North East Buses

Weren't the Omnis on the 21 many moons ago?

(31 Jan 2014, 9:04 pm)fozzovmurton wrote [ -> ]Weren't the Omnis on the 21 many moons ago?

Did they not go coaster?

(31 Jan 2014, 9:07 pm)Wellsey18 wrote [ -> ]Did they not go coaster?

Possibly, I cant quite remember tbh, I got a memory like a sieve at times

(31 Jan 2014, 8:05 pm)Wellsey18 wrote [ -> ]Can anyone answer me this?

have the most the omnicities on cobalt clipper been on from new or was the route not around then???

seriously cant think

Yes most them have been on since they were New, Others were Cascaded over from West Durham Swift in 2012 possibly early 2013, when there was a Frequency Increase/Or Route Extension on those Services.

correct me if i am wrong but the cobalt clipper deckers won't be in service til monday now due to tomorrows Tyne and Wear Derby in Newcastle i got this info at the bus launch event from one of the promoters and the management team

(31 Jan 2014, 9:07 pm)Wellsey18 wrote [ -> ]Did they not go coaster?

Pretty sure the Omnis at Chester were swapped with Tridents from Percy Main for the Coaster.

I am sure the remaining Omnis came from Stanley's West Durham Swift batch.

History of the OmniCitys

5234-43: new to Stanley for 'The Red Kite'
5244-50: new to Stanley for 'West Durham Swift'
5251-3: New to Chester-le-Street as spares in plain red 'Go North East'
5254: initially used at Chester-le-Street in red before moving to Percy Main and repainted for Cobalt Clipper
5255-8: new to Percy Main for Cobalt Clipper
5259-61: new to Stanley/Chester-le-Street in plain white as spares
5262-74: delivered in plain pink, initially used at Washington on Red Arrows before taking up residences at Chester le Street for the 21/22

(31 Jan 2014, 9:07 pm)Wellsey18 wrote [ -> ]Did they not go coaster?

After their stint on the 21, they did, replacing the lolynes, along with 5251 and 5252 from the Cobalt Clipper.

(31 Jan 2014, 9:27 pm)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]History of the OmniCitys

5234-43: new to Stanley for 'The Red Kite'
5244-50: new to Stanley for 'West Durham Swift'
5251-3: New to Chester-le-Street as spares in plain red 'Go North East'
5254: initially used at Chester-le-Street in red before moving to Percy Main and repainted for Cobalt Clipper
5255-8: new to Percy Main for Cobalt Clipper
5259-61: new to Stanley/Chester-le-Street in plain white as spares
5262-74: delivered in plain pink, initially used at Washington on Red Arrows before taking up residences at Chester le Street for the 21/22

Cheers for your help everyone!

(31 Jan 2014, 6:31 pm)andreos1 wrote [ -> ]Maybe not - see edit (you were too quick for me).
Here are the Biddick timetables too. http://www.biddickacademy.com/uploaded/B...012-13.pdf

I must say I chuckled at the "DO NOT TURN RIGHT - LOW BRIDGE!" comment on the 461

A few photographs on my Flickr of vehicles entering Gateshead/Winlaton depot for the final time from this evening.
Shot of the night, albeit a rather poor quality image, is shown below - with 4917 coming out of the bus wash at Winlaton depot:



All photographs were taken from outside the depot premises.

(31 Jan 2014, 10:00 pm)BJ10VUS wrote [ -> ]I must say I chuckled at the "DO NOT TURN RIGHT - LOW BRIDGE!" comment on the 461

They never had that problem when the mk1 Nationals did the route!
Kids squashed onto the windscreen and falling out when the door opened, but never the low bridge warnings