North East Buses

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(10 Aug 2019, 8:07 am)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Believe it's the latter, some still have high book value so won't send them for scrap until the value comes down, still some at the back of Darlington as well.

</p><p>Ashington still have 1616 on site aswell I believe...</p>

More Haymarket based solos getting repainted, seen one with a whole blue base colour

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(10 Aug 2019, 9:53 pm)JM03 wrote [ -> ]More Haymarket based solos getting repainted, seen one with a whole blue base colour

</p><p>They'll be 2825/2845/2846, all to be freed up once the new buses arrive.</p>

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(08 Aug 2019, 9:50 pm)Ryland wrote [ -> ]Redcar haven't been very punctual over the past two days 4707 broken down yesterday in the high street and today 1429 broke down at redcar central crossings

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Also presuming it's 2862 but there was a solo at the back of the depot yesterday and today it was gone

4710 broke down today, a 62 missed out.

2867 now at Whitby.

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(12 Aug 2019, 11:38 pm)S830OFT wrote [ -> ]2867 now at Whitby.

Covering for 2862 I’m lead to believe, 1439 has gone in the opposite direction

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(13 Aug 2019, 6:30 am)Stuartphin1639 wrote [ -> ]Covering for 2862 I’m lead to believe, 1439 has gone in the opposite direction

</p><p>Wonder if it's a possibility to swap 2828/2862/2870/2871 with Selby in order for Whitby to receive Optare Solo SRs 3050 - 3053?</p>

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(13 Aug 2019, 11:52 am)S830OFT wrote [ -> ]</p><p>
</p><p>Wonder if it's a possibility to swap 2828/2862/2870/2871 with Selby in order for Whitby to receive Optare Solo SRs 3050 - 3053?</p><p>

&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Given Selby's lost the York City work to Transdev from September, who knows what might happen with those Solos.</p><p>As for why 2867 is on loan to Whitby, 2862 is long term VOR for accident damage repairs.</p>

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(13 Aug 2019, 11:59 am)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Given Selby's lost the York City work to Transdev from September, who knows what might happen with those Solos.</p><p>As for why 2867 is on loan to Whitby, 2862 is long term VOR for accident damage repairs.</p><p>

</p><p>Hopefully the North East can gain them, along with 2826 &amp; 2831 aswell...</p>

Just noticed 1328 with 64 branding missing.

Deliberate? (please please please please)

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(16 Aug 2019, 8:15 am)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]Just noticed 1328 with 64 branding missing.

Deliberate? (please please please please)

&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Debranded a few months ago - never made sense why there was 9 branded Enviros for a PVR of 8. 1328 is now technically Durham's Frequenta spare for both the 49/49a and 64 but seems to end up on anything and everything (passed in in Deaf Hill yesterday on a 57a while I was on an X22).</p>

(16 Aug 2019, 8:15 am)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]Just noticed 1328 with 64 branding missing.

Deliberate? (please please please please)

Yes, branding was removed from this one to allow greater flexibility with allocations especially as one more was 64 branded than what was required (9 branded for PVR of 8). 1533 also lost it's 6 branding to allow greater flexibility with allocations with 7539 losing 24 branding for the same reason.

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(16 Aug 2019, 8:37 am)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]</p><p><br></p><p></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Debranded a few months ago - never made sense why there was 9 branded Enviros for a PVR of 8. 1328 is now technically Durham's Frequenta spare for both the 49/49a and 64 but seems to end up on anything and everything (passed in in Deaf Hill yesterday on a 57a while I was on an X22).</p><p><br></p><p>

(16 Aug 2019, 8:40 am)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Yes, branding was removed from this one to allow greater flexibility with allocations especially as one more was 64 branded than what was required (9 branded for PVR of 8). 1533 also lost it's 6 branding to allow greater flexibility with allocations with 7539 losing 24 branding for the same reason.

&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Well 2 solos in a row have just passed on the 64 and yes, it seems to be rare to get a branded vehicle.&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">I'd be glad to see them gone, to be honest.&nbsp;<br><br>1.&nbsp;Serve 3 big shopping centres but seats are too crowded to afford any space for bags and trollies.&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br>2.&nbsp;Not enough capacity, full stop. Often overcrowded to the point that I'll happily pay more for a GNE bus. That's even with the college off for the summer.&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">3. Half of them are knackered. Crawl uphill, even when half full. The 64&nbsp;routes have&nbsp;a lot of uphill.&nbsp;</p><br></p><br></p>

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(16 Aug 2019, 8:56 am)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]<p>
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Often overcrowded to the point that I'll happily pay more for a GNE bus. That's even with the college off for the summer.&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">3. Half of them are knackered. Crawl uphill, even when half full. The 64&nbsp;routes have&nbsp;a lot of uphill.&nbsp;</p><br><p></p><br><p></p>

Solos even less capacity!

1430 broken down on the a66 towards redcar around 6 o'clock

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(16 Aug 2019, 3:10 pm)Cock Robin wrote [ -> ]Solos even less capacity!

</p><p><br></p><p>I know! The 64 needs full sized single deckers.</p>

(17 Aug 2019, 10:13 am)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]I know! The 64 needs full sized single deckers.

I've been saying that since 2012!

It used to!

Temsa 4702 has been repainted into the new Arriva livery from Frequenta.

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(18 Aug 2019, 11:58 am)S830OFT wrote [ -> ]Temsa 4702 has been repainted into the new Arriva livery from Frequenta.

Its been done months. And 4700/1.