In light of Percy Mains withdrawel of Omnidekkas, their B7TLs are having a busy day.

6901 on 42
6902 on 41
6903 on 434
6904 was on 434 until replaced by 6903.
6905 on 41.

6133, 36, 37 & 39 all seen about 13:55 today on the A1M with 6136, 37 & 39 debranded. presume these are all withdrawn

Wow lucky to get a photo of them before they left. Went past depot about 1230 saw them parked up so took a photo with me phone.

(26 Jul 2021, 1:47 pm)GNE6312 wrote 6133, 36, 37 & 39 all seen about 13:55 today on the A1M with 6136, 37 & 39 debranded. presume these are all withdrawn

Reading other threads it could have been 6138 I seen

Didn't know where else to put it. But Percy Main are doing the H1 as 637 is on it

6929 is on the 1a

(26 Jul 2021, 6:15 pm)Arcticrossy92 wrote Sad to see these buses leave. They were a massive upgrade in so many ways when the first ones entered on the old X30/X31 (Lanchester-Newcastle) - The power of the engines, the overall comfort and the windows not raining down on you were the highlights! Some of the Lolynes they replaced were dreadful!

Luckily 6131/32/34/35/44/46-48/62-74 will be staying

And 6175 (9068) and last but not least 6176 ?

(26 Jul 2021, 6:28 pm)54APhotography wrote And 6175 (9068) and last but not least 6176 ?

Didn't know what's happening with 9068 and as for 6176 I completely forgot about.

Rare workings out of Percy Main today

41, 6928 & 6903

42, 6901

1A/1B, 5274 & 6148 (6904 was out earlier)

309, 6902

310, 6905

Seems like the 690# at Percy Main are seeing some use now

(27 Jul 2021, 9:31 am)Train8261 wrote Seems like the 690# at Percy Main are seeing some use now

School summer holidays, free for all with deckers now as they can use the time to do some repairs on the regular fleet now they have a surplus of busses.

Still confused why one's on the 42 

8332 already off route as it’s on the 55 to Wingate


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(27 Jul 2021, 6:43 pm)cbma06 wrote 8332 already off route as it’s on the 55 to Wingate


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Booked working - the last 55 from Sunderland to Wingate works off the last short 55 from Doxford Park, which works off the 1654 2 from Washington (bus runs light from Silksworth to Doxford Park). Same bus also works the 0656 8A from Sunderland to Washington on a morning.

(27 Jul 2021, 11:50 am)Train8261 wrote Still confused why one's on the 42 

Seems like 5268 and 5269 have moved to Riverside and 5273 is VOR aswell so it's forced the Solo's onto the 19 plus one of the peak 19 runs seems to be interworking with the H1 using a Solo aswell, doesn't look like there was anything else there to actually run the service.

True. I'm wonderful if GNE would ever move the H2 to Percy Main depot

(27 Jul 2021, 6:51 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Booked working - the last 55 from Sunderland to Wingate works off the last short 55 from Doxford Park, which works off the 1654 2 from Washington (bus runs light from Silksworth to Doxford Park). Same bus also works the 0656 8A from Sunderland to Washington on a morning.

Was 8333 a booked working aswell as that was on the 61 last night?


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(28 Jul 2021, 7:41 am)cbma06 wrote Was 8333 a booked working aswell  as that was  on the 61 last night?


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According to Bus Times, yes those 61s are also on the end of a 2 board - while a 61 board drops onto the evening short 2s around the same time.

(28 Jul 2021, 8:04 am)Kuyoyo wrote According to Bus Times, yes those 61s are also on the end of a 2 board - while a 61 board drops onto the evening short 2s around the same time.

Cheers for the info


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3964 and 5333  on 9 yesterday

Was looking on bustimes and saw this... doubt its true though as its showing their was a X10 at 16:02 and then after that an M6 at 15:45, does anybody know how these sort of things happens? ticket machine changes etc

https://bustimes.org/vehicles/278272?date=2021-07-28#

Think it's something to do with the tickets machine as the odd coach will track on the 58 or 67 or 69

6084 is on 97


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Go North East 6354 / YX70 OKO by kieron mathews, on Flickr


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6126 is on X66 today


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(31 Jul 2021, 3:38 pm)transportintyneandwear wrote 6126 is on X66 today


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One of quite afew rarities involving omnidekkas today others included:
6127 & 6131 on 12/12A/6 (Quite a common occourance recently but still rare)
3995 on the crusaders
6129 on the 10A/B
And 6167 on the 86 making the little pinks 86 the XL red & Blues 86

(31 Jul 2021, 6:51 pm)GNE6312 wrote One of quite afew rarities involving omnidekkas today others included:
6127 & 6131 on 12/12A/6 (Quite a common occourance recently but still rare)
3995 on the crusaders
6129 on the 10A/B
And 6167 on the 86 making the little pinks 86 the XL red & Blues 86

Correct me if i'm wrong but i don't think Washington have many spare solos so I think any bus can be used as spare. I've seen Ominicities, Citaros and even geminis allocated to 85/86 over the past few years as a result.

(31 Jul 2021, 7:00 pm)ASX_Terranova wrote Correct me if i'm wrong but i don't think Washington have many spare solos so I think any bus can be used as spare. I've seen Ominicities, Citaros and even geminis allocated to 85/86 over the past few years as a result.

They have two spare minibuses, which is about the right number in percentage terms.


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