(04 Sep 2021, 9:54 am)tyresmoke Redcar’s 1429/32 apparently moving to Blyth as part of this merry go roundThey may be replacements for Solos 2801/2 which are currently marked up NFS. Looks like Blyth will end up with no minibuses left soon bar a couple of Solos for the 58 service.
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(04 Sep 2021, 9:54 am)tyresmoke Redcar’s 1429/32 apparently moving to Blyth as part of this merry go roundThey may be replacements for Solos 2801/2 which are currently marked up NFS. Looks like Blyth will end up with no minibuses left soon bar a couple of Solos for the 58 service.
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I'm wondering how arriva are going to do in Blyth getting deckers onto school runs as they're 5 deckers down (not including VORs) from this time last year, they were already atrocious at it on the X7 when they un neededly cancelled the dupe due to not being council funded, often putting single deckers on the X7 which got packed with deckers on quieter runs on other routes, deckers on school runs should be number 1 priority, I'd recommend Blyth swap some pulsars from the X7/8/9 out to another area fir deckers for schools and just in general busy duties
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(05 Sep 2021, 10:03 pm)GNE6312 I'm wondering how arriva are going to do in Blyth getting deckers onto school runs as they're 5 deckers down (not including VORs) from this time last year, they were already atrocious at it on the X7 when they un neededly cancelled the dupe due to not being council funded, often putting single deckers on the X7 which got packed with deckers on quieter runs on other routes, deckers on school runs should be number 1 priority, I'd recommend Blyth swap some pulsars from the X7/8/9 out to another area fir deckers for schools and just in general busy days.308 and X10/11 are always DD. X7/8/9 is mix of DD and Pulsar, in the past the X9 would be Pulsar only but as they run off the same running board as the 7 and 8 they will sometimes be DD. Service 1 and 2 will be all Pulsar when the last Solos are phased out, which will help them to cope with the reduced 30 min service compared to the pre covid 20 min schedule.
(05 Sep 2021, 10:03 pm)GNE6312 I'm wondering how arriva are going to do in Blyth getting deckers onto school runs as they're 5 deckers down (not including VORs) from this time last year, they were already atrocious at it on the X7 when they un neededly cancelled the dupe due to not being council funded, often putting single deckers on the X7 which got packed with deckers on quieter runs on other routes, deckers on school runs should be number 1 priority, I'd recommend Blyth swap some pulsars from the X7/8/9 out to another area fir deckers for schools and just in general busy days.308 and X10/11 are always DD. X7/8/9 is mix of DD and Pulsar, in the past the X9 would be Pulsar only but as they run off the same running board as the 7 and 8 they will sometimes be DD. Service 1 and 2 will be all Pulsar when the last Solos are phased out, which will help them to cope with the reduced 30 min service compared to the pre covid 20 min schedule.
(04 Sep 2021, 3:17 pm)Driver9*** They may be replacements for Solos 2801/2 which are currently marked up NFS. Looks like Blyth will end up with no minibuses left soon bar a couple of Solos for the 58 service.
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(04 Sep 2021, 3:17 pm)Driver9*** They may be replacements for Solos 2801/2 which are currently marked up NFS. Looks like Blyth will end up with no minibuses left soon bar a couple of Solos for the 58 service.
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Absolute desperation for vehicles in some areas im told. Even with reduced PVR, the gaps and slowdown in parts and availablity + COVID affecting engineering staff in much the same way as it is hurting drivers means a number of vehicles are awaiting repair.
The Pulsars to Blyth is a permanent move so I'm told. Completes the allocation for the reduced 1/2.
1429/NK59 DNE on the 2:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/18720389...551345208/
1432/NK59 DNN on the X7 approaching Blyth:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/18720389...208011709/
(06 Sep 2021, 5:52 pm)tyresmoke Looks like they have been swapped as I am told 2801/2 are now at RedcarStill at Blyth as of today......
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(06 Sep 2021, 5:52 pm)tyresmoke Looks like they have been swapped as I am told 2801/2 are now at RedcarStill at Blyth as of today......
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(23 Sep 2021, 8:11 pm)Ryland My guess probably Darlington giving the amount of withdrawalI've heard Redacr although seems a bit of an odd choice if true, Darlington would probs make most sense given they already have Scania's.
(23 Sep 2021, 8:11 pm)Ryland My guess probably Darlington giving the amount of withdrawalI've heard Redacr although seems a bit of an odd choice if true, Darlington would probs make most sense given they already have Scania's.
