North East Buses

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(31 Dec 2015, 1:22 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]If anyone else wants one, there should be a 03 reg example on the 13:32 35/35A (can't remember which) from Morpeth Bus Station. Typical that I just missed it in Ashington and I am now waiting for it to return.

I see you ventured to Ashington then

(31 Dec 2015, 2:15 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Do all the Sapphire Enviro 400's at Ashington have these next stop announcement screens, or just 7501?


EDIT: WiFi doesn't work!

Yeah all 57-reg ones do, I believe that 7518 has the same, so they may also be present in 7519-21?

I can't remember it ever working on 7501, then again the bus itself rarely decides to work...

(31 Dec 2015, 3:39 pm)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]Until Viva Tees Valley in 2006, Stockton depot's only runs into East Cleveland had been on the old 20 between New Marske and the Airport (barring a short tenure of summer trips on the 93).
As part of Viva Tees Valley, the operation of the 28 passed to Stockton from Loftus (which had inter worked it with the short X56 and 65). Stockton also worked 1 morning and 1 afternoon departure on the short-lived Sunday-only extension of the X14 to Redcar.

When Loftus closed in 2009, Stockton gained the short workings on the X56 to Easington (basically what is the evening 5 route). Redcar gained the 65/65A/C
X3/X4 (the X3/X4 moved down slightly earlier) with the long X56s, the 93 and Whitby towns being moved to Whitby which at that point became a fully fledged depot with an allocation.

As part of the East Cleveland re-write in 2010(?), Stockton lost the Easington runs which moved to Redcar as the 5 (inter worked with the extended X4 and the shortened X3) but still reached North Skelton on the X5 and ran the short 5 to Guisborough. Later they gained 3 workings to Whitby when it went half hourly.

Cheers.

The renumbering of services was partly the reason for not being able to keep track or remember who had/has what.
So based on the 2010 re-write, they still have a presence?

(31 Dec 2015, 4:54 pm)mb134 wrote [ -> ]I see you ventured to Ashington then


Yeah all 57-reg ones do, I believe that 7518 has the same, so they may also be present in 7519-21?

I can't remember it ever working on 7501, then again the bus itself rarely decides to work...

Yeah, managed to find 7412 on the 35 which left for Morpeth before I could get off the X20, so I had to wait for it to come back from Morpeth.

7501's announcements were certainly working, same can't be said for the WiFi!

May be wrong but I think 7518 has the same screens as the 14 reg examples. Thing that bugs me about 7518-7521 is the fact that they've put the screen in front of the window and I feel like the screens are a bit too close to your face.

(31 Dec 2015, 5:02 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Yeah, managed to find 7412 on the 35 which left for Morpeth before I could get off the X20, so I had to wait for it to come back from Morpeth.

7501's announcements were certainly working, same can't be said for the WiFi!

May be wrong but I think 7518 has the same screens as the 14 reg examples. Thing that bugs me about 7518-7521 is the fact that they've put the screen in front of the window and I feel like the screens are a bit too close to your face.

Typical, happens to me every time I want a ride on something!

Nothing used to work on it, took them about a month to fix the announcements earlier in the year,

Ah fair enough, only been on it a couple of times, and I've never paid any real attention to it's screens Unsure if they could fit it at the top of the stairs on 7518-21, with the additional pair of seats?

(31 Dec 2015, 5:01 pm)Andreos1 wrote [ -> ]Cheers.

The renumbering of services was partly the reason for not being able to keep track or remember who had/has what.
So based on the 2010 re-write, they still have a presence?

Stockton work all 5/5a bar the first Monday-Saturday departure from Easington (0500). They also still operate the 28.