Not sure which vehicles are newer due to the TTs having private regs on.
Edit: guess not if the London ones are being MOT’d.
Silly idea.
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(18 Jan 2022, 2:07 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Could they put the euro6 engines/mods into the Toon Tour presidents? Is that doable or is it easier to repaint the London Tour vehicles?
Not sure which vehicles are newer due to the TTs having private regs on.
Edit: guess not if the London ones are being MOT’d.
Silly idea.
(18 Jan 2022, 8:24 pm)Train8261 wrote Hahaha ask that to whoever decided to reduce services on an evening thereI think at most through a day they had 8, and that was only for a few days.
(18 Jan 2022, 8:24 pm)Train8261 wrote Hahaha ask that to whoever decided to reduce services on an evening there
(18 Jan 2022, 9:16 pm)Dan wrote Reducing the evening requirement on these services allows Percy Main to loan a greater number of drivers to other depots to assist with their coverage.Irrespective of the 311 and when the evening journeys return, all 310 journeys ex Newcastle at xx:40 during the evenings should serve Hadrian Park.
North Tyneside is an area of particularly low use during the day, let alone an evening, so makes perfect sense.
