August 2020 Transfers
August 2020 Transfers
(04 Oct 2020, 9:49 am)V514DFT Wheres the white 70 reg bus come from?,i saw it on Friday on the 308, its fleet number was 0070 or something like that
(04 Oct 2020, 9:49 am)V514DFT Wheres the white 70 reg bus come from?,i saw it on Friday on the 308, its fleet number was 0070 or something like that
Darlington’s 1508 is currently on loan to Durham along with a 7 Board due to shortages at Darlington
(02 Oct 2020, 9:14 pm)Jimmi Been at Belmont since at least July when the PVR reduction at Redcar occurred as a result of service changes.Cheers. That's why I couldn't see any more recent mention of it.
https://flic.kr/p/2jn8CTY
(02 Oct 2020, 10:03 pm)Andreos1 Even stretched its legs on the X12 once or twice.I wouldn't have looked twice at that because I would have assumed it was a Stockton board..
(02 Oct 2020, 9:14 pm)Jimmi Been at Belmont since at least July when the PVR reduction at Redcar occurred as a result of service changes.Cheers. That's why I couldn't see any more recent mention of it.
https://flic.kr/p/2jn8CTY
(02 Oct 2020, 10:03 pm)Andreos1 Even stretched its legs on the X12 once or twice.I wouldn't have looked twice at that because I would have assumed it was a Stockton board..
7540 is currently on loan to Ashington. Believe it is covering for 7541 at present while it gets work done, but is possibly there until the work has been completed on all 17 plates.
Currently tracking as 7544, though 7544 is also tracking as itself so it's not always apparent which runs are 7540.
7609 & 7610 seen heading north past Washington services at 14:30 yesterday.
(03 Nov 2020, 6:03 am)GuyParkRoyal 7609 & 7610 seen heading north past Washington services at 14:30 yesterday.
(03 Nov 2020, 6:03 am)GuyParkRoyal 7609 & 7610 seen heading north past Washington services at 14:30 yesterday.
(03 Nov 2020, 6:18 am)RobinHood On their way to Blyth, to displace two B7s to Durham, which in turn will send a further E400 to Darlington and a Pulsar back to Redcar, allowing for the Dawson's bus to return.Returning to Blyth about 6 or 7 years after we lost them. Of course it'll never happen, but it would be nice to see 7618,19,26 & 27 come here to replace the remaining shite and give a nice uniformity to the depot having every Gemini from 7601-7637.
Two of the Redcar B7s should also be turning up at Jesmond to allow for their rental buses to go back.
(03 Nov 2020, 6:18 am)RobinHood On their way to Blyth, to displace two B7s to Durham, which in turn will send a further E400 to Darlington and a Pulsar back to Redcar, allowing for the Dawson's bus to return.Returning to Blyth about 6 or 7 years after we lost them. Of course it'll never happen, but it would be nice to see 7618,19,26 & 27 come here to replace the remaining shite and give a nice uniformity to the depot having every Gemini from 7601-7637.
Two of the Redcar B7s should also be turning up at Jesmond to allow for their rental buses to go back.
Volvo B7s 7425 and 7426 look to have transferred from Redcar to Jesmond. The latter is on Newcastle Service 43 today and bustimes data, if accurate, shows that both transferred in the first week of November.
(10 Nov 2020, 10:37 pm)GNE6312 What B7s has Belmont received? Would I be, correct in saying 7485/87 have, transferred as, they've not tracked since early last week and the weekend before last.Should have been 7485/7 yes, as they were the only standard spec ones left at Blyth.
(11 Nov 2020, 9:33 pm)GNE6312 Thanks for the info. That would now leave 7490 the oldest bus at Blyth.Completely forgot 7490 was even at Blyth. Would make sense to switch it with 1407 at Ashington while it covers there, 1407 is extremely limited on which boards it can do (apparently it is stuck to the 35, unlike last time where it was mainly used on the X14/20, and at present most boards there need deckers).
(11 Nov 2020, 9:33 pm)GNE6312 Thanks for the info. That would now leave 7490 the oldest bus at Blyth.Completely forgot 7490 was even at Blyth. Would make sense to switch it with 1407 at Ashington while it covers there, 1407 is extremely limited on which boards it can do (apparently it is stuck to the 35, unlike last time where it was mainly used on the X14/20, and at present most boards there need deckers).
(12 Nov 2020, 9:49 pm)mb134 Completely forgot 7490 was even at Blyth. Would make sense to switch it with 1407 at Ashington while it covers there, 1407 is extremely limited on which boards it can do (apparently it is stuck to the 35, unlike last time where it was mainly used on the X14/20, and at present most boards there need deckers).Whilst it seems like a good idea in theory Ashington would get the raw end of the deal since 7490 is much more unreliable than the Pulsar & the last thing Ashington need at the moment is another vehicle off the road.
(12 Nov 2020, 9:49 pm)mb134 Completely forgot 7490 was even at Blyth. Would make sense to switch it with 1407 at Ashington while it covers there, 1407 is extremely limited on which boards it can do (apparently it is stuck to the 35, unlike last time where it was mainly used on the X14/20, and at present most boards there need deckers).Whilst it seems like a good idea in theory Ashington would get the raw end of the deal since 7490 is much more unreliable than the Pulsar & the last thing Ashington need at the moment is another vehicle off the road.
(13 Nov 2020, 9:48 am)Cobalt271 Whilst it seems like a good idea in theory Ashington would get the raw end of the deal since 7490 is much more unreliable than the Pulsar & the last thing Ashington need at the moment is another vehicle off the road.7490 is one of the most unreliable buses at Blyth so I completely agree 7490 is only limited to dupes at Blyth and spent 17 days off road last month.
(13 Nov 2020, 9:48 am)Cobalt271 Whilst it seems like a good idea in theory Ashington would get the raw end of the deal since 7490 is much more unreliable than the Pulsar & the last thing Ashington need at the moment is another vehicle off the road.7490 is one of the most unreliable buses at Blyth so I completely agree 7490 is only limited to dupes at Blyth and spent 17 days off road last month.
Probably be better to send 1407 down to Durham or Darlington in return for a minibus. Possibly even send the 3 solos with it to Durham in replacement for 4x Enviro 200's. I know I've said it before but the 57/57A is pretty much taking full size buses daily lately. Both 1579/1580 both being on today since there's 2 Solo's and a MPD off the road. It means Durham gets another full size bus rather than having Enviro 200's on the X12 and 56 like they did today.
Heck even go one further and send 1579 and 1580 to Jesmond which in turn sends 7412 to Blyth which sends 1497 to Durham and 1479 from Jesmond to Durham in return for 7454/5/6 since Ashington needs more Deckers and it means everything at Blyth is Max and it's an extra Sapphire spare for Durham.
