North East Buses

1527 on X21 towards Ashington (terminates).

7487 on a Whitby based X93 seems rather unusual!

1517 on X12 - 0820 from Durham I think (just past mine in Coxhoe)

(28 Aug 2015, 1:29 pm)buss14 wrote [ -> ]just spotted LF02 PLJ on driver training

Where was that?

7532 on X20/20
1584 on 54

7491 on X14

(29 Aug 2015, 7:44 am)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]1517 on X12 - 0820 from Durham I think (just past mine in Coxhoe)

I can confirm, just arrived in Newcastle

1497 on 85/685

4519 on 85/685. 1345 85 from Newcastle.

1761 on 35 

1416 on X75/X76.

(29 Aug 2015, 12:50 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]4519 on 85/685. 1345 85 from Newcastle.

Oops but1345 doesn't exist

(29 Aug 2015, 3:14 pm)NK53 TKT wrote [ -> ]Oops but1345 doesn't exist

1345 is the journey it's operating from Newcastle.

(29 Aug 2015, 3:10 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]1416 on X75/X76.

Frequenta 2849 also on X75/X76.

7456 has replaced 7618 on X12

1414 on X66

(29 Aug 2015, 3:19 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]1345 is the journey it's operating from Newcastle.

Oh, sorry

Odd workings I've photographed today.

4519 on 85/685.
Arriva North East: 4519 / W295 PPT by Jimmi's Transport Photos, on Flickr

1517 on X12.
Arriva North East: 1517 / NL63 VRN by Jimmi's Transport Photos, on Flickr

Arriva North East: 7625 / NK61 EBU by Jimmi's Transport Photos, on Flickr

(29 Aug 2015, 4:08 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Frequenta 2849 also on X75/X76.

Speaking to a supervisor 2849 replaced 1414

7512 on X18

Not odd on a Sunday. X15 and X18 interwork.

Not really rare but the Sapphire Enviro 400's are out on the 7 today. Can't help but think E400's are going to be overkill on the 19 round Darlington [emoji14]

(30 Aug 2015, 5:57 pm)coldav wrote [ -> ]Not odd on a Sunday.  X15 and X18 interwork.

Do they? I asked the supervisor a while ago if the X15/X18 interwork and he said that they didn't.

(31 Aug 2015, 8:04 am)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Not really rare but the Sapphire Enviro 400's are out on the 7 today. Can't help but think E400's are going to be overkill on the 19 round Darlington [emoji14]

Will be swapped in town every time a 7 comes in, the E400 can't operate down by holly hurst road as the trees are to low and also there's a diversion on the route which sees them going down Gladstone street instead of the A68 dual carriageway, if there not swapped every hour somebody will be getting there backsides kicked, they done it last bank holiday too


2836 as the spare bus for 19s today seen as though the deckers are on the 7

(30 Aug 2015, 5:57 pm)coldav wrote [ -> ]Not odd on a Sunday.  X15 and X18 interwork.

(31 Aug 2015, 8:06 am)GX03 SVC wrote [ -> ]Do they? I asked the supervisor a while ago if the X15/X18 interwork and he said that they didn't.

I don't have any evidence to back it up, but I'm fairly confident they don't interwork. From looking at the timetable I can't see a reason for them to need to interwork, and I don't see the point of buses swapping routes in Alnwick Bus Station when the X15 and X18 both arrive together.

The X18 does have a Sunday PVR of 6 so another MAX spec bus will be needed to make up the numbers.

Don't forget they work on 418 journeys too

(31 Aug 2015, 11:06 am)passenger_10 wrote [ -> ]I don't have any evidence to back it up, but I'm fairly confident they don't interwork. From looking at the timetable I can't see a reason for them to need to interwork, and I don't see the point of buses swapping routes in Alnwick Bus Station when the X15 and X18 both arrive together.

The X18 does have a Sunday PVR of 6 so another MAX spec bus will be needed to make up the numbers.

Yeah I'm pretty sure they do, the short one's anyway, think they do an X18 to Alnwick then a X15, then an X18 back to Newcastle, or something similar. 

They also have to connect to the Omnicity that operates the 418 as Tyresmoke said

Max 7614 on X4 earlier today....did not think they were Max'ed yet

1470 on 22 by the looks of things!

(31 Aug 2015, 4:35 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]1470 on 22 by the looks of things!

Awww. Almost like old times!