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RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - Kuyoyo - 25 Mar 2016
1430 replacing 1572 on 3/81 due to late running.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - Kuyoyo - 25 Mar 2016
(25 Mar 2016, 10:22 am)Kuyoyo wrote 1562/6 on 63/64a, 1561 on 63
Also joined by 1560/3.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - NK53 TKT - 25 Mar 2016
2845-32/32A
2846-55
2806-18A
7606-X9
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - Kuyoyo - 25 Mar 2016
(25 Mar 2016, 10:22 am)Kuyoyo wrote 1562/6 on 63/64a, 1561 on 63
(25 Mar 2016, 2:15 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Also joined by 1560/3.
Later joined by 1572, but due to the traffic all have ended up all over the place.
1561 is out on 22s this evening (working the even hours from Middlesbrough)
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - Kuyoyo - 26 Mar 2016
7456 on X12
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - Kuyoyo - 26 Mar 2016
1922 on 7, while 2803 is on staff shuttle
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - 9920up - 26 Mar 2016
2850 Generic Frequenta Solo on 1/5/5A/19 circuit
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - tyresmoke - 26 Mar 2016
1473 on X12 for Stockton
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - passenger_10 - 26 Mar 2016
X14 branded e400 on the x15.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - NK53 TKT - 26 Mar 2016
2815 43/44/45
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - Davie - 26 Mar 2016
(26 Mar 2016, 6:54 pm)NK53 TKT wrote 2815 43/44/45
2871 was also on.
Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - MrPottski - 27 Mar 2016
4812 on the 5A/12 today, rear display only showing 5 instead of 5A.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - BusLoverMum - 28 Mar 2016
1517 on the 22
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - Kuyoyo - 29 Mar 2016
1916 on 7
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - NK53 TKT - 29 Mar 2016
2847 55
46 Solo 43/44/45
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - Stuartphin1639 - 29 Mar 2016
1424 on X66/7 replacing 4651
Sapphire spare 1479 was spending the day on the 7s
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - biglugs@yahoo.com - 29 Mar 2016
1792 57 to kelloe
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - BusLoverMum - 29 Mar 2016
1524 on the 22.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - Kuyoyo - 29 Mar 2016
1449 also on 7
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - NK53 TKT - 29 Mar 2016
1584 52/53
4521 X16
4662 43/44/45
1401 and 7466 X10/X11
NK09 FMZ and 7481 X20
2806 46
7472 X14
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - Kuyoyo - 29 Mar 2016
1915 on 15
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - passenger_10 - 29 Mar 2016
35 branded Streetlite on the X21/X22
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - tyresmoke - 30 Mar 2016
1589 on 52/53 this morning, along with the usual Pulsars. 46 branded Solo on 59 too
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - BusLoverMum - 30 Mar 2016
1595 on the 6
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - Stuartphin1639 - 30 Mar 2016
1416 on X1
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - BusLoverMum - 30 Mar 2016
Sapphire 6 on x12
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - NK53 TKT - 30 Mar 2016
4523 306
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - Cock Robin - 30 Mar 2016
Not a single Max on either the X12 or X66 Sunday. Ridiculous. Every one a bog standard Pulsar.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - Dan - 30 Mar 2016
(30 Mar 2016, 1:47 pm)Cock Robin wrote Not a single Max on either the X12 or X66 Sunday. Ridiculous. Every one a bog standard Pulsar.
I was quite surprised to read on a Facebook group that, to update the Next Stop Announcement media at Darlington, all "MAX" specification vehicles are kept off the road on a Sunday?
There's very few enthusiasts that can appreciate how time-consuming a job updating the media is, but as I have quite a large amount of experience in doing these updates for another operator, I can understand completely the wish to update all buses in one go, rather than dribs and drabs. What I couldn't understand is why Arriva don't pay for staff to come in on a night, when all buses are in the depot, to update the media? That way, passengers aren't 'inconvenienced' with a lower-spec vehicle being allocated, but it's still possible to catch every bus at the same time.
Not sure what other situations there have been, resulting in all "MAX" vehicles being off the road, but the above situation certainly could have been avoided...
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2016 - scania driver - 30 Mar 2016
As someone posted recently, "it's just a case of what is handy in the depot". Or is it just a case of laziness. Makes a mockery of the whole branding thing.