(19 Jan 2014, 8:26 pm)CatsFast101 It was discussed that the capacity for riverside for 150 buses, but I'm sure I read 170 somewhere assuming it's somewhere in between there as there will be 156 buses at riverside once Winlaton & Sunderland Road move in there could be some potential for a few services however the 43/44/45/46 have 23 vehicles which may be too much but I'm not entirely sure.

Stanley don't hold that many services really, Red Kite, Lime, Diamond, X30/X31/X70/X71, 15/15A and that's about it, however should Stanley be considered for closing (this is totally hypothetically speaking) the scholar service would end up with a lot of running light from Chester or wherever, it is possibly a key reason why the depot is retained.

(19 Jan 2014, 8:26 pm)CatsFast101 It was discussed that the capacity for riverside for 150 buses, but I'm sure I read 170 somewhere assuming it's somewhere in between there as there will be 156 buses at riverside once Winlaton & Sunderland Road move in there could be some potential for a few services however the 43/44/45/46 have 23 vehicles which may be too much but I'm not entirely sure.

“This new development will be able to house 175 buses making it one of the company’s largest depots.

(19 Jan 2014, 8:38 pm)Michael Thats alot, seems they planned for the future incase of new services and new contracts from NEXUS.

(19 Jan 2014, 8:40 pm)aureolin I'd assume Nexus contract work would still be done from SMR? Allows GNE to keep their bid low, avoid long-standing union agreements, etc.

(19 Jan 2014, 8:32 pm)Dan Regarding scholars - on the flip side of the coin, are they really needed or are they often a drain on resources?

If Go North East have six contracts which require six double deckers at Stanley depot, if they drop those six contracts they can withdraw six of the eldest vehicles in the fleet.

(19 Jan 2014, 8:32 pm)Dan Regarding scholars - on the flip side of the coin, are they really needed or are they often a drain on resources?
If Go North East have six contracts which require six double deckers at Stanley depot, if they drop those six contracts they can withdraw six of the eldest vehicles in the fleet.

(19 Jan 2014, 8:38 pm)Michael Thats alot, seems they planned for the future incase of new services and new contracts from NEXUS.

“It will last the next 40 years and will secure the jobs of all our employees currently at our two other depots for the foreseeable future.

(19 Jan 2014, 8:46 pm)northtynelinks2 School Contracts from Stanley:
819-830 serving Lanchester St Bedes.
836 (at possibly more) serving Tanfield School
841 (I assume as I saw as 3814 and 3886 have both been spotted on it) serving St Thomas More Blaydon.

(19 Jan 2014, 9:18 pm)tyresmoke Stanley schools
151 Benton - St Teresa's RC Primary (am only)
792 Tyneview Park DSS (am only)
819-830 St Bedes Lanchester
836 Tanfield Comp
843/844 New College Durham dupes (844 PM only)
859 Joseph Swan Academy (PM only)
884 St Oswalds Primary (PM only)
X78 Derwentside College

(19 Jan 2014, 11:44 pm)speedwheels22 Think they should renumber 88A to 89 and the 5 to 87 think that's a good idea and sunderland 2A 2C what stupid numbers think they should renumber that service 2A to 12 and 2C to 12A

(20 Jan 2014, 3:33 am)Ely1992 Speaking of older buses, Im assuming the Olympians are the oldest ones!!

After these which buses are the oldest in the fleet currently.

(20 Jan 2014, 7:11 am)CatsFast101 B10BLE Renowns I should think.

(20 Jan 2014, 1:16 am)ADLEnviro If I remember correctly the idea behind the use of A and C was something to do with parts of the route being, anti-clockwise and clockwise. Made it simple for people to know if they were going the long way or short way around a loop. Again if I remember correctly North Tyneside also had services numbered like this. One of the famous routes to be run like this is the 11A and 11C outer circle routes that circle the outer Birmingham area.