North East Buses

1416 on a late running X75/X76.

7456 on X12

(13 Oct 2015, 1:38 pm)GX03 SVC wrote [ -> ]35D runs light to Newcastle from Woodhorn, working the above mentioned service.

buss14, 7445/7446 are supposed be to either X20 (B7 and DAF ALX400) or the 35, so that is a correct working

7446 is at Jesmond now

(13 Oct 2015, 3:06 pm)NK53 TKT wrote [ -> ]7446 is at Jesmond now

what have they sent 7446 back to jesmond

7485, 7487 both on 64s.
1430 swapped with 7403 earlier, coming off X93s and going on 64s.

1478 on X12, according to Big'un

(13 Oct 2015, 3:39 pm)buss14 wrote [ -> ]what have they sent 7446 back to jesmond

Yes, was on 43/44/45 earlier

(13 Oct 2015, 4:53 pm)NK53 TKT wrote [ -> ]Yes, was on 43/44/45 earlier

what has gone to ashington in exchange? and i gather LF02 PKX is staying at ashington then

This morning 7470 was on the X15 which leaves Berwick at 7:32. When it got to Alnwick it pulled in to the X18/X20 stand, changed number to the X20, and quickly went off again. I saw it later in the day in Ashington on an X20, so I assume it did do the X20 run.

(13 Oct 2015, 6:02 pm)passenger_10 wrote [ -> ]This morning 7470 was on the X15 which leaves Berwick at 7:32. When it got to Alnwick it pulled in to the X18/X20 stand, changed number to the X20, and quickly went off again. I saw it later in the day in Ashington on an X20, so I assume it did do the X20 run.

The 0620 X15 from Alnwick to Berwick and the 0727 from Berwick Station to Alnwick works onto the X20.

(13 Oct 2015, 5:57 pm)buss14 wrote [ -> ]what has gone to ashington in exchange? and i gather LF02 PKX is staying at ashington then

Believe after all that yes
May get an ALX400 though

(13 Oct 2015, 6:12 pm)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]The 0620 X15 from Alnwick to Berwick and the 0727 from Berwick Station to Alnwick works onto the X20.

OK, I've not been paying close enough attention then as I thought there'd been MAX liveried buses on that when I've seen it since the start of September.

(13 Oct 2015, 6:29 pm)NK53 TKT wrote [ -> ]Believe after all that yes
May get an ALX400 though

I'm told its a loan, it wasn't on any allocation papers at Ashington last night when I tried to find it...

....not like Jesmond to be asking for loans!

(14 Oct 2015, 7:33 am)GX03 SVC wrote [ -> ]I'm told its a loan, it wasn't on any allocation papers at Ashington last night when I tried to find it...

....not like Jesmond to be asking for loans!

i was going to say it was canny soon because 7446 was on the x20 in the morning runs

2851 on X75/6

24 branded E400 7538 on 22

Sure I saw a flash of cream earlier, too, so will try to catch sight of that on its way back from Sunderland - due to arrive there 4-ish.

Non-sapphire something or other headed into Durham on the 22 for 5-ish, but 10 minutes late. Been replaced by 24 branded pulsar. Edit it's 1519 - on its way back into Durham, running on time.

Edit: the mystery one from earlier is 1471. Will arrive in Durham in about 20 minutes, 10 minutes or so late.

1767/99 on X8/9 this afternoon, also seen were 7601/2 in unbranded Max livery

(14 Oct 2015, 4:07 pm)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]Non-sapphire something or other headed into Durham on the 22 for 5-ish, but 10 minutes late. Been replaced by 24 branded pulsar.

Edit: the mystery one from earlier is 1471. Will arrive in Durham in about 20 minutes, 10 minutes or so late.

1475 been on service 24 today.

1479 now heading towards Durham on the 22

It's clearly been a bit of a bonkers afternoon at Belmont for bus allocations.

(14 Oct 2015, 7:26 pm)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]1479 now heading towards Durham on the 22

It's clearly been a bit of a bonkers afternoon at Belmont for bus allocations.

Aren't Belmont's allocations always "Bonkers?" [emoji14]

Belmont only have so many Sapphire spares (three) so if a considerable number are off the road for whatever reason such as tests, or accident damage and then there is things such as regulating where another bus gets allocated to keep the service to time, for example 23 branded StreetLite 1576 was on the 7 last Thursday possibly down to an accident in the Newton Aycliffe area which caused delays. Also at least one of 1479 and 1517 has been out on the 7 most days over about the last fortnight in place of a 7 branded example. All these sorts of things can see missing Sapphire buses on the Belmont Sapphire services, it's just something that can happen from time to time and not just at Arriva, the same can happen at Go North East and Stagecoach as well with their branded buses/services.

(14 Oct 2015, 7:57 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Belmont only have so many Sapphire spares (three) so if a considerable number are off the road for whatever reason such as tests, or accident damage and then there is things such as regulating where another bus gets allocated to keep the service to time, for example 23 branded StreetLite 1576 was on the 7 last Thursday possibly down to an accident in the Newton Aycliffe area which caused delays. Also at least one of 1479 and 1517 has been out on the 7 most days over about the last fortnight in place of a 7 branded example. All these sorts of things can see missing Sapphire buses on the Belmont Sapphire services, it's just something that can happen from time to time and not just at Arriva, the same can happen at Go North East and Stagecoach as well with their branded buses/services.

The spare Sapphire streetlite, 1595 has been on the 22 all day, most days for the past fortnight. Some of this evening's odd workings quite clearly been designed to keep the service to time but out of 6 22 branded Streetlites but we've only seen one of those since mid afternoon - 1597 arriving in Durham at 3:30.

Which makes me wonder if something's afoot, other than just timing issues or an odd breakdown.

And - for the grand finale - 1518 on the 22

Big'un has spent a happy evening looking out of the window (a couple of old solos on the SB 58 only adding to his excitement)

(14 Oct 2015, 7:26 pm)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]1479 now heading towards Durham on the 22

It's clearly been a bit of a bonkers afternoon at Belmont for bus allocations.

The 6/22/24/56/57/57A were heavily delayed today in Durham, not sure why - so rather than letting buses run up to 20 odd minutes late, spare buses were allocated to keep things moving.  Come 6-8pm, we started changing vehicles over to get the brands back to normal.

1924 on 7s

(15 Oct 2015, 2:08 am)palatine3833 wrote [ -> ]The 6/22/24/56/57/57A were heavily delayed today in Durham, not sure why - so rather than letting buses run up to 20 odd minutes late, spare buses were allocated to keep things moving.  Come 6-8pm, we started changing vehicles over to get the brands back to normal.

Aye. Of course the 22 is only doing home rubns by then

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7455 on x12

1479 on the 22 again. (Didn't even notice until I got home on it! Big'un would despair of me.)

7502 on 35

(15 Oct 2015, 1:03 pm)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]7502 on 35

Was on there on Tuesday as well.