(08 Mar 2015, 6:11 pm)AIG20 wrote Oh Dear! It appears that the leak did come from Sunderland Depot, and here are peoples comments below:

"It was confirmed it was at the stagecoach bus depot 1 of the cylinders had burst open hence the noise and smell of gas"

"Gas leak was at the depot for the busses"

"It's the busways depot, I live in Howick park"

"Its the gas tanks at the bus depot happened about half three really loud hissing noise could here it at Tesco"

(08 Mar 2015, 6:11 pm)AIG20 wrote Oh Dear! It appears that the leak did come from Sunderland Depot

(08 Mar 2015, 6:24 pm)aureolin wrote Obviously something we'd never see in public, but they'll have a business continuity and disaster recovery plan to invoke, as I'd imagine the other operators will have too.

(08 Mar 2015, 9:31 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Couple of corrections/additions to the news

34609 & 34612 are also both now Slatyford based.

22063 remains at Slatyford, as does 22215 - the later for disposal. No sign of 22471.

(08 Mar 2015, 9:31 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Couple of corrections/additions to the news

34609 & 34612 are also both now Slatyford based.

22063 remains at Slatyford, as does 22215 - the later for disposal. No sign of 22471.

(09 Mar 2015, 6:09 am)Dan wrote Cheers - will update accordingly this morning if I have enough time before going out for the Metro.

22215 was at Sunderland two days ago: https://flic.kr/p/rdZxgm
AIG20 usually passes the Wheatsheaf every morning going to college - hopefully he'll be able to shed some light to confirm if it went back to Slatyford yesterday or not?

(08 Mar 2015, 9:31 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Couple of corrections/additions to the news

34609 & 34612 are also both now Slatyford based.

22063 remains at Slatyford, as does 22215 - the later for disposal. No sign of 22471.

(09 Mar 2015, 6:56 pm)AIG20 wrote 39725 (NK09 EGX) is another one of the MAN E200s now Walkergate based.
Image owned by Flickr user "Regional Bus Photos".

(09 Mar 2015, 9:03 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote If a third has gone to balance the numbers, it will likely be 39723 - but this is subject to confirmation

(10 Mar 2015, 7:18 pm)AIG20 wrote 39723 (NK09 EPP) is noted in the Fleet Movements above as now at Walkergate.

39724 (NK09 EGU) is also now Walkergate based
Image owned by Flickr user "mdw9121"

(10 Mar 2015, 7:20 pm)Michael wrote Woo it means Sunderland aren't loosing theirs!  

(12 Mar 2015, 7:11 pm)roar wrote That's a shame, utter horrible vehicles. 

(12 Mar 2015, 8:51 pm)AIG20 wrote MAN E200 39728 is now the worst bus I have ever ridden on - as when I was on it on Tuesday it was slow, sluggish, did not go over 20mph, did not kickdown, it absolutely stank of "body odour", and had a very noisy cooling fan. I have never been on a MAN E200 before that has never really kicked-down frequently.

Meanwhile, I rode on 39707 on Wednesday and this was the total opposite as it went very fast, kicked-down a lot, it did not smell and sounded great.

(12 Mar 2015, 9:32 pm)roar wrote If it didn't go over 20mph I would suggest the driver was a bit wary of the vehicle. This would suggest why you never experienced the driver 'kicking down' if he was a bit wary of it and was doing under 20mph he wouldn't kick down for the boost it would give. To be fair you don't need to use the kick down on a MAN as they quite powerful anyway and I don't think I've ever used the kick down on any MAN vehicle I've driven and this must be over 200 at the moment. I have a slight inkling your confusing the term 'kick down' with down shifting of the gear box. All MANs are notorious for down shifting and I have a feeling this is what your experiencing.

(13 Mar 2015, 10:14 pm)idiot wrote Just realised that the free WiFi stickers I seen on 37*** is a 14 reg plate! I most of missed the news if them getting delivered!

(12 Mar 2015, 10:57 pm)tyresmoke wrote I have! lol
Driving 24107 on 36s trying to keep up with everyone else was an experience...

(14 Mar 2015, 12:22 pm)roar wrote Drove a couple out of that batch but not 24107, didn't come across as anything special. Did you get a chance to drive any of the Optare Vecta's with Arriva, just cant remember if they was any left with Arriva then. Only MANs I've driven apart from a few coaches have been low floor vehicles and always wondered if the high floor stuff from the early days was any better.

(14 Mar 2015, 10:52 pm)Racer_Experience wrote http://www.route-one.net/industry/orders/euro-6-dominates-85m-stagecoach-order/

(14 Mar 2015, 10:54 pm)tyresmoke wrote No I didn't sadly! Only high floor vehicles I've driven was a bunch of B10M's and Olympian's at Stagecoach... plus the trainers at Arriva (B6, DAF coach)

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Do you ever read any other threads? Stagecoach 2015/16 order even shows on the front page at present!

(15 Mar 2015, 7:45 pm)AIG20 wrote It appears that Volvo Olympian 16714 (N714 LTN) is being donated to a South Tyneside School! I wonder which one?
Image owned by "Ian J Stanness" of the "Stagecoach Enthusiasts" Facebook Group.

(15 Mar 2015, 7:45 pm)AIG20 wrote It appears that Volvo Olympian 16714 (N714 LTN) is being donated to a South Tyneside School! I wonder which one?
Image owned by "Ian J Stanness" of the "Stagecoach Enthusiasts" Facebook Group.

(15 Mar 2015, 7:58 pm)aureolin wrote Is this the same batch that was used on the Es around 02-04 time?

If so, they were fantastic bombing down Lizard Lane on the E2