North East Buses

28036 has an annoying creeking noise every time it moves,the poles etc are also very ratterly.

2 darts parked out back of Sunderland depot

4 gas buses, enviro amd the training bus is at the front.

Couldnt see in workshops etc.

Chances of both the E1 and E2 running three to four minutes early are slim - more likely that the last two at Seaburn were just under 20 mins late.

It appears 22664 and 22494 have transferred to Stagecoach West Scotland.

Photos @ Robbie Inglis

As at 8:30 this morning Stockton allocation as per website's fleetllist is all on the road with the exception of:

17028 & 24101 over main pits
22198 & 22667 parked inside

22476 22477 22657 22733 22467 and all other 9 deccas parked in yard

22465 22206 in dead area with all 3 trainers

The above comes with a caveat that i only observed 'em leaving depot from 06:00 and am assuming 22061- 3 & 24105, 24112 were already on the road.
fleetlist also still includes 22658 & 9 which have gone to Linoln; 22731 which is in hartlepool; 3 and MANs
22193
22195
22199
22201
22470
22472
22661
22668
and B10s 21141 21150 21156 of which none were seen. im sure a few of the MANs would have been early starters but surely not all...

Any confirmations these are still around greatfully rexeived

and fleetlist has yet to have 22475-7 added which were all present and correct. 22451 also observed but not seen on fleetlist unless i blinked scrolling past it on my phone...

22476 has just departed the depot - I would assume heading off to start the final 12/14 working (starts 1024 in Middlesbrough).

thanks - was unaware there was a storage shed! is that the far shutter set back behind the trainers?

(12 Jul 2014, 8:53 am)AIG20 wrote [ -> ]I assume most of the withdrawn vehicles that haven't yet been disposed of, such as the Volvo B10BLE's, will be placed in the storage shed.

They are indeed in there.

As for the others, 22668 is on 38s today working 30 minutes past the odd hours from Norton.

(12 Jul 2014, 9:04 am)Ebs wrote [ -> ]thanks - was unaware there was a storage shed! is that the far shutter set back behind the trainers?

That is indeed 'Flowers' aka the Storage Shed - home to redundant MANs and B10BLEs as well as the 500 Group's vehicles (apart from the VR at present).

(12 Jul 2014, 8:36 am)Ebs wrote [ -> ]fleetlist also still includes 22658 & 9 which have gone to Linoln; 22731 which is in hartlepool; 3 and MANs

The movements which have occurred in this period will appear on Stagecoach North East's Fleet Card, which is usually circulated the week after period ends (20th July for this period).

When I receive this fleet card, I update the fleet list and also make a news article regarding the movements in that period - it's just a little easier to not get lost off on what I've updated and what I haven't.

(12 Jul 2014, 8:36 am)Ebs wrote [ -> ]The above comes with a caveat that i only observed 'em leaving depot from 06:00 and am assuming 22061- 3 & 24105, 24112 were already on the road.

22063 and 24105 were indeed out at 0600 - 22063 will have been out on the short early morning 37s (former 537s) while at 6am 24105 was running light to Trimdon Avenue.

(12 Jul 2014, 8:53 am)AIG20 wrote [ -> ]I assume most of the withdrawn vehicles that haven't yet been disposed of, such as the Volvo B10BLE's, will be placed in the storage shed.

I believe the B10BLEs have gone to Ireland. Haven't seen 22062 on 37s last few days so possibly gone for repaint?

(12 Jul 2014, 8:53 am)AIG20 wrote [ -> ]I assume most of the withdrawn vehicles that haven't yet been disposed of, such as the Volvo B10BLE's, will be placed in the storage shed.

Odd that no deckers out. Stupid when they have low floor ones.

The 18 which was due at 13:09 has just turned up on summerset road in Sunderland, seems like the roadworks on st marys is effecting the 18/19... as these tend to run their timetable early.

Also 1 note it was the 19 when it turned up.

(12 Jul 2014, 9:22 am)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]22063 and 24105 were indeed out at 0600 - 22063 will have been out on the short early morning 37s (former 537s) while at 6am 24105 was running light to Trimdon Avenue.

22063 was indeed on 37s this morning

Have to say I went to Wearmouth Bridge today and it was no worse than it usually is...

