PB0003792/24 - DAVID ROBERTSON T/A ASTLEY PRIVATE HIRE, 6 WESTERN AVENUE, SEATON DELAVAL, WHITLEY BAY, NE25 0EA

• Cancellation Accepted: Operating between STANINGTON STATION MORPETH and MORR HOUSE LANE ASHINGTON given service number 291 effective from 26-Jun-2016.

New event for 2016, held by the West Riding Bus Group on Sunday 22nd May which will see a selection of classic buses touring the historic Scarborough Seafront.

Many of the attendees can be found on the event's Facebook page (linked below) some interesting stuff looks to be attending this event.

Event's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Scarborough-Bus...317411076/
West Riding Bus Group's Website: http://wrbg.weebly.com/

A new thread on Bus Operators not in the UK.

Had a few spare few hours to spare today in the U.S. So what better than to try my Hotels local Route 37, Operated by County owned HART Transit using there fleet of one or two hundred buses with the majority built by U.S. Manufacturer Gillig. No sign of Streetlites round here.....

Journey 1 Brandon Mall - Netpark Transit Centre HART **04 Gillig BRT

A batch of around 12 buses I believe new to HART a few years ago, Driver was very helpful.
Powered by a 9.1L Cummins ISL engine and a Allison World Series? Gearbox, The bus handled the route with ease.

Journey 2 Netpark Transit Centre - Brandon Mall HART 24** Gillig CNG

The newest batch of Gilligs in the fleet, New in 2015 and powered by CNG and a Cummins ISL 8.9L and the Next Gen Allison that is setup similarly to the Indigo Optare Solos back in England.
Very early gear changes provided a even smoother ride than the older Gillig I had earlier but a few gear jerks here and there when the driver put his foot down though they are nowhere near as bad as Streetlites.
No rattles on either vehicles and have a great build quality. Though Americans need a bit catching up on design though.

No photos of them as there wasn't any pleasant locations to get them in.

I return home on Saturday.

Hope you enjoyed this short review

Thought I start a thread off on this as I've had this happen a lot and ended up blocking people.

Basically it gets annoying when you get one person liking every single photo you uploaded. For example I uploaded some Kingsleys photos and one person has liked every single one of them.

So I've ended up blocking the following person on Flickr for favourite abuse. Everytime I end up blocking someone, they will be added to my first (this) post.

Blocked on Flickr for Favourite Abuse
kyle163

Now running in the Teesside area - bringing back a name from the past - is Gary Walton's new company, Delta Coaches! He's one of the former bosses from Compass Royston I understand.

Fleet is currently
M135UWY Volvo B10M Excalibur
S1MFC Setra S315-GT
MX10DFD Neoplan Tourliner

All operating in a smart silver based livery. Pictures on their Facebook page

Roof of England bus service running on Sundays and Bank Holidays during the summer.

Timetable can be found here: http://weardalecommunitytransport.org.uk...2-Word.pdf

Looks like a good service to try out.

Charles

New order, new thread.

UK REGIONAL OPERATIONS

278 ADL MMC E400 double-deckers
71 ADL MMC E200 single-deckers
13 ADL MMC E200 midibuses
11 Volvo  B11/R Plaxton Elite 6x2
2 Volvo B11/R Plaxton Elite 4x2
1 Volvo B11/R Plaxton Elite i
30 Mercedes Benz Sprinter City 45 minibuses
6 Optare Solo SR Slimline minibuses

MEGABUS.COM OPERATIONS

7 Volvo B11/R Plaxton Elite i
6 Van Hool Astromega double-deckers

LONDON OPERATIONS

37 ADL MMC E400 Hybrid double-deckers
3 ADL MMC E400 double-deckers
13 ADL MMC E200 single deckers

Note no Scanias on order this time round.

What is the worst bus company you have ever dealt with whether it being a North East bus company or a company from a different region

In 30 days time; it has been three years since we took the plunge to delve into the world of paid website hosting, in order to allow for the growth and development of this website.

The cost was approximately £130 for three years of web hosting, and Liam paid for this out of his own pocket in whole.

I'm now older and have a job, so I'd be in a better position to assist Liam with the payment this time. However, I am writing this post to gauge interest in a voluntary donation. I appreciate we have a large number of younger members on the forum who would not be in a position to donate, but we also have a number of older members who would be.

Happy to discuss more via a private message, but I'm just putting the feelers out there to get a rough idea of if we'd get a decent contribution from the site's users. It'd be completely voluntary and there'd be no obligation to donate at all.

I am going to say that I place a bet for the 46 (NHS) 13 (NEXUS), 18A (NEXUS) X10(MAX), X11(MAX), X12 (MAX), X6, 553(NHS), 554(NEXUS), 555(Quorum) and 64(Frequenta) as most boring
The best are both 43s, 46 (Belmont), 44, X93, X14, X15, X18, X22, 57, 57A, 308 (aside from the B5s) and the 84A(NEXUS)