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RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Dan - 26 Jul 2014
(26 Jul 2014, 5:24 pm)citaro5284 I fancy Aberdeen and back in a day....
Ooh - you're going to be jealous then, as I'm heading up there next month!
Wouldn't mind paying a visit to the Stagecoach depot up there if it meant I could get some photos of the new ugly ducklings that have arrived.
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - citaro5284 - 26 Jul 2014
(26 Jul 2014, 5:28 pm)Dan Ooh - you're going to be jealous then, as I'm heading up there next month!
Wouldn't mind paying a visit to the Stagecoach depot up there if it meant I could get some photos of the new ugly ducklings that have arrived.
You get about.....how close is the Stagecoach Depot to the centre of Aberdeen?
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - citaro5284 - 27 Jul 2014
(26 Jul 2014, 5:27 pm)Andreos Constantopolous Go the whole hog and HST it up to Inverness and back
Cannot really to Inverness in a day, but Aberdeen on a HST you can.....
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Andreos1 - 27 Jul 2014
(27 Jul 2014, 6:10 am)citaro5284 Cannot really to Inverness in a day, but Aberdeen on a HST you can.....
Whey aye man, of course you can do Inverness in day - may not be a HST (mixture of toc's too), but it can be done.
With the correct timed trains, you can get about 3hrs up there to explore too.
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - citaro5284 - 27 Jul 2014
(27 Jul 2014, 8:28 am)Andreos Constantopolous Whey aye man, of course you can do Inverness in day - may not be a HST (mixture of toc's too), but it can be done.
With the correct timed trains, you can get about 3hrs up there to explore too.
But I have some EC Reward points to use which cannot be used on ScotRail, so has to be EC and EC only!!
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Andreos1 - 27 Jul 2014
(27 Jul 2014, 10:34 am)citaro5284 But I have some EC Reward points to use which cannot be used on ScotRail, so has to be EC and EC only!!
Why didn't you say?
Yes, there are date limits on them, so make the most of them.
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Dan - 29 Jul 2014
Today...
Metro 4084 - Stadium of Light to Regents Centre.
ANE 1209 - Service X20 - Regents Centre to Ashington
ANE 7491 - Service X21 - Ashington to Newbiggin
ANE 7513 - Service 35 - Newbiggin to Morpeth
ANE 1213 - Service X15 - Morpeth to Berwick
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Jimmi - 29 Jul 2014
My trip to Newbiggin today went like this:
0842 7 Newton Aycliffe - Durham (ANE 1515)
0936 X21 Newcastle (GNE 6021)
1040 X20 Ashington Bus Station (ANE 1209)
1137 X21 Newbiggin Cresswell Arms (ANE 7491)
1222 X21 Ashington Bus Station (ANE 7512)
1400 X21 Newcastle (ANE 7456)
1500 X71 Gateshead (GNE 646)
1522 X66 Metrocentre (GNE 5347)
1555 X24 Aykley Heads (ANE 7434)
1640 7 Newton Aycliffe (ANE 1513)
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Andy - 29 Jul 2014
My trip to Whitby went like this:
19197 X34 Marsden to Gateshead
6047 X10 Gateshead to Middlesbrough
7488. X93 Middlesbrough to Whitby
7487 X93 Whitby to Middlesbrough
5333 X7 Middlesbrough to Peterlee
2819 23. Peterlee to Sunderland
4924. 35A Sunderland to Harton Nook
22050 X34 Harton Nook to Marsden
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Tom - 29 Jul 2014
(29 Jul 2014, 10:38 am)Dan Today...
Metro 4084 - Stadium of Light to Regents Centre.
ANE 1209 - Service X20 - Regents Centre to Ashington
ANE 7491 - Service X21 - Ashington to Newbiggin
ANE 7513 - Service 35 - Newbiggin to Morpeth
ANE 1213 - Service X15 - Morpeth to Berwick
What did you have on the way back?
Re: RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Dan - 29 Jul 2014
(29 Jul 2014, 7:41 pm)Tom What did you have on the way back?Apologies.
