(18 Oct 2021, 11:00 am)JP6004 wrote Another cherry has popped up...

(18 Oct 2021, 11:05 am)Dan wrote Mistakenly so.

5324 has been off the road for MOT preparation and test, but I guess someone has assumed that it was off the road for paint and wrongly updated bustimes.

(17 Oct 2021, 9:35 pm)Keeiajs wrote Wonder the spares for the 65, consider one has been off since the 4th Oct. really bad reliability, Crazy to think there is more Peterlee Purples Solo's at Deptford than Peterlee.

(18 Oct 2021, 12:52 am)peter wrote Why would these be sent for the 71 - they already have Solo's at Chester-le-Street for that. I imagine they might hold off on the Venture Solo's until the 71/730 contracts are sorted out. All the fleet livery Solo's have left Consett (except 638 though I imagine that will follow suit). They need two for the Venture and 1 for the 30/31. Say they keep 641-643 and 644 as a spare, if they repaint 645 but then win the 730 contract it would make sense to keep another Venture for that. And then 646 is VOR atm so that's not doing anything soon. I imagine when the DCC contracts get sorted out if they don't end up being needed a couple more SR's will go to Percy Main to replace the last 4 10-reg Solo's

(18 Oct 2021, 3:29 pm)Dan wrote The 'on the morning' spare will be a fleet livery Solo.

For planned maintenance, Deptford will replace a branded Streetlite with a fleet livery Streetlite.


Indeed.

There's a 3 PVR for Venture minibuses, with 1 PVR for Tynedale Links (service 689). The V3 and 689 both need to be minibuses, so two spares are carried. That accounts for the five Venture Solos at Consett. 646 is the only spare Venture Solo, and it's long-term VOR awaiting an engine.

As well as 638 being float/reserve at Consett, there's also five float/reserve Solo currently in use at Deptford (648 - 651) - two covering air con mods and three covering the former indiGo branded Solo repaints. These will be used to replace the oldest Solo at Percy Main.

(18 Oct 2021, 3:43 pm)JP6004 wrote Some people on here will be pleased to here newer vehicles off to percy main...

(18 Oct 2021, 5:41 pm)Storx wrote I'm not sure anyone is going to be excited over 8 year old Solos that used to be based at Percy Main ironically replacing the buses that sent them elsewhere.

(18 Oct 2021, 3:29 pm)Dan wrote The 'on the morning' spare will be a fleet livery Solo.

For planned maintenance, Deptford will replace a branded Streetlite with a fleet livery Streetlite.

(17 Oct 2021, 9:18 pm)Michael wrote Dan has confirmed on Twitter that after the Peterlee Purples are done, they're moving on to Silver and Blonde, while also confirming which solo's will be allocated to them.


653-661 are the Peterlee Purples (657-661 Deptford for X6/38A and 62)
662/3 Silver
664 Blonde
665/6 in fleet livery.

Should be completed in that order (658 is away for repaint at the mo).

Peterlee require four Peterlee Purples (653 - 656) for the 62A, 201, 206, 209 and 210.
Service 204 is unbranded and will be a fleet livery Solo, and the spare will also be in fleet livery (665/6).
Deptford run 5 buses on the 62/X6, all of which are Peterlee Purples (657 - 661).




https://twitter.com/Dan3942/status/1449787718351921156?s=19

(18 Oct 2021, 6:51 pm)cbma06 wrote So there’s only going to be 1 solo branded up as Blonde for the 38, would of been better having the 33 and 38 in the silver brand, the 204/204A and 59 should have its own brand as “Durham and District” , and then could of have Durham and District Purples instead of Peterlee Purples?


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(18 Oct 2021, 6:51 pm)cbma06 wrote So there’s only going to be 1 solo branded up as Blonde for the 38, would of been better having the 33 and 38 in the silver brand, the 204/204A and 59 should have its own brand as “Durham and District” , and then could of have Durham and District Purples instead of Peterlee Purples?


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(18 Oct 2021, 7:12 pm)Dan wrote The PVR of the 38 is 1, so yes, one bus is branded.

It wouldn't have been better having the 33 and 38 in one brand, because the idea behind the new Sunderland network was that each service had its own individual colour.

(18 Oct 2021, 8:39 pm)Wybus wrote The 59 only runs on Sundays, they are hardly going to brand a service that runs one day a week!

(18 Oct 2021, 9:05 pm)cbma06 wrote Service 59 have always been a branded service  until September just gone under the east Durham brand and the indigo brand


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(18 Oct 2021, 9:14 pm)Wybus wrote Not a specific brand though and barely ever advertised as such

(21 Oct 2021, 10:23 am)ThomasBooth123 wrote Black cats lives on with 5463 for now anyway

(21 Oct 2021, 6:15 pm)ThomasBooth123 wrote Dan has confirmed 5463 is off to Saltmeadows tomorrow

(06 Nov 2021, 7:30 am)54APhotography wrote The final Sunderland District Berrie, 8329 took up duties yesterday, caught inbetween Autumn shadows on Ryhope Road with a 2A to Silksworth on it's first journey south

8329 NK11HDN | Optare Versa V1110 8329 travels along Ryhope … | Flickr

(24 Nov 2021, 4:39 pm)ASX_Terranova wrote Am i right in thinking the pvr of the 33 is 2?

(26 Nov 2021, 9:57 am)Train8261 wrote What has confused me so much. Watching a video on the NSA. Why branding it Sunderland District when the NSA just mentions the end part. Take example from the NSA video. It says this is the Berries 2A service or this is the Graphite 38A service