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RE: Arriva North East - Latest - Kuyoyo - 31 Aug 2014 (31 Aug 2014, 8:44 pm)Dan At the start of this month, one of Durham's boards was allocated a Pulsar, for about a week. For the majority of the journeys I saw for the remainder of this month, it's either been a Gemini or an ALX400... Unless you haven't see the officially allocated Pulsar boards? RE: Arriva North East - Latest - tyresmoke - 31 Aug 2014 (31 Aug 2014, 8:46 pm)Kuyoyo Unless you haven't see the officially allocated Pulsar boards? There's certainly been Pulsars out most days, I've seen at least one! Of course it doesn't help that they have double deckers off the road, 7478 is awaiting a new engine I believe. DAF engines take forever to procure for some reason. RE: Arriva North East - Latest - Dan - 31 Aug 2014 (31 Aug 2014, 8:46 pm)Kuyoyo Unless you haven't see the officially allocated Pulsar boards? Elaborate on the boards which are allocated Pulsars on paper, and I'll be able to tell you whether it was an odd working at the start of the month or the remaining three...! RE: Arriva North East - Latest - G-CPTN - 31 Aug 2014 (31 Aug 2014, 8:21 pm)mb134 Could they not take them to another depot, e.g Redcar, when they require maintenance? What if they are non-runners? It's possible to drag them back to a local depot, but onward to a different depot would require a transporter. RE: Arriva North East - Latest - mb134 - 31 Aug 2014 (31 Aug 2014, 9:08 pm)G-CPTN What if they are non-runners?Say if they broke down while in service, they could ask the recovery truck to take it to Redcar depot not Stockton surely? RE: Arriva North East - Latest - Kuyoyo - 31 Aug 2014 (31 Aug 2014, 9:02 pm)Dan Elaborate on the boards which are allocated Pulsars on paper, and I'll be able to tell you whether it was an odd working at the start of the month or the remaining three...! I'm not at liberate to say the present ones, but for people out tomorrow, these are the Durham workings that on paper are Pulsar-workings: Vehicle 1 0705 X1 Durham to Middlesbrough 0825 X1 Middlesbrough to Durham 0946 X2 Durham to Newcastle 1050 X2 Newcastle to Durham 1150 X1 Durham to Middlesbrough 1305 X1 Middlesbrough to Durham 1421 X2 Durham to Newcastle 1520 X2 Newcastle to Durham 1630 X1 Durham to Middlesbrough 1750 X1 Middlesbrough to Durham Vehicle 2 0735 X2 Birtley Windsor Road to Durham 0815 X1 Durham to Middlesbrough 0935 X1 Middlesbrough to Durham 1051 X2 Durham to Newcastle 1150 X2 Newcastle to Durham 1250 X1 Durham to Middlesbrough 1405 X1 Middlesbrough to Durham 1521 X2 Durham to Newcastle 1625 X2 Newcastle to Durham 1730 X1 Durham to Middlesbrough 1850 X1 Middlesbrough to Durham RE: Arriva North East - Latest - palatine3833 - 31 Aug 2014 (31 Aug 2014, 9:11 pm)Kuyoyo I'm not at liberate to say the present ones, but for people out tomorrow, these are the Durham workings that on paper are Pulsar-workings: I'm not sure how the allocation works now as we haven't seen the new RTCs yet, but before today Durham's allocation was: X1A - Gemini Double Deck X1B - Stockton Pulsar X1C - Stockton Pulsar X1D - Stockton Pulsar X1E - Gemini Double Deck X1F - Gemini Double Deck X1G - Pulsar X1H - Gemini Double Deck X1I - Pulsar Strangely, the 2 Pulsar workings at Durham both run off 1907 and 1933 respectively, leaving the Geminis out until 1-4am in some cases. RE: Arriva North East - Latest - Kuyoyo - 31 Aug 2014 (31 Aug 2014, 9:22 pm)palatine3833 I'm not sure how the allocation works now as we haven't seen the new RTCs yet, but before today Durham's allocation was: According to the RTC document, as of tomorrow, it is: X1A - Stockton Pulsar X1B - Stockton Pulsar X1C - Stockton Pulsar X1D - Gemini Double Deck X1E - Gemini Double Deck X1F - Pulsar X1G - Gemini Double Deck X1H - Pulsar X1I - Gemini Double Deck RE: Arriva North East - Latest - phillip - 31 Aug 2014 (31 Aug 2014, 7:56 pm)mb134 Yeah I guess, as a customer, I would prefer consistent allocation however, in the case of the X15, recently they've never really had a consistent allocation, with coaches, E400's and B7's being allocated during the last few month. your right but the only time ive had a problem with the x15 and it is understandable is with bad weather e.g snow RE: Arriva North East - Latest - L469 YVK - 31 Aug 2014 Do you folks think that any double deck orders will be on the cards for next year? RE: Arriva North East - Latest - tyresmoke - 31 Aug 2014 (31 Aug 2014, 10:22 pm)DaveyBowyer Do you folks think that any double deck orders will be on the cards for next year? Given that we have had a fair number of double deck deliveries this year, then yes I reckon we may well see a few next year. However we are running out of places to put double deckers so it may well be a case of converting further single deck services. I would also expect some more cascades from London, potentially replacing the Lowlanders that will be at Durham depot (7436-7444) as a start... |