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RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - cbma06 - 15 Jul 2015
(14 Jul 2015, 10:49 pm)Diamond One Think there is a temp timetable on operation got X12 got a timetable from Middleabrough travel shop the other day I am sure tyresmoke aka scott will back me up on this one
X12 timetable for the Milburngate Bridge works:
https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/globalassets/documents/north-east-services-documents/x12-milb-bridge-tt.pdf
and service 64 for the bridge works:
https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/globalassets/documents/north-east-services-documents/64-milb-bridge-tt.pdf
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - mb134 - 15 Jul 2015
1403 has had a crash (bump) into some railings in Bedlington Station, looks like it's went too close to them when going around a corner, tearing a couple off from what I can see, causing havoc
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - omnicity4659 - 15 Jul 2015
The Sapphire X21/X22 E400s have received GREEN "Hello from Arriva" stickers on the cab doors. Green and blue don't go at all...
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - mb134 - 15 Jul 2015
(15 Jul 2015, 3:14 pm)Tommy_1581 The Sapphire X21/X22 E400s have received GREEN "Hello from Arriva" stickers on the cab doors. Green and blue don't go at all...Not the Sapphire welcome stickers that every other Sapphire vehicle in the fleet carry then?
(Also, bit late, been nearly a year since the launch...)
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - mb134 - 15 Jul 2015
Was on 7502 today, a buggy was getting off as I got on, and when the woman asked the driver to lower the bus,he pressed the button but nothing happened, eventually someone on the bus helped them off, seems the kneel function is broken, sure I read any DDA compliant bus has to have this working? Which made me think, what will happen if, when DDA rules come into full effect, features such as this malfunction, will the vehicle have to be taken out of service immediately?
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - tyresmoke - 15 Jul 2015
(15 Jul 2015, 3:14 pm)Tommy_1581 The Sapphire X21/X22 E400s have received GREEN "Hello from Arriva" stickers on the cab doors. Green and blue don't go at all...
Typical Ashington.... have they really been going around this long with nothing on them?!
I'm trying to get ours replaced as they're looking a bit tatty now...
(15 Jul 2015, 3:44 pm)mb134 Was on 7502 today, a buggy was getting off as I got on, and when the woman asked the driver to lower the bus,he pressed the button but nothing happened, eventually someone on the bus helped them off, seems the kneel function is broken, sure I read any DDA compliant bus has to have this working? Which made me think, what will happen if, when DDA rules come into full effect, features such as this malfunction, will the vehicle have to be taken out of service immediately?
It's going to be interesting isn't it
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - mb134 - 15 Jul 2015
(15 Jul 2015, 3:54 pm)tyresmoke Typical Ashington.... have they really been going around this long with nothing on them?!
I'm trying to get ours replaced as they're looking a bit tatty now...
It's going to be interesting isn't it
I emailed Arriva about it a couple of months ago actually (as a point at the end of an email, think I was complaining about how horrendously late my bus had been all of that week, with no apparent explanation, and decided to mention it), and they gave me the response that went something like "we are under strict orders from HQ not to display stickers on our Sapphire vehicles"....even when every other Sapphire vehicle I've seen has them?!
I guess, if Ashington are putting what sounds like generic stickers on them, they may never have received the proper Sapphire ones, and so may not actually know they exist?
Maybe you could have some words to get Ashington sorted out with some
Regarding the latter point, if that actually does need to happen, I wonder if the people who made the regulations have ever actually tried to run services?
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - Adrian - 15 Jul 2015
Arriva have now updated the X12 timetable into their livemap and tracking system, so buses should show their timekeeping as expected.
Speaking of which, because of the extra time the X12 has been given between the science site and Durham bus station, it was a whopping 10 minutes early. Hardly ideal for those travelling from New Elvet for example, beyond Durham Bus Station and towards Newcastle...
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - tyresmoke - 15 Jul 2015
(15 Jul 2015, 5:28 pm)aureolin Arriva have now updated the X12 timetable into their livemap and tracking system, so buses should show their timekeeping as expected.
Speaking of which, because of the extra time the X12 has been given between the science site and Durham bus station, it was a whopping 10 minutes early. Hardly ideal for those travelling from New Elvet for example, beyond Durham Bus Station and towards Newcastle...
Timing point is at the science site and then the bus station so unless you start timing for every stop then that's something we'll have to put up with. By all accounts it's not been as busy as we expected!
