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RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - bcal3119 - 03 Dec 2013
Sorry for the really old news,
Ashington 7483 was running on X22 on 1/12, I think this shouldn't be allowed?
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Wellsey18 - 03 Dec 2013
(03 Dec 2013, 1:46 am)bcal3119 Sorry for the really old news,
Ashington 7383 was running on X22 on 1/12, I think this shouldn't be allowed?
are you sure it was 7383 because those buses have long been withdrawn....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jncarter1962/8124445062/
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Tom - 03 Dec 2013
(03 Dec 2013, 8:12 am)Wellsey18 are you sure it was 7383 because those buses have long been withdrawn....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jncarter1962/8124445062/
He means 7483, the additional Spectra in service with Ashington.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Wellsey18 - 03 Dec 2013
(03 Dec 2013, 8:13 am)Tom He means 7483, the additional Spectra in service with Ashington.
that makes more sense haha, certainly would have been rare to see 7383
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - bcal3119 - 03 Dec 2013
thanks for reminding, that should be 7483, the "new" Optare Spectra in Ashington,
but still i think that's rare as X22 definitely needs a low floor bus?
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Tom - 03 Dec 2013
(03 Dec 2013, 8:26 pm)bcal3119 thanks for reminding, that should be 7483, the "new" Optare Spectra in Ashington,
but still i think that's rare as X22 definitely needs a low floor bus?
Yeah, it should be a low floor bus, usually a Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown, so it is rare. They are usually allocated to the 20/X20 or the 44.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - tyresmoke - 03 Dec 2013
(03 Dec 2013, 8:26 pm)bcal3119 thanks for reminding, that should be 7483, the "new" Optare Spectra in Ashington,
but still i think that's rare as X22 definitely needs a low floor bus?
Nice contrast to what should be on there!
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - united6210 - 05 Dec 2013
1304(X485 GGO) working X66 this morning
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - GuyParkRoyal - 05 Dec 2013
1474 Branded for Captains Tale 6 Service on the 42 at 12.30 today.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Kuyoyo - 05 Dec 2013
(05 Dec 2013, 2:56 pm)GuyParkRoyal 1474 Branded for Captains Tale 6 Service on the 42 at 12.30 today.
More or less normal - certain duties on the 6 inter work with the 42. Ideally you would keep the branded examples off those turns but you can't always make sure.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Andreos1 - 05 Dec 2013
(05 Dec 2013, 2:56 pm)GuyParkRoyal 1474 Branded for Captains Tale 6 Service on the 42 at 12.30 today.
Spotted one coming from Coxhoe at Bowburn Interchange yesterday morning.
It went over me on the A1 (M) as I was heading South.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Kuyoyo - 05 Dec 2013
(05 Dec 2013, 10:29 am)keithgoodwin 1304(X485 GGO) working X66 this morning
1307 also on there today. Come this time next week, seeing them in Middlesbrough will be normal given Sapphire cascade plans.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - GuyParkRoyal - 07 Dec 2013
Not sure if this is an odd working 7477 was on the X1 departing Durham for Middlesbrough at 10.20 this morning.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - tyresmoke - 07 Dec 2013
They're certainly not meant to be allocated to it (4 Gemini and 2 Pulsar is the official allocation) but they can be used as backup deckers I guess, and they have been fairly regular for the last 2-3 weeks, indeed one day last week saw 4 DLAs in one day!
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Adrian - 10 Dec 2013
Both 7443 and 4663 on the Durham 56 this morning.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - bcal3119 - 10 Dec 2013
Should be odd to see:
Volvo B10BLE 4513@X18
VDL 1424 @ X22
Both leave Haymarket at around 12:15
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - united6210 - 10 Dec 2013
1302 on X66 this afternoon
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Coppercap40 - 10 Dec 2013
Both Spectra's were seen in service today 7482 on the 34 and 7483 on 35/35A
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - tyresmoke - 16 Dec 2013
Whitby have MPD 1743 (freshly repainted and fitted with an LED of course!) working on the X93 today.....!
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - tyresmoke - 16 Dec 2013
(16 Dec 2013, 1:23 pm)tyresmoke Whitby have MPD 1743 (freshly repainted and fitted with an LED of course!) working on the X93 today.....!
The rarest of rare workings seen below... Hopefully won't become a regular thing!