Stagecoach North East: Order Predictions
Stagecoach North East: Order Predictions
(15 Aug 2022, 11:43 am)tcts24 It was the "Super 6" Dart's that saw off the RE's. Stockton got those new replacing Lynx's for Hartlepool in November '97. Hartlepool got 5 new Dart's in '96, P457-61EEF but yea, they wern't about long before heading to Darlington. The Lynx's survived up to 2004 being replaced by the new 2004 Dart's.That’s not quite right. The last RE run in November 1997 but the super six darts didn’t enter service till Spring 1999. The Lynx’s where brought in to replace the remaining RE. The super six darts in affect replaced the leyland national as they went the same time the super six was launched with the majority of Falcon also gone by that point. The last falcon managed to survive till the Autumn of 2000 when the step entrance darts entered service. The lynx’s got withdrawn in Late 2003 but same went to Stockton with others been turned into driver training buses. The Newcastle B10B replaced them. The service 1 didn’t get the Darts till Spring 2004 and it definitely the step entrance darts. One step entrance dart did come back in 2007 mainly doing the 5/7/7A/12 services but that went with the Volvos in 2008 when the Manviros entered service.
As for buses struggling on Tees Road, the only one's I've had bother with are the limp mode ADL's. The MAN's are absolutely fine. The only issue is there's 2 of them we can't turn the engine off at Middlesbrough Bus Station because the injectors are shot and they wont start again.
(15 Aug 2022, 11:43 am)tcts24 It was the "Super 6" Dart's that saw off the RE's. Stockton got those new replacing Lynx's for Hartlepool in November '97. Hartlepool got 5 new Dart's in '96, P457-61EEF but yea, they wern't about long before heading to Darlington. The Lynx's survived up to 2004 being replaced by the new 2004 Dart's.That’s not quite right. The last RE run in November 1997 but the super six darts didn’t enter service till Spring 1999. The Lynx’s where brought in to replace the remaining RE. The super six darts in affect replaced the leyland national as they went the same time the super six was launched with the majority of Falcon also gone by that point. The last falcon managed to survive till the Autumn of 2000 when the step entrance darts entered service. The lynx’s got withdrawn in Late 2003 but same went to Stockton with others been turned into driver training buses. The Newcastle B10B replaced them. The service 1 didn’t get the Darts till Spring 2004 and it definitely the step entrance darts. One step entrance dart did come back in 2007 mainly doing the 5/7/7A/12 services but that went with the Volvos in 2008 when the Manviros entered service.
As for buses struggling on Tees Road, the only one's I've had bother with are the limp mode ADL's. The MAN's are absolutely fine. The only issue is there's 2 of them we can't turn the engine off at Middlesbrough Bus Station because the injectors are shot and they wont start again.
