(29 Sep 2018, 3:18 pm)cbma06 wrote Arriva haven’t got a dedicated fleet for there own commercial services


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(30 Sep 2018, 6:40 pm)NewcastleOne wrote Swap with what

(30 Sep 2018, 6:58 pm)S830OFT wrote Blyth should get a minibus investment for services 1 and 2.

(03 Oct 2018, 5:11 pm)Driver9*** wrote And pigs might fly. Bear in mind the newest Minibus at Blyth/Ash/Jesmond is an 08 plate. The German masters will be looking for at least another 5 years out of them. Savings have to be made, the Krauts want their profit one way or another....

(03 Oct 2018, 6:30 pm)S830OFT wrote Correction, the newest minibus with Arriva Northumbria is the Mini 2011 61 plates, hopefully an investment can be made somewhere in the North East.

(03 Oct 2018, 8:33 pm)JM03 wrote What about 2870/71 ex-Jesmond now Whitby??? Aren't they 12s

(30 Sep 2018, 4:20 pm)mb134 wrote Jesmond's were killed on express routes, including a good couple of years on the Alnwick/Berwick routes before they got transferred to Jesmond last year. Ashingtons, bar 7511-3, are younger and so likely a bit more reliable.

It could also just have been coincidence that you happened to see more Jesmond break downs!

(04 Oct 2018, 6:37 pm)Brampton Trev wrote So would the 'killed on express routes' include examples such as 7504 NK57DYA which I see was at Redcar for the X93 and now to be seen on the 685 ( along with other 57 or 07 reg E400s that appear on the 685)?

(05 Oct 2018, 4:44 pm)Andreos1 wrote What's the craic with the 53 branded alx300's these days?
Havent long seen one on the A689 near Sedgefield. Driven by a fitter.

(05 Oct 2018, 4:44 pm)Andreos1 wrote What's the craic with the 53 branded alx300's these days?
Havent long seen one on the A689 near Sedgefield. Driven by a fitter.

(05 Oct 2018, 8:44 pm)JM03 wrote On about that, considering 1574-1578 basically replaced them, will they gain sub branding for the 53. Personally, I think it should be turned to sapphire considering for all I know it runs off the 43?

(05 Oct 2018, 9:15 pm)L469 YVK wrote With the exception of any 'Rare' workings, below should be the following allocations / interworkings (interworkings in brackets).

Monday to Saturday daytime:
- 43(44/45) = Sapphire E400s / Sapphire VDL Pulsar
- 53(52/54) = Wright Streetlite

Evenings and Sundays:
- 43(46/52/53) = Sapphire E400s / Sapphire VDL Pulsar
- 44(45) = Sapphire E400s / Sapphire VDL Pular

(05 Oct 2018, 4:44 pm)Andreos1 wrote What's the craic with the 53 branded alx300's these days?
Havent long seen one on the A689 near Sedgefield. Driven by a fitter.

(06 Oct 2018, 1:03 pm)Cock Robin wrote Apparently on its way back to Jesmond in exchange for 7425 which has been receiving mechanical attention there, though 4523 was seen at Belmont last night.

(08 Oct 2018, 3:19 pm)BeachBoy99 wrote The front blind on the Frequenta 64-branded ADL Enviro 200, 1327 (YX10 EBV) has fell out of its fitting and is now slanted back making it slightly dofficult to read the route number and service allocated to it.

(10 Oct 2018, 6:29 am)Michael wrote Just seen the ED4 in Sunderland... empty, rarely see it but does it get busy?

(10 Oct 2018, 6:29 am)Michael wrote Just seen the ED4 in Sunderland... empty, rarely see it but does it get busy?

(13 Oct 2018, 5:02 pm)Pulsar wrote Just seen a Solo in new livery on the 2 to Blyth. Possibly 2810 as I have seen the others recently.

(13 Oct 2018, 5:02 pm)Pulsar wrote Just seen a Solo in new livery on the 2 to Blyth. Possibly 2810 as I have seen the others recently.

(13 Oct 2018, 7:56 pm)GNE6312 wrote That is correct had it on the 2 at 6pm from bebside asda

(11 Oct 2018, 6:14 pm)omnicity4659 wrote 7554 has now transferred to Ashington.