North East Buses

Omnilink broke down on Chester road near the broadway

36084 is now at Hartlepool - was on Middlesbrough 1s yesterday

36081/82/86/87/88 still at Sunderland.

Vehicles sold to Alpha Recovery recently have been 22021/32/38

RBZ 5459

Hi from Robin do you know if 36478/79 joined the others in Newcastle at the weekend. Robin

(22 Oct 2018, 12:09 pm)Robin Tait wrote [ -> ]RBZ 5459

Hi from Robin do you know if 36478/79 joined the others in Newcastle at the weekend. Robin

Them two are not due to transfer to Newcastle.


Movements up to now, bold being the ones have arrived at their intended depot:
36081/82/83/84/85/86/87/88/89/90 [Sunderland to Hartlepool]
36468/69/70/71/72/73/74/75/76/77 [South Shields to Slatyford]
39671/72/73/74/75, 39710/11/12/13/14 [Hartlepool to Sunderland]
39705/06/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22 [Slatyford to South Shields]

I have conflicting info on a couple of them from separate sources, so some confirmation on errors from recent sightings appreciated.

RBZ 5459

Do you know if they will ever leave for a other depot in the future. Robin

(22 Oct 2018, 2:19 pm)Robin Tait wrote [ -> ]RBZ 5459

Do you know if they will ever leave for a other depot in the future. Robin

In the long term maybe one day, but nothing planned for them at present on the back of the recent swaps though. 
Plans change all the time particularly depending on costings and reliability, which is how we've gotten to see the recent swaps. Depending on how well the even spread of the MAN 39s has gone down among depots, that may kickstart another idea.

RBZ 5459

Is 39715/719 still coming as part of the swap with Shields depot. Robin

(15 Oct 2018, 12:57 pm)S830OFT wrote [ -> ]Is it true that Gas Buses will be running evening journeys on service 4?

Currently on 28010 on the 4, other 4's have been enviro's.

Michael

Do you know if Shields are getting the last two 39’s being 39715/719 or not. Robin

(22 Oct 2018, 7:23 pm)Robin Tait wrote [ -> ]Michael

Do you know if Shields are getting the last two 39’s being 39715/719 or not. Robin

The above posts confirms, they're going to shields but not sure when, i don't live in that area so would have no idea if they've arrived or not.

(22 Oct 2018, 1:54 pm)RBZ 5459 wrote [ -> ]Them two are not due to transfer to Newcastle.


Movements up to now, bold being the ones have arrived at their intended depot:
36081/82/83/84/85/86/87/88/89/90 [Sunderland to Hartlepool]
36468/69/70/71/72/73/74/75/76/77 [South Shields to Slatyford]
39671/72/73/74/75, 39710/11/12/13/14 [Hartlepool to Sunderland]
39705/06/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22 [Slatyford to South Shields]

I have conflicting info on a couple of them from separate sources, so some confirmation on errors from recent sightings appreciated.

39719 has also landed at South Shields - just 39715 and 36473 to swap between Slatyford and Shields.

(22 Oct 2018, 7:23 pm)Robin Tait wrote [ -> ]Michael

Do you know if Shields are getting the last two 39’s being 39715/719 or not. Robin

You don't need to ask the same question individually to everyone. That's the idea of a Forum!

(23 Oct 2018, 1:31 pm)Cock Robin wrote [ -> ]You don't need to ask the same question individually to everyone. That's the idea of a Forum!

Can you just leave Robin alone, also the idea of a Forum is to considerate and respectful. It's not funny publicly embarrassing somebody

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(23 Oct 2018, 1:31 pm)Cock Robin wrote [ -> ]You don't need to ask the same question individually to everyone. That's the idea of a Forum!

Can you just leave Robin alone, also the idea of a Forum is to considerate and respectful. It's not funny publicly embarrassing somebody

Seemed a perfectly valid response to me.

Seemed a perfectly valid response to me.

S830OFT

Thank you for being a good friend and telling cock Robin to keep his comments to him self. By the way do you have any news for me before i sign off for the night. Robin

(23 Oct 2018, 5:15 pm)Cock Robin wrote [ -> ]Seemed a perfectly valid response to me.

Seemed a perfectly valid response to me.

totally agree mate

Why are Hartlepool and sunderland swapping buses seems pointless

(23 Oct 2018, 10:42 pm)Acky81 wrote [ -> ]Why are Hartlepool and sunderland swapping buses seems pointless

Main Reason is so the MANVIROs can stay off the 1 as they are unreliable for that service.

(24 Oct 2018, 8:02 am)S830OFT wrote [ -> ]Main Reason is so the MANVIROs can stay off the 1 as they are unreliable for that service.

So Sunderland gets unreliable buses that’s good. So we get omnilink rubbish from Scotland and now clapped out bangers from Hartlepool. Thank god we have gas buses

36087 and 39671 swapped over yesterday, 36088 swapped for 39711 today.

Movements up to now, bold being the ones have arrived at their intended depot:
36081/82/83/84/85/86/87/88/89/90 [Sunderland to Hartlepool]
36468/69/70/71/72/73/74/75/76/77 [South Shields to Slatyford]
39671/72/73/74/75, 39710/11/12/13/14 [Hartlepool to Sunderland]
39705/06/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22 [Slatyford to South Shields]

(24 Oct 2018, 10:57 am)Acky81 wrote [ -> ]So Sunderland gets unreliable buses that’s good. So we get omnilink rubbish from Scotland and now clapped out bangers from Hartlepool. Thank god we have gas buses

The gas buses i really do like now, used to hate but think they're a very good, comfy and quiet ride. A idea i would like is if the omnilinks (as much as i love them) to be replaced by the E400 gas buses. I really enjoyed riding the demonstrator last year, it was smooth, comfy and would fit in well with the gas buses. It was also pretty full too, maybe the idea of double deckers would attack more people (like me when i saw it)

(24 Oct 2018, 8:02 am)S830OFT wrote [ -> ]Main Reason is so the MANVIROs can stay off the 1 as they are unreliable for that service.

Every time ive seen the 1 lately its been operated with MANs with the ADLs on the 3/6/7s

(24 Oct 2018, 2:59 pm)Dans_bus_photos wrote [ -> ]Every time ive seen the 1 lately its been operated with MANs with the ADLs on the 3/6/7s

The 'official' fleet card does suggest that the preferred allocation is the opposite way round. I do recall something said a while back about the MANs having poor timekeeping on the 1 being a bit slower off the mark.

http://mbonwick.byethost7.com/SCNW/Fleet...%20P05.pdf

(24 Oct 2018, 3:06 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]The 'official' fleet card does suggest that the preferred allocation is the opposite way round. I do recall something said a while back about the MANs having poor timekeeping on the 1 being a bit slower off the mark.

http://mbonwick.byethost7.com/SCNW/Fleet...%20P05.pdf

Interesting - I would've thought the MANs pulled away quicker, especially the former South Shields ones.

(24 Oct 2018, 4:52 pm)pbjd wrote [ -> ]Interesting - I would've thought the MANs pulled away quicker, especially the former South Shields ones.

Don't profess to have travelled on the MANs regularly, but I've always thought they felt quite quick as a passenger! Perhaps just the gearbox being at high revs and whining that gives that impression though.

In my opinion I've always found the 08 plate MANs that Hartlepool have to be ideally suited to the service 1 as I can't really recall one struggling along the Tees Road which is where I'm guessing that people are saying the issues are

Dan. Do you know if the last two 39's have arrived at Shields depot yet or not because 36478/9 have been seen today on service 10/11 to Jarrow. Robin

39672 has a cracked destination screen.