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RE: Go North East - Latest - busmanT - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 10:43 am)citaro5284 No, only 6 are here
10th November is the expected "launch" date for the Streetlite on 60.
RE: Go North East - Latest - busmanT - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 10:33 am)Michael Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh, well i'm hoping half of the Deptfords SPD's go when the Streetlites come in to service.. lol
The SPD should go when the Volvo B9 enter service at the turn of the year.
RE: Go North East - Latest - Michael - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 12:44 pm)busmanT The SPD should go when the Volvo B9 enter service at the turn of the year.
To far away :p
RE: Go North East - Latest - busmanT - 20 Oct 2013
(19 Oct 2013, 7:06 am)Dan Olympian 3820 has been transferred to Gateshead for a new school contract effective from Sunday (it's a Jewish school). Another should be joining.
Gateshead should be using their own 3826 and 3827 in addition to 3820.
RE: Go North East - Latest - gtom - 20 Oct 2013
I do wonder what the excuse will be if the Waggonway continues to be useless after the vehicle change.
Have to admit I was expecting a route change when the Solars came through
RE: Go North East - Latest - Dan - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 9:32 am)Dan As a result of the new Mercs on service 4, Solars 4956-66 have moved around a little...
Solars 4956-60 have transferred to Chester for services 28/28A. The DAFs previously used habe now beem withdrawn.
Solars 4961-63 remain at Washington. Renowns 4912/13 have transferred to Stanley, whilst SPD 8216 has transferred to Chester to act as 4866's replacement.
4964/65
Solars 4964/65 have transferred to Deptford. Renowm 4914 has transferred to Stanley as a result.
Solar 4966 should have transferred to Gateshead.
Further to the movements noted earlier, 6015/42 are now at Winlaton and 6031 at Gateshead.
RE: Go North East - Latest - Michael - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 1:57 pm)Dan Further to the movements noted earlier, 6015/42 are now at Winlaton and 6031 at Gateshead.
I thought Stanley needed those deckers?
RE: Go North East - Latest - Dan - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 2:01 pm)Michael I thought Stanley needed those deckers?
They've received Renowns 4912-14, so haven't lost any vehicles.
RE: Go North East - Latest - Tom - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 2:01 pm)Michael I thought Stanley needed those deckers?
Not really - The X70/X71 uses deckers but doesn't really need them! - 4912/3/4 will probably see use on there. The X30 needs deckers, as it is generally quite busy!
4848, 4849 and 4904 were all on the X70/X71 the other day, and coped quite well!
RE: Go North East - Latest - Michael - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 2:07 pm)Dan They've received Renowns 4912-14, so haven't lost any vehicles.
Oh ye, forgot about that, can someone do a list on all Movements so far? Thanks
RE: Go North East - Latest - Tom - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 2:11 pm)Michael Oh ye, forgot about that, can someone do a list on all Movements so far? Thanks
Solars 4956-60 - Washington to Chester-le-Street
Solars 4964-65 - Washington to Deptford
Solar 4966 - Washington to Gateshead
B10BLEs 4912-14 - Washington to Stanley
Olympian 3820 - Percy Main to Gateshead
Presidents 6015 and 6042 - Stanley to Winlaton
President 6031 - Stanley to Gateshead
Waggonway DAF's 4984-4987 - Withdrawn
RE: Go North East - Latest - Dan - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 2:11 pm)Michael Oh ye, forgot about that, can someone do a list on all Movements so far? Thanks
You'll see all movements to date in this period's updates. Our NEB Update should be done by 5.
RE: Go North East - Latest - CatsFast101 - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 2:11 pm)Tom Not really - The X70/X71 uses deckers but doesn't really need them! - 4912/3/4 will probably see use on there. The X30 needs deckers, as it is generally quite busy!
4848, 4849 and 4904 were all on the X70/X71 the other day, and coped quite well!
I think the best thing would be a mixed allocation, the overall PVR of X30/X31/X70/X71 is 9. I would suggest sourcing 5 Deckers from somewhere, second hand. And then using 4 Solars from fab56. Brand all 9 again as West Durham Swift, hopefully to give some service reliability which has deteriorated recently.
However it's rumoured that Omnicity from the 309/310 will be heading to Stanley for X30/X31.
RE: Go North East - Latest - Michael - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 2:16 pm)Tom Solars 4956-60 - Washington to Chester-le-Street
Solars 4964-65 - Washington to Deptford
Solar 4966 - Washington to Gateshead
B10BLEs 4912-14 - Washington to Stanley
Olympian 3820 - Percy Main to Gateshead
Presidents 6015 and 6042 - Stanley to Winlaton
President 6031 - Stanley to Gateshead
Waggonway DAF's 4984-4987 - Withdrawn
Thanks =)
RE: Go North East - Latest - Dan - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 11:38 am)Dan Mercs out today on the 4:
5366/60/68/63/58/64
Photographs of all on the links below:
5358, 5360, 5363, 5364, 5366, 5368.
Also found one of 5359. Whether this was a replacement or not, I don't know... I thought the PVR on a Sunday was 6 though! See photo here.
RE: Go North East - Latest - randomdude - 20 Oct 2013
Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and unfortunately will not be posting regularly. however, hopefully the posts I do make will be informative and useful to other members of the forum.
My local route is the connections 4 and I was wondering if anyone has traveled on a one of the new mercs and also whether the next stop announcements are working?
Re: RE: Go North East - Latest - Adrian - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 3:13 pm)randomdude Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and unfortunately will not be posting regularly. however, hopefully the posts I do make will be informative and useful to other members of the forum.
My local route is the connections 4 and I was wondering if anyone has traveled on a one of the new mercs and also whether the next stop announcements are working?
I think citaro5284 had said they were out testing last week, so I'd assume so.
RE: Go North East - Latest - Dan - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 3:13 pm)randomdude Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and unfortunately will not be posting regularly. however, hopefully the posts I do make will be informative and useful to other members of the forum.
My local route is the connections 4 and I was wondering if anyone has traveled on a one of the new mercs and also whether the next stop announcements are working?
I used several of the new Mercs today whilst taking photos, and I noted one or two vehicles where the Next Stop Announcements were not working. The rest did, and I believe they were the same Real Radio voices as on the X1 - just didn't have any cheesy lines (praise the Lord!)
Wi-Fi didn't work for me though.
RE: Go North East - Latest - randomdude - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 3:17 pm)aureolin I think citaro5284 had said they were out testing last week, so I'd assume so.
Oh no! I guess I will just have to put up with Gary and Lisa's deafening voices being blasted every morning.
RE: Go North East - Latest - Greg in Weardale - 20 Oct 2013
(20 Oct 2013, 2:01 pm)Michael I thought Stanley needed those deckers?
When the deckers took over X70/71 they cut the peak services as previously there were two OmniCity journeys close together to cope with loadings. So presumably the route needs deckers at the peaks unless they restore the extra journeys. But whatever happens, bring back the branding.