Talking of the X12 - boards for this week are...
Stockton working the 0611 Stockton, 0612 Middlesbrough, 0642 Middlesbrough, 0740 Middlesbrough and 0705 Durham-Mbro starts, with Durham doing the others. We are also doing the 1705 Middlesbrough-Chester with an additional bus
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - Adrian - 15 Jul 2015
(15 Jul 2015, 5:33 pm)tyresmoke Timing point is at the science site and then the bus station so unless you start timing for every stop then that's something we'll have to put up with. By all accounts it's not been as busy as we expected!
Talking of the X12 - boards for this week are...
Stockton working the 0611 Stockton, 0612 Middlesbrough, 0642 Middlesbrough, 0740 Middlesbrough and 0705 Durham-Mbro starts, with Durham doing the others
It'd actually left the science site 3 early, which was part of the problem.
But yeah, I'd actually say the roads are a lot quieter than your normal weekday outside of uni term time. I get what you're saying about timing points, but there's got to be a level of common sense somewhere. A bus passing stops 8-10 minutes early, because it's not a timing point, is still going to result in a dissatisfied customer. Yet I appreciate that waiting at every single stop would end up with the same result!
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - tyresmoke - 15 Jul 2015
(15 Jul 2015, 5:41 pm)aureolin It'd actually left the science site 3 early, which was part of the problem.
But yeah, I'd actually say the roads are a lot quieter than your normal weekday outside of uni term time. I get what you're saying about timing points, but there's got to be a level of common sense somewhere. A bus passing stops 8-10 minutes early, because it's not a timing point, is still going to result in a dissatisfied customer. Yet I appreciate that waiting at every single stop would end up with the same result!
Happens on our 5's too.... school holidays will regularly see us arriving in Middlesbrough upto 10-12 minutes early, depending on how long you wait in North Ormesby (if you stuck to timetable it would be upto 6-7 mins...) - it's hard to justify sitting there when everyone just wants to be in town, 5 minutes down the road.
I accept that this is different with the onward service to Newcastle though. It's a hard balance to strike when traffic levels are/can be so variable. It may turn out that the addition of extra resources for the bridge work has been a huge waste of time but I guess you can't win either way.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - buss14 - 15 Jul 2015
(15 Jul 2015, 3:54 pm)tyresmoke Typical Ashington.... have they really been going around this long with nothing on them?!
I'm trying to get ours replaced as they're looking a bit tatty now...
It's going to be interesting isn't it
it looks as ashington are having some issues with both 57 reg buses max and sapphire.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - Kuyoyo - 15 Jul 2015
Upcoming Service changes on Teesside from Sunday sees both Stockton and Redcar's PVR drop (Redcar's by 1, Stockton's by 3) and as such sees the following fleet changes:
Redcar
1301 to disposal
Stockton
1908 4501 4506 to disposal
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - Tom - 16 Jul 2015
There is a launch for Frequenta at Darlington Market Place today between 11am and 1pm.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - Jimmi - 16 Jul 2015
(16 Jul 2015, 7:06 am)Tom There is a launch for Frequenta at Darlington Market Place today between 11am and 1pm.Damn Arriva with their last minute notice launches
Sticking to my trip to Scarborough as planned.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - Tom - 16 Jul 2015
(16 Jul 2015, 7:10 am)Jimmi Damn Arriva with their last minute notice launches
Sticking to my trip to Scarborough as planned.
Yeah it sounds a bit better then some of their other launches mind.
Games, music and giveaways apparently.
Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - Jimmi - 16 Jul 2015
EcoCity 4812 is making a buzzing noise on the 21 this morning.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - Kuyoyo - 16 Jul 2015
With thanks to contacts, the Frequenta vehicles will be as followed:
3/3a/3b: 2830/2/3/5/6/41
4: 2859-61, 2862
9/10: 2863-9
13a/b: 2852-8
2: 4801-8
Generic: 2843/9/50
Unconfirmed: 2851 (reckon it will be generic)
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - JoshP - 16 Jul 2015
I'm glad there's 3 '59 reg solos on the 4, finally some wifi on my local service!
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2015 - Jimmi - 16 Jul 2015
(16 Jul 2015, 6:25 pm)JoshP I'm glad there's 3 '59 reg solos on the 4, finally some wifi on my local service!Still no WiFi on my service!