mistake I make at half 6 in the morning when I'm making posts!

I have put it in this thread to keep it going, rather than the GNE thread.

Heading into Durham this morning on a Prince Bishops, the section between the A690 and Gilesgate is GNE territory, with passengers only being able to get the 20/20a (there were a few mutterings about loosing the x22).
Beyond there, passengers have the choice of GNE or ANE and what I saw surprised me.

Passengers were choosing to stand in the rain, queuing to get on a 64 (I think), rather than get on the 20 which pulled in behind it.
Those who did get on the 20 were pass holders of one kind or another or were wanting day tickets to other GNE strongholds.

The driver didn't go to the extent gtomlinsons 724 driver did and shout out to passengers, but when in front of the ANE bus, it would pull into the stop regardless of whether the passengers put their hand out or not, to invite them on.

(18 Nov 2013, 1:05 pm)andreos1 wrote [ -> ]I have put it in this thread to keep it going, rather than the GNE thread.

Heading into Durham this morning on a Prince Bishops, the section between the A690 and Gilesgate is GNE territory, with passengers only being able to get the 20/20a (there were a few mutterings about loosing the x22).
Beyond there, passengers have the choice of GNE or ANE and what I saw surprised me.

Passengers were choosing to stand in the rain, queuing to get on a 64 (I think), rather than get on the 20 which pulled in behind it.
Those who did get on the 20 were pass holders of one kind or another or were wanting day tickets to other GNE strongholds.

The driver didn't go to the extent gtomlinsons 724 driver did and shout out to passengers, but when in front of the ANE bus, it would pull into the stop regardless of whether the passengers put their hand out or not, to invite them on.

I'm assuming that you're referring to the Gilesgate section - I've noticed on the 64 we seem to get quite a few passengers, possibly because of the fare difference or maybe the fact that the 64 drops people off at the Market Place?

(18 Nov 2013, 2:28 pm)palatine3833 wrote [ -> ]I'm assuming that you're referring to the Gilesgate section - I've noticed on the 64 we seem to get quite a few passengers, possibly because of the fare difference or maybe the fact that the 64 drops people off at the Market Place?

Yeah, the section of Sunderland Road from Gilesgate Moor down to Sherburn Road Ends was where I was referring to.

I haven't bought a single from that neck of the woods for a long time, so not sure of the price difference.
Locals seemed to know which bus they preferred though.

I thought about the Market Place too, but the stop on Leazes Road isn't that far from where the 64 stops on Claypath - so getting to the market or that part of Durham is possibly 6 and 2 three's.

Have you noticed if passengers stay on beyond the City Centre going to the hospital/Arnison Centre etc?

Probably worth mentioning Darlington loaned 2 vehicles to Durham for Lumiere, 1791 and 4052. I'm sure they enjoyed having them...

(18 Nov 2013, 8:32 pm)tyresmoke wrote [ -> ]Probably worth mentioning Darlington loaned 2 vehicles to Durham for Lumiere, 1791 and 4052. I'm sure they enjoyed having them...

I noted 7504 on the PR1 on Saturday... Not sure how many others/what else was transferred.

(18 Nov 2013, 8:32 pm)tyresmoke wrote [ -> ]Probably worth mentioning Darlington loaned 2 vehicles to Durham for Lumiere, 1791 and 4052. I'm sure they enjoyed having them...

It will have been about 8ish on Friday morning, I believe I passed them as they headed north on the A1.
Both being driven by fitters by the looks of it.
Didn't think anything of it at the time.

(18 Nov 2013, 8:37 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]I noted 7504 on the PR1 on Saturday... Not sure how many others/what else was transferred.

As previously mentioned - Redcar loaned 7501/4/12/3 to Durham for the weekend while Stockton loaned 4045 and 4069 to Redcar.

Arriva Durham have today been branding up some of the 61-plate Pulsars as 'A Captain's Tale' for use on service 6 between Durham and West Auckland/Cockfield. I'm not sure how many have been done as of yet as they have been getting done throughout the day.

(19 Nov 2013, 9:02 pm)palatine3833 wrote [ -> ]Arriva Durham have today been branding up some of the 61-plate Pulsars as 'A Captain's Tale' for use on service 6 between Durham and West Auckland/Cockfield. I'm not sure how many have been done as of yet as they have been getting done throughout the day.

Should they not be branded as The Wolf ? Only cos they hunt in packs !!!

A bit like The Angel!

Another "Sapphire" branded Pulsar has just been delivered to Jesmond about 15 minutes ago.

(20 Nov 2013, 7:43 am)Dan wrote [ -> ]Another "Sapphire" branded Pulsar has just been delivered to Jesmond about 15 minutes ago.

Cool, how many is that now?, iv'e lost count. haha

Are u all the way over their taking pic's this early haha :p

(20 Nov 2013, 7:44 am)Michael wrote [ -> ]Cool, how many is that now?, iv'e lost count. haha

Are u all the way over their taking pic's this early haha :p

Pfft! Like I'd enter the deep dark areas of Jesmond at half 7 in the morning!
Just woke up 20 mins ago - had the message passed onto me.

As for how many are there, I don't know - the ones which arrived previously were sent back to Wrights; for later return.

1516 was the first to be delivered to Darlington last week, although more have arrived since then. The launch should be in early December.

(20 Nov 2013, 7:53 am)Dan wrote [ -> ]Pfft! Like I'd enter the deep dark areas of Jesmond at half 7 in the morning!
Just woke up 20 mins ago - had the message passed onto me.

As for how many are there, I don't know - the ones which arrived previously were sent back to Wrights; for later return.

Haha i thought so, way to early to go all the way though their to take pics :p

(19 Nov 2013, 9:02 pm)palatine3833 wrote [ -> ]Arriva Durham have today been branding up some of the 61-plate Pulsars as 'A Captain's Tale' for use on service 6 between Durham and West Auckland/Cockfield. I'm not sure how many have been done as of yet as they have been getting done throughout the day.

There was a 6 branded bus on the 24 yesterday

They were operating on absolutely anything, since when the vehicles were allocated on the morning, they were unbranded - hopefully should all be on the 6 from now.

(19 Nov 2013, 9:02 pm)palatine3833 wrote [ -> ]Arriva Durham have today been branding up some of the 61-plate Pulsars as 'A Captain's Tale' for use on service 6 between Durham and West Auckland/Cockfield. I'm not sure how many have been done as of yet as they have been getting done throughout the day.

What a waste of time - They'll never be on the 6, just like the X10/X11 branded Geminis!

(19 Nov 2013, 10:00 pm)VolvoMarkII wrote [ -> ]A bit like The Angel!

& postmen ! Oh no, they don't come til the middle of the afternoon !!!

As some of the traffic lights in Gateshead take around 2mins to change and the Angel runs every 7/8 mins & has lots of traffic light controlled junctions to negotiate, it's unfortunately fairly easy for 2 end up together. Whereas a 12 min frequency which has lights at the New Inn & not that many more..........