(22 May 2016, 10:37 pm)EL1TE wrote Are 5167-5171 now withdrawn? If they are, why?

(22 May 2016, 6:45 am)Dan wrote The service changes at Deptford Depot effective today have resulted in a number of vehicle movements, which are summarised below.

- DAF SB120/Wright Cadet 8258 (NK04 FPC) has been withdrawn from service at Deptford.
- Mercedes Citaro 0530N/Mercedes Citaros 5320 (NK58 DVW), 5321 (NK58 DVX), 5322 (NK58 DVY), 5323 (NK58 DVZ) and 5324 (NK58 DWA) have transferred from Deptford to Riverside.
- Optare Versa V1110/Optare 8328 (NK11 HBC) has transferred from Riverside to Deptford.

Further vehicle movements and withdrawals will take place over the coming days.

Allocation Changes

• Service 33 at Deptford is now allocated corporate liveried MPD vehicles. The Wright Streetlite WF demonstrator, fleet number 9101, should transfer to Deptford tomorrow for a demonstration trial on this service.
  
• Service 39 at Deptford is now allocated light red Scania L94UB/Wright Solar vehicles. Until the entire allocation are repainted red, "Prince Bishops" branded Scania L94UB/Wright Solar vehicles will be allocated to service 39 alongside the red examples.
  
• Service 61 at Deptford is now allocated "SimpliCity" branded Optare Versa vehicles again. As only four examples were cascaded from "SimpliCity" service 2, the fifth bus in the allocation will be red Optare Versa 8328, which has transferred from Riverside as mentioned above.
  
• Service N56 at Deptford is now allocated red Wright Streetlite Micro-Hybrid vehicles. As the two red examples have not yet been delivered, this service will be allocated "Prince Bishops" branded examples for now.
  

The five silver Mercedes Citaros which have transferred from Deptford to Riverside will not be allocated to a specific service at the latter (for now). They should be allocated to services 27, 49 and 57 as preference when branded vehicles are unavailable, but can also be allocated to the Quaylink and Citylink 58 services if both red Optare Versas at Riverside have already been allocated. The PVR of the Quaylink Q3 increases from tomorrow, with more running and recovery time added into the timetable in the afternoon peak to improve the reliability of this service, due to ongoing issues at Gosforth. It is quite likely that one of these silver Mercedes Citaros will be allocated to this running board.

As mentioned elsewhere on the forum, the Next Stop Announcements have also been updated on service 56, in line with the service changes at Deptford. As per the recent updates at Washington, the slides are now in 'line plan' format including information such as BuzzFare boundary zones, and Emma Hignett has voiced the audio. If you're out and about on the 56, feel free  to drop me a note with any feedback!

(22 May 2016, 10:37 pm)EL1TE wrote Are 5167-5171 now withdrawn? If they are, why?

(23 May 2016, 5:39 am)dannygee wrote How come hey have but percy mains still got older ones. 5152,5153,5154,5155,5157. Are gne keeping the 49** renowns or are they going too

(23 May 2016, 9:21 am)GMitchelhill wrote IIRC the W regs weren't refurbished when they came from Oxford

(23 May 2016, 12:43 pm)Dan wrote Just 5160 - 5165 weren't. 5151 - 5159 and 5166 - 5171 all were.

That is why 5160 - 5165 were amongst some of the first to be withdrawn.

(23 May 2016, 2:06 pm)Michael wrote Has any more buses been withdrawn?

(23 May 2016, 2:08 pm)Dan wrote Yeah. Will update the fleet lists and news when I get home.

I'm just having a cultural visit to The Docks at the moment!

(23 May 2016, 2:11 pm)Michael wrote Haven't been to the docks in ages.

(23 May 2016, 2:06 pm)Michael wrote Has any more buses been withdrawn?

(23 May 2016, 4:37 pm)Tom wrote Are 4974 and 5203 blue?

(23 May 2016, 4:39 pm)Dan wrote 4974 is branded as "Fast Cats", while 5203 carries Go North East's corporate livery... For now, anyway!

(23 May 2016, 5:21 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote 8328 still has the next stop screen

(23 May 2016, 8:57 pm)EL1TE wrote Anyone know what the silver Mercedes Citaros are operating on so far? (5320-5324)

(23 May 2016, 9:37 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote Does any one know what operates the 39A from doxford international as i found washington take 1st run to doxford then a solar.
Does anybody know?
Thanks

(23 May 2016, 8:57 pm)EL1TE wrote Anyone know what the silver Mercedes Citaros are operating on so far? (5320-5324)

(23 May 2016, 10:01 pm)GMitchelhill wrote Additionally when will the Streetlite demo enter service at Deptford?

(24 May 2016, 5:34 am)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote Since the recent changes does anybody know what 2 buses are supposed to be allocated to service x36.?