The Coast & Castles Lowlander Tony mentioned in the ANE Rare Workings thread - from Berwick Rail Station to Regents Centre.
Couldn't tell you which Metro, but it was a refurbished one.
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Adam - 02 Aug 2014
Apologies for the long post....
Managed to persuade my parents to give the bus a try to reach Skegness town yesterday as opposed to the car. It went as follows:
- 12:38 3 Butlin's - Skegness Lumley Road (Stagecoach 26121 (X851 HFE), DAF SB220/East Lancs Myllennium)
- 15:05 3 Skegness Bus Stn - Butlin's (Stagecoach 17677 (WOI 3002), Dennis Trident/Alexander ALX400 open-top).
Have to give a lot of praise to Stagecoach for their open-top service 3 (Skegness - Ingoldmells Anchor Lane). Some of you will already be familiar with the recent refurbishment and rebranding of the ALX400s used on the service. The new branding sees the service now named The Seasiders, featuring six characters with seaside themed names (Candy, Rocky, Pierre, Salty, Shelly and Sandy), which have connected with the public and tourists superbly.
When an open-topper pulls up at the stand at the bus station, a Stagecoach employee goes down the queue giving all the kids a badge featuring the character they're about to travel on, which had children talking about the buses. My brothers ended up with one each. I'll photo it and upload it on here in due course.
Also noticed when we were getting off, a family were waiting to get on, and they asked the driver whether another open-topper was close behind as they had already travelled on Shelly and wanted to travel on all six of them.
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Adrian - 02 Aug 2014
Have many decided to get tickets to head up to the Lothian open doors day then?
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - R852 PRG - 02 Aug 2014
(02 Aug 2014, 6:40 pm)aureolin Have many decided to get tickets to head up to the Lothian open doors day then?
Decided not to go in the end - would rather spend my birthday doing nothing.
Re: RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Dan - 02 Aug 2014
(02 Aug 2014, 6:40 pm)aureolin Have many decided to get tickets to head up to the Lothian open doors day then?Hoping to find out that I will definitely be free at some point next week then hopefully get the tickets too.
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Tom - 03 Aug 2014
Going to start making a few more trips out over the next few weeks, and start taking a few more photos.
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Tom - 04 Aug 2014
#17 1114 Rosehill to Wallsend Interchange 1131 - GNE 5155
#22 1137 Wallsend Interchange to Market St 1201 - SNE 17027
#21 1225 Eldon Square to Birtley 1255 - GNE 3965
#X22 1310 Birtley to Metrocentre 1324 - GNE 3872
#X66 1445 Metrocentre to Gateshead 1455 - GNE 9120
#28 1458 Gateshead to Eldon Square 1508 - GNE 4958
#12 1545 Blackett Street to Wallsend 1614 - SNE 17028
#17 1640 Wallsend to Rosehill 1652 - GNE 5156
(Sounded like a Dyson and was oddly 15+ minutes late for no reason according to the driver!)
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Malarkey - 06 Aug 2014
Anyone planning on going to the Tram and Transport Rally up by Nissan on Sunday, Thinking I might pop along and see if it's any good.
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Adrian - 06 Aug 2014
(06 Aug 2014, 5:23 pm)NEBCD Malarkey Anyone planning on going to the Tram and Transport Rally up by Nissan on Sunday, Thinking I might pop along and see if it's any good.
I'm in two minds. I've been a bit downbeat about rallies lately, as I've felt it's tended to be the same vehicles turning up event after event. As I can't find a line up for this rally, and it's a fiver in, I'm yet to be convinced.
RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Dan - 06 Aug 2014
(06 Aug 2014, 6:02 pm)aureolin I'm in two minds. I've been a bit downbeat about rallies lately, as I've felt it's tended to be the same vehicles turning up event after event. As I can't find a line up for this rally, and it's a fiver in, I'm yet to be convinced.
Reckon I'll do the news and then find myself somewhere else to go..!