(12 Jul 2014, 12:36 pm)AIG20 wrote [ -> ]The SNE twitter page is once again informing followers about service disruptions. Apparently "congestion in Seaburn" is causing problems to the "E" services today.

SS Ops: DELAY Due to heavy congestion in Seaburn, some E1,E2 & E6 services are suffering delays of up to 15 mins.

SS Ops: CANCELLATION Due to congestion in Seaburn the 13:37 svc E2 from Sunderland will not run between Park Ln & Chichester.

.... and cancellation, after cancellation after cancellation.

Seems its causing mayhem... whats it gonna be like when the airshow is on in a couple of weeks

(12 Jul 2014, 6:23 pm)AIG20 wrote [ -> ]I think service E2 will have problems as that is the only "E" service that will serve the City Centre during the day, and the traffic will probably be really, really bad due to the roadwork's on the Wearmouth Bridge holding all of the travellers up.

Very much, gonna be a bad day for bus users

(12 Jul 2014, 6:27 pm)Michael wrote [ -> ]Very much, gonna be a bad day for bus users

Think I'll get an early 99 there - did that last year and got there no bother!

(12 Jul 2014, 6:39 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Think I'll get an early 99 there - did that last year and got there no bother!

Think my mates driving us down, glad i dont have to get the bus haha

(14 Jul 2014, 12:45 pm)AIG20 wrote [ -> ]Someone has complained on the SNE twitter page asking why Hartlepool and Stockton have all of the "older buses" and castoffs from Newcastle, Sunderland and South Shields.

I assume that not all of the Slatyford and Sunderland cast offs had their fleetnames changed when they entered service at Stockton.

Oh dear haha

(14 Jul 2014, 3:41 pm)AIG20 wrote [ -> ]Yawn...
The "E" services are once again experiencing delays of up to 15 minutes due to the "build up of traffic on the Wearmouth Bridge". I won't be surprised if these "delays" are beginning to put people off getting the bus.

Unless it has improved within the past 20 minutes, it is no worse than it usually is (without the works).

Everything is moving, albeit slowly.

(14 Jul 2014, 12:45 pm)AIG20 wrote [ -> ]Someone has complained on the SNE twitter page asking why Hartlepool and Stockton have all of the "older buses" and castoffs from Newcastle, Sunderland and South Shields.

I assume that not all of the Slatyford and Sunderland cast offs had their fleetnames changed when they entered service at Stockton.

Fair point for Stockton but don't think Hartlepool can complain, except possibly on capacity grounds.

(14 Jul 2014, 4:11 pm)Roland Pratt wrote [ -> ]Fair point for Stockton but don't think Hartlepool can complain, except possibly on capacity grounds.

Don't really think we can complain on capacity grounds either. The fullest I tend to see a Hartlepool bus are the number 1's which come in from Middlesbrough between 3 and 5 in the afternoon, and even then in most cases there's few, if any standees. Obviously I haven't included services which pick up during school kicking out time as every operating area probably gets busy at that time.

(14 Jul 2014, 12:45 pm)AIG20 wrote [ -> ]Someone has complained on the SNE twitter page asking why Hartlepool and Stockton have all of the "older buses" and castoffs from Newcastle, Sunderland and South Shields.

I assume that not all of the Slatyford and Sunderland cast offs had their fleetnames changed when they entered service at Stockton.

Well, Hartlepool is a 'historic town'. Mind you, i wouldnt say 59 reg enviros are old.

Taking 33101 out of the equation (and the 2 on loan), the oldest bus Hartlepool have would be 34401 which is a 53 plate. Can't really see why people are complaining about needing new buses.

Does anyone know if the new 37xxx's have started coming to Stagecoach North East yet. Regards Robin ps I know Stagecoach In Cumbria has already got there new 37xxx's in service.

Would the delivery schedule not be affected by the summer shutdown at ADL? I thought that started this week with nothing new coming off the production line for a little while...

Or could they be built but awaiting delivery?

(14 Jul 2014, 7:46 pm)Ebs wrote [ -> ]Would the delivery schedule not be affected by the summer shutdown at ADL? I thought that started this week with nothing new coming off the production line for a little while...

Or could they be built but awaiting delivery?

Chances are they're probably done by now, and are just getting last minute checks prior to delivery.