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RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - Michael - 23 Jul 2017
(23 Jul 2017, 1:33 pm)RBZ 5459 No idea on actually loadings, but that's the overall picture. Always seems to have a fair few people using it peak when I see it back and forward to work. During the day I imagine low loadings still.
I can imagine that for most services though, could increase now, with the school holidays.
Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - cbma06 - 23 Jul 2017
(23 Jul 2017, 1:33 pm)RBZ 5459 No idea on actually loadings, but that's the overall picture. Always seems to have a fair few people using it peak when I see it back and forward to work. During the day I imagine low loadings still.
Should get double decker gas buses for the economic services and run the services from wheatsheaf depot.
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RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - stagecoachbusdepot - 23 Jul 2017
(23 Jul 2017, 1:55 pm)cbma06 Should get double decker gas buses for the economic services and run the services from wheatsheaf depot.
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Agree! Stupid move to ever convert the Es to all single deck operation.
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - Youngymmv - 23 Jul 2017
Can't see logic in moving services from shields to wheatsheaf. Space for an extra 18 vehicles for one and I'm pretty sure I'd rather have them stay based where they are given 3 quarters of the routes are in shields I'd say South Shields is one of the best operational depots in the group and should be pushing for there own funding if they wanted to go for gas buses. This is all hypothetical of course lol
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Chris
Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - cbma06 - 23 Jul 2017
(23 Jul 2017, 8:45 pm)Youngymmv Can't see logic in moving services from shields to wheatsheaf. Space for an extra 18 vehicles for one and I'm pretty sure I'd rather have them stay based where they are given 3 quarters of the routes are in shields I'd say South Shields is one of the best operational depots in the group and should be pushing for there own funding if they wanted to go for gas buses. This is all hypothetical of course lol
Kind regards
Chris
There's plenty of spaces at the wheatsheaf depot, in its busways heyday the PVR was a lot more before stagecoach got there hands on and dramatically reduced the PVR over the years.
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RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - Michael - 23 Jul 2017
Could split the E services between Sunderland & Shields.
Works for the TEN services between Riverside and Hexham.
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - Ds1197 - 23 Jul 2017
(23 Jul 2017, 9:14 pm)Michael Could split the E services between Sunderland & Shields.
Works for the TEN services between Riverside and Hexham.
Yeah but that means one depot would have 8 and the other 7 and anyway the best way to improve the Es services is probably a mix of Single and Double Deckers boards but I would prefer that idea if the service got new buses
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - Youngymmv - 23 Jul 2017
Wasn't there talk of splitting the batch of e300's in exchange for e400s to have a mix allocated to account for busiest journeys and seasonal increases in demand?
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - RBZ 5459 - 24 Jul 2017
(23 Jul 2017, 7:40 am)Michael Seen this on Facebook:
There's a gas bus double deck demonstrator coming to sunderland next week
DD16GAS is due to land today, I'd expect it to be out later in the week after familiarisation. Still to confirm loan spell duration.
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - RBZ 5459 - 24 Jul 2017
(24 Jul 2017, 11:09 am)RBZ 5459 DD16GAS is due to land today, I'd expect it to be out later in the week after familiarisation. Still to confirm loan spell duration.
And indeed it has now arrived.
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - idiot - 24 Jul 2017
Spotted it earlier when going to falcon computers.
They were getting a photo of the single deck with double deck one together
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - Youngymmv - 24 Jul 2017
Has recently been on trial with arriva north west. Carries Adl e400MMC bodywork on scania chasis. Yet to be known if South Shields request for trail is to happen although I would find it unlikely given there's no refill facility available there
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - RBZ 5459 - 25 Jul 2017
19205 entered service at Shields, on the X34.
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - Ds1197 - 25 Jul 2017
(25 Jul 2017, 8:02 am)RBZ 5459 19205 entered service at Shields, on the X34.
It was on the Es on Sunday
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - RBZ 5459 - 25 Jul 2017
(25 Jul 2017, 8:20 am)Ds1197 It was on the Es on Sunday
Good stuff, seemingly went unreported.
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - Michael - 25 Jul 2017
Will it be on the same journey every time its out, for example the 8:27am - X24 from Sunderland, Monday-Friday ?
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - RBZ 5459 - 25 Jul 2017
(25 Jul 2017, 9:04 am)Michael Will it be on the same journey every time its out, for example the 8:27am - X24 from Sunderland, Monday-Friday ?
No idea Michael, be handy if it was anyway!
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - Michael - 25 Jul 2017
(25 Jul 2017, 9:06 am)RBZ 5459 No idea Michael, be handy if it was anyway!
Hope so, hopefully it works out where i finish work and its due!, my shifts have all changed, with it being the school holidays.... oh what's a 6 week holiday?
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - Youngymmv - 25 Jul 2017
I know the x34 has recently been given cascaded 60 plate e400s but does any one else think this route should be worthy of new vehicles? Rarely see an empty vehicle and hasn't had new buses since it was launched. Closest it's been was when it was allocated P reg darts that were short of 2 years in service at time
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017 - Ds1197 - 25 Jul 2017
(25 Jul 2017, 11:13 am)Youngymmv I know the x34 has recently been given cascaded 60 plate e400s but does any one else think this route should be worthy of new vehicles? Rarely see an empty vehicle and hasn't had new buses since it was launched. Closest it's been was when it was allocated P reg darts that were short of 2 years in service at time
Yeah but could hardly seeing it happening since the PVR is only 3 even I think most of time that's tight for how busy the service can get. Even though I thought they should have reintroduced the 20 minutes frequency for the 6 weeks holiday