(22 Nov 2024, 10:45 pm)nova347 wrote Well those were probably the reason GNE got the later 939 slot on a morning that Nexus was going to cancel due to low ridership as its one of the lowest capacity vehicles in any fleet so.

Unless something has changed minibuses can't be used on the 939. 

(Solo SR's are midibuses).

(23 Nov 2024, 7:35 am)Storx wrote Unless something has changed minibuses can't be used on the 939. 

(Solo SR's are midibuses).

Something must have changed because 729/730 were used regularly and a Solo as well.

(23 Nov 2024, 10:23 am)nova347 wrote Something must have changed because 729/730 were used regularly and a Solo as well.

Haven't been on for awhile now though so assume someone has reminded them. 

Solos are fine though, they're bigger. Sure the contract is (or was at least 23 seats).

(23 Nov 2024, 10:35 am)Storx wrote Haven't been on for awhile now though so assume someone has reminded them. 

Solos are fine though, they're bigger. Sure the contract is (or was at least 23 seats).

I thought that too, but as this was the one Nexus was going to cut for low ridership as GNE has Solos and those two Mercs, I thought they won it by having a suitable bus for the loads.

I passed (whilst driving) an X1 Streetdeck getting a lift from Alpha along the A19 around lunch time today (it came from the A690 slip so presumably Houghton area).

6157 (Elite Driver Training). Must have crashed on the 6 on the 20th of Sept and didn't return till the 28th of October. Several panels down the driver side were replaced with plain black as well as practically a new front end and on the door side, a few panels surrounding both wheels have been replaced as well. So much for Elite! Anyone know what happened to it? 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/201417037@...yy-2oJ7Pck

(22 Nov 2024, 10:38 pm)DaveFromUpNorth wrote Isnt this the little buses often used for  Nexus Contracts in small tight estates... I recall them being used in CLS during a road closure and was used to ferry people from the estates onto the main services 

It could also be argubly used to compete with GCT in some contracts

IIRC they were bought specifically for the Newcastle hospital contract but were shelved once covid hit and never went back on the service.  I seem to remember some specific advertising for volunteers for the rota day shift Mon-Fri and one of the benefits was specifically driving these vehicles.

Currently on 6973. Damn this thing can shift like

Not been on one of these like this before

Long time VOR 6337 has moved to the parking lanes at Hownsgill today. Out of curiosity i had a check on the govt website and noticed it has passed its MOT so a return to service soon?

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8348 only one of the 8348-8354 to have re-trimmed seats as well as the only one to have highback seats.

https://flickr.com/photos/182309254@N08/...W-2qxdMCd/

(30 Nov 2024, 9:23 pm)nova347 wrote 8348 only one of the 8348-8354 to have re-trimmed seats as well as the only one to have highback seats.

https://flickr.com/photos/182309254@N08/...W-2qxdMCd/

At least one other has retrimmed seats. 

This was a demonstrator when new, hence the different seats.

(30 Nov 2024, 10:45 pm)busmanT wrote At least one other has retrimmed seats. 

This was a demonstrator when new, hence the different seats.

Oh! Thank you for correcting me I thought it was the only one but clearly I missed one.