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RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - omnicity4659 - 06 Oct 2022

(05 Oct 2022, 9:40 am)GNE6312 wrote X93 B9TL just seen heading east on the felling bypass NIS, any ideas what it's doing and where its been?

Spotted it crossing over the Tyne Bridge heading into Newcastle at around 1130.


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Kuyoyo - 16 Oct 2022

2854 straight out into service at Stockton - out on 5E board, doing 5s and 29s all day


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Stuartphin1639 - 16 Oct 2022

(16 Oct 2022, 9:22 am)Kuyoyo wrote 2854 straight out into service at Stockton -  out on 5E board, doing 5s and 29s all day


Have we got anything in replacement?


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Kuyoyo - 17 Oct 2022

(16 Oct 2022, 8:43 pm)Stuartphin1639 wrote Have we got anything in replacement?

See:

(16 Oct 2022, 7:47 am)Kuyoyo wrote It’s that time of year again - Yarm Fair week with the usual Pulsar/Solo swaps.

1446/69 are off to Redcar in exchange for 2824/34 returning for the week
Meanwhile Darlington are to receive 1448/53/94 in exchange for 3 Solos - so far, one swap has taken place and 2854 is now at Stockton with 1448 at Darlington and 1453 is en-route. With the arrival of the E200MMCs at Darlington at the end of the month, this is likely to be the last year for Solos on Yarm Fair week.



RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Ryland - 03 Nov 2022

Redcar giving passengers and uncomfortable ride on the x4 with 2516 today


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - V514DFT - 08 Nov 2022

7613 was on the 53 today


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Ryland - 11 Jul 2023

1555 was operating on the x93 this afternoon


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Andreos1 - 11 Jul 2023

(11 Jul 2023, 8:42 pm)Ryland wrote 1555 was operating on the x93 this afternoon

One of the P&R Gemini's looked forlorn on the A19 tonight.

Was parked up in a lay by on the new widened stretch at Norton not too long ago. 
Possibly still there!


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Ryland - 12 Jul 2023

(11 Jul 2023, 9:28 pm)Andreos1 wrote One of the P&R Gemini's looked forlorn on the A19 tonight.

Was parked up in a lay by on the new widened stretch at Norton not too long ago. 
Possibly still there!

May have been 7610 as it's not been used in a while


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Stuartphin1639 - 12 Jul 2023

Darlington’s 1603 is currently working for Walkergate depot. Currently tracking as 1588


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Ryland - 12 Jul 2023

2860 been operating through Redcar and whitby X4 and 95


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - L469 YVK - 17 Jul 2023

X21/X22 E400MMC on the 306 & 308 earlier under SP Blyth ticket machine.


Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - tyresmoke - 09 Aug 2023

Durham Solo 2861 on loan to Redcar today operating service 63 seen this afternoon

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RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Ryland - 09 Aug 2023

(09 Aug 2023, 7:44 pm)tyresmoke wrote Durham Solo 2861 on loan to Redcar today operating service 63 seen this afternoon

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Could this be tracking as 2860? 
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Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - tyresmoke - 09 Aug 2023



Yes it’s tracking as 2860, or was today anyway


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RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Ryland - 10 Aug 2023

(09 Aug 2023, 9:30 pm)tyresmoke wrote Yes it’s tracking as 2860, or was today anyway


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On the 81 still tracking as 2860


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - solsburian - 29 Dec 2023

Addington's 400MMC 7578 has been working Blyth services since yesterday (28th).


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - NEbushopper - 29 Jan 2024

1479 is claiming to be on the 2 from Kirkhill to Blyth.


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - PH - BQA - 29 Jan 2024

(29 Jan 2024, 7:24 am)NEbushopper wrote 1479 is claiming to be on the 2 from Kirkhill to Blyth.

It's an Ashington vehicle now.


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Rapidsnap - 30 Jan 2024

Ashington had ADL Enviro 400MMC number 7548 out on the 434 today, certainly gave the trees north of North Linton a good pruning, just as well it had a tree deflector. Seen here this morning in East Bedlington (according to various community signs) https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/53498944121


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - nova347 - 03 Feb 2024

There was an Arriva VDL SB200 Wrightbus Pulsar sat in the layby just before the Seaton exit on the A19, around 10:45/11 heading Middlesbrough way. Couldn't remember the full plate but it began with CX58


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Mike_98 - 03 Feb 2024

(03 Feb 2024, 8:19 pm)nova347 wrote There was an Arriva VDL SB200 Wrightbus Pulsar sat in the layby just before the Seaton exit on the A19, around 10:45/11 heading Middlesbrough way. Couldn't remember the full plate but it began with CX58

Ohh nice. Could be anything to be fair. Could mean it maybe here to replace 1355 if it doesnt come back into service as people have said it has a high chance of not returning. It could also be a new training vehicle. Could also be going to Stockton for Spare or maybe even coming up for a repair. Hopefully its a transfer up though. Would be nice to see some Pulsar 1's around Teeside.


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - peter - 04 Feb 2024

(03 Feb 2024, 8:19 pm)nova347 wrote There was an Arriva VDL SB200 Wrightbus Pulsar sat in the layby just before the Seaton exit on the A19, around 10:45/11 heading Middlesbrough way. Couldn't remember the full plate but it began with CX58

(03 Feb 2024, 9:03 pm)Mike_98 wrote Ohh nice. Could be anything to be fair. Could mean it maybe here to replace 1355 if it doesnt come back into service as people have said it has a high chance of not returning. It could also be a new training vehicle. Could also be going to Stockton for Spare or maybe even coming up for a repair. Hopefully its a transfer up though. Would be nice to see some Pulsar 1's around Teeside.

Will be ex-Merseyside heading from Thorntons to Yorkshire I'd imagine


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Aaron21 - 19 Feb 2024

This has to be a first. Ashington don't have any of the long solos out on the 57/57A. Maybe (I hope) Ashington have came to the senses and finally realised the 57/57A can't handle being them anymore


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Storx - 19 Feb 2024

(19 Feb 2024, 8:55 am)Aaron21 wrote This has to be a first. Ashington don't have any of the long solos out on the 57/57A. Maybe (I hope) Ashington have came to the senses and finally realised the 57/57A can't handle being them anymore

More than likely just broken again. Checking Bustimes and the caveats.

2601 - Appears to have died on the Spine Road on Wednesday, never returned.
2602 - 434
2603 - 434
2852 - Came in last run Saturday, not out again
2853 - Appears to have died on Saturday in Bedlington
2854 - Appears to have limped through losing time big time, with it then running empty and running short from Bedlington Station and pulled off and assuming the ticket machine thrown into something else.
2859 - Appears to have gone wrong in Stakeford on Friday, before limping back to the depot.


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - logidoodah - 20 Feb 2024

(19 Feb 2024, 8:55 am)Aaron21 wrote This has to be a first. Ashington don't have any of the long solos out on the 57/57A. Maybe (I hope) Ashington have came to the senses and finally realised the 57/57A can't handle being them anymore

Is that not a good thing? Passenger numbers increasing and route needing upgrading. 
If this is the case I think this is the first route since COVID that has needed an upgraded (without being decreased during the pandemic, driver shortages or frequency reductions?) Happy to be corrected though....


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings 2022 - Aaron21 - 20 Feb 2024

(20 Feb 2024, 12:51 am)logidoodah wrote Is that not a good thing? Passenger numbers increasing and route needing upgrading. 
If this is the case I think this is the first route since COVID that has needed an upgraded (without being decreased during the pandemic, driver shortages or frequency reductions?) Happy to be corrected though....
They really need to upgrade the route to long buses insted of solos