(27 Jan 2019, 10:19 am)Stanleyone Being that most of the streetlites at Riverside are 66 plate (49s) except the 4 on the X66 are different engined, these as the same with the Durham Diamond examples at Stanley are fast, warm and fairly comfortable, which i would expect for their age. However the Diamond examples on the X30 when they appear they struggle with gear choice on Dunston Bank which the red Kite examples don't. I have experience in driving the earlier Streetlites from the C & C and Red Kites, which i find are very uncomfortable, cab rattles, cab window rattles, heating is on some examples intermittent (turn some off after 2 hours driving and the heating goes completely cold, taking 30-45 mins to return), slow on the hills and the reversing is nothing short of embarrassing.
(27 Jan 2019, 10:19 am)Stanleyone Being that most of the streetlites at Riverside are 66 plate (49s) except the 4 on the X66 are different engined, these as the same with the Durham Diamond examples at Stanley are fast, warm and fairly comfortable, which i would expect for their age. However the Diamond examples on the X30 when they appear they struggle with gear choice on Dunston Bank which the red Kite examples don't. I have experience in driving the earlier Streetlites from the C & C and Red Kites, which i find are very uncomfortable, cab rattles, cab window rattles, heating is on some examples intermittent (turn some off after 2 hours driving and the heating goes completely cold, taking 30-45 mins to return), slow on the hills and the reversing is nothing short of embarrassing.
Some of the prince bishops streetlites gear selection really is shocking, not only on hills but also on the flat they over rev and clunk into gear, another thing about the streetlites which is annoying is when you switch the ignition off some of them automatically switch the batteries off shutting down the whole bus, the rest give 2 mins before having to hit the battery reset switch, which when you have a 5-10 min layover, is really annoying having to restart the bus just to turn the lights back on if you have passengers on board and defeats the purpose of turning the engine off to save fuel
(27 Jan 2019, 3:00 pm)N1cholas Some of the prince bishops streetlites gear selection really is shocking, not only on hills but also on the flat they over rev and clunk into gear, another thing about the streetlites which is annoying is when you switch the ignition off some of them automatically switch the batteries off shutting down the whole bus, the rest give 2 mins before having to hit the battery reset switch, which when you have a 5-10 min layover, is really annoying having to restart the bus just to turn the lights back on if you have passengers on board and defeats the purpose of turning the engine off to save fuelThe battery protect system is universally in place to stop buses running flat. Batteries are really quite terrible. Take it from someone who has to cold start old london deckers every morning that it's a lot better to have to press a button than get engineers to charge it back up. Stops it running flat.
(27 Jan 2019, 3:00 pm)N1cholas Some of the prince bishops streetlites gear selection really is shocking, not only on hills but also on the flat they over rev and clunk into gear, another thing about the streetlites which is annoying is when you switch the ignition off some of them automatically switch the batteries off shutting down the whole bus, the rest give 2 mins before having to hit the battery reset switch, which when you have a 5-10 min layover, is really annoying having to restart the bus just to turn the lights back on if you have passengers on board and defeats the purpose of turning the engine off to save fuelThe battery protect system is universally in place to stop buses running flat. Batteries are really quite terrible. Take it from someone who has to cold start old london deckers every morning that it's a lot better to have to press a button than get engineers to charge it back up. Stops it running flat.
(27 Jan 2019, 3:08 pm)Jamie M The battery protect system is universally in place to stop buses running flat. Batteries are really quite terrible. Take it from someone who has to cold start old london deckers every morning that it's a lot better to have to press a button than get engineers to charge it back up. Stops it running flat.
(27 Jan 2019, 3:08 pm)Jamie M The battery protect system is universally in place to stop buses running flat. Batteries are really quite terrible. Take it from someone who has to cold start old london deckers every morning that it's a lot better to have to press a button than get engineers to charge it back up. Stops it running flat.
(27 Jan 2019, 3:12 pm)N1cholas it certainly is but 2 mins is a bit short, why not 5 mins it wouldn't be as annoyingBecause that can be the difference between being able to start up again or needing charging. It really does make a difference on batteries.
(27 Jan 2019, 3:12 pm)N1cholas it certainly is but 2 mins is a bit short, why not 5 mins it wouldn't be as annoyingBecause that can be the difference between being able to start up again or needing charging. It really does make a difference on batteries.
(27 Jan 2019, 3:54 pm)Michael Any truth in, that rest of the Brighton Omnidekka's will start to come up next month?But 6010 is a great bus, no problems at all! No way can this be true. I find it upsetting you even propose this.
They'll Probables see:
6010, 6017, 6033, 6935 - 6941 all withdrawn, as they're the oldest deckers in the fleet.
(27 Jan 2019, 3:54 pm)Michael Any truth in, that rest of the Brighton Omnidekka's will start to come up next month?But 6010 is a great bus, no problems at all! No way can this be true. I find it upsetting you even propose this.
They'll Probables see:
6010, 6017, 6033, 6935 - 6941 all withdrawn, as they're the oldest deckers in the fleet.
Seen on Facebook some OmniCitys have arrived from London and are parked at Riverside Depot
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(27 Jan 2019, 7:28 pm)TEN 6083 Seen on Facebook some OmniCitys have arrived from London and are parked at Riverside Depot
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(27 Jan 2019, 8:00 pm)Dan Eleven year old ex-London dual-door single-deck buses, so they're nice and cheap and can be stripped for spare parts to keep Go North East's own similarly-aged OmniCitys afloat.
(27 Jan 2019, 7:30 pm)Dan Former Metrobus Scania OmniCitys:
- 564 (YN08 OAW)
- 566 (YN08 OAY)
- 567 (YN08 OAZ)
No plans for these to enter service in the region.
(27 Jan 2019, 7:30 pm)Dan Former Metrobus Scania OmniCitys:
- 564 (YN08 OAW)
- 566 (YN08 OAY)
- 567 (YN08 OAZ)
No plans for these to enter service in the region.
(28 Jan 2019, 11:52 am)Dan 5204 and 5216 joined 5201 at Percy Main over the weekend (5205 is still VOR at Chester-le-Street). Both are on 309/310 today, with 5201 on the 11.
6102 has now departed for Bus & Coach World, should be 6103 tomorrow.
(28 Jan 2019, 11:52 am)Dan 5204 and 5216 joined 5201 at Percy Main over the weekend (5205 is still VOR at Chester-le-Street). Both are on 309/310 today, with 5201 on the 11.
6102 has now departed for Bus & Coach World, should be 6103 tomorrow.
(27 Jan 2019, 7:30 pm)Dan Former Metrobus Scania OmniCitys:
- 564 (YN08 OAW)
- 566 (YN08 OAY)
- 567 (YN08 OAZ)
No plans for these to enter service in the region.
(27 Jan 2019, 7:30 pm)Dan Former Metrobus Scania OmniCitys:
- 564 (YN08 OAW)
- 566 (YN08 OAY)
- 567 (YN08 OAZ)
No plans for these to enter service in the region.
(28 Jan 2019, 2:31 pm)Rapidsnap Are they to receive fleetnumbers on paper or are they just going to be referred to by their Metrobus numbers.
