North East Buses

(30 Sep 2016, 3:03 pm)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]This has been doing school runs through our village, this week. A recent acquisition by Pygalls, or someone else? Cochrane's maybe? Bell's is another possibility
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mjf-souths...otostream/

Saw a different one, last week, but at a different time - a black H reg DAF single decker. It's quite unusual, but unfortunately I can't remember the exact registration and I've not been able to find a picture of it or any reference to it, from the description.

Sorry I've not visited this end of the forum for ages! If it was along with the black H221TCP DAF Ikarus then they'll both be Pygalls Coaches. Didn't realise they'd added so many double decks to their fleet!

(26 Oct 2016, 8:15 am)Brian13 wrote [ -> ]Anyone know who owns V5 TYL it's in South Shields this morning. Think it's a Volvo Plaxton

V5TYL will be Style Travel of Peterlee

(25 Nov 2016, 11:24 am)Andreos1 wrote [ -> ]Saw an ELC bodied decker of some sort earlier. It's blind had been boarded up and had a permanent '752' applied. 

I was headed in the opposite direction, so didn't really get a proper look.

The reg I scribbled down was S857 OGX. That doesn't tally with anything online unfortunately.

This would be S847DGX which has recently joined the fleet at Pygalls in Peterlee.

(04 Dec 2016, 5:35 pm)tyresmoke wrote [ -> ]This would be S847DGX which has recently joined the fleet at Pygalls in Peterlee.

Not too far off the reg. Not close enough to track it down either like...
It didn't seem in bad nick from what I could see.

(04 Dec 2016, 5:35 pm)tyresmoke wrote [ -> ]Sorry I've not visited this end of the forum for ages! If it was along with the black H221TCP DAF Ikarus then they'll both be Pygalls Coaches. Didn't realise they'd added so many double decks to their fleet!

Yep, I saw the daf again, a couple of weeks ago and got the full reg, that time
 Only found one very old pic of it online, which I linked to in the pygalls thread!

Curious that absolutely everything apart from the windows had been sprayed black, even the radiator grille!

(05 Dec 2016, 12:04 am)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]Yep, I saw the daf again, a couple of weeks ago and got the full reg, that time
 Only found one very old pic of it online, which I linked to in the pygalls thread!

Curious that absolutely everything apart from the windows had been sprayed black, even the radiator grille!

There's this one which shows it just before sale to Pygalls.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/57231821@N07/28566463174

Two white Metrocity's heading north on A1 just now. Should have just passed Washington Services.

Spotted a B10 in First livery heading east along the A174 about an hour ago.
The 'city' part of the livery had been removed unfortunately.
It had a flip dot display, showing 'Private'.

Someone's for restoration or something for one of our Teesside independents?

Two TfL E400's on lowloaders heading north on A1 last night. Didn't get id unfortunately

(27 Jul 2017, 9:26 am)Andreos1 wrote [ -> ]Two TfL E400's on lowloaders heading north on A1 last night. Didn't get id unfortunately

Do you know whereabouts on the A1? I wonder if they were heading to Thornton's.

(27 Jul 2017, 10:53 am)Cobalt271 wrote [ -> ]Do you know whereabouts on the A1? I wonder if they were heading to Thornton's.

Thornton's did jump to mind.
When you drive that road as much as I do, it sort of blends in to one.
Guessing it was somewhere between Catterick and Durham.

Saw a dart on the A1 today. First time was sometime before 11, travelling northbound and left the A1 at the Seaton Burn roundabout. Second time it was on the back of an Ian Bradley tow truck travelling southbound seen near the Kingston Park slip road at around 16:50

The livery was all over orange and I could not see any fleetnames. Not sure who this may belong to.

(16 Feb 2018, 5:50 pm)Pulsar wrote [ -> ]Saw a dart on the A1 today. First time was sometime before 11, travelling northbound and left the A1 at the Seaton Burn roundabout. Second time it was on the back of an Ian Bradley tow truck travelling southbound seen near the Kingston Park slip road at around 16:50

The livery was all over orange and I could not see any fleetnames. Not sure who this may belong to.

My guess would be PCL Travel

(16 Feb 2018, 5:50 pm)Pulsar wrote [ -> ]Saw a dart on the A1 today. First time was sometime before 11, travelling northbound and left the A1 at the Seaton Burn roundabout. Second time it was on the back of an Ian Bradley tow truck travelling southbound seen near the Kingston Park slip road at around 16:50

The livery was all over orange and I could not see any fleetnames. Not sure who this may belong to.

I noticed that Dart this afternoon joining the A19 from Seaton Burn at 14:40 all of a sudden smoke started coming from the engine bay to the point I was unable to read the number plate. The Dart had to pull over to the side of the road and the driver (looked to be an engineer) quickly vacated the vehicle.
There was no branding on the vehicle apart from an easy access sticker on one of the off side windows the shade of orange looked similar to the Sainsbury's branded bus that Arriva had in Whitby.

Was it a MPD or a larger Dart? I ask as I have seen a photo on Facebook of Arriva MPD 1759 in Blyth depot this afternoon. Judging by the mention of Easy Access stickers, it sounds like it was 1759.

(16 Feb 2018, 8:18 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Was it a MPD or a larger Dart? I ask as I have seen a photo on Facebook of Arriva MPD 1759 in Blyth depot this afternoon. Judging by the mention of Easy Access stickers, it sounds like it was 1759.

Yes it was an MPD, that all makes sense then. Never though of 1759, wonder why it was at Blyth?

Blyth do PSV tests if other depots aren't available. There's been Sapphire Pulsars from Durham there in the past.

Saw an Alx200 parked on someone's drive in Liverton. 
More or less opposite the Waterwheel Inn.
Didnt manage to get it id'd unfortunately.
Any ideas?

Was coming into Gateshead on the X24 from Sunderland this afternoon when I spotted former Tower Transit VWN32398 (LK54 FNP) parked up at Dynamix Skate Park - https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...ed-public/

Success4All provides a setting, in areas of Newcastle marked by low academic achievement, where independent, collaborative or paired learning can take place.

(05 Mar 2019, 5:28 pm)Malarkey wrote [ -> ]Was coming into Gateshead on the X24 from Sunderland this afternoon when I spotted former Tower Transit VWN32398 (LK54 FNP) parked up at Dynamix Skate Park - https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...ed-public/

Success4All provides a setting, in areas of Newcastle marked by low academic achievement, where independent, collaborative or paired learning can take place.

I think that's the one that featured on a George Clarke TV show recently.
They showed the conversion from a standard decker to a learning environment.
Might be available on More4 to catch.

Edit: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/...783751.amp

MF11 LVU by kieron mathews, on Flickr

does anyone know who this belongs to ?

Anyone got an idea as to who owns Optare Excel Y249 DRC? Spotted it moving along Sunderland Road just a few mins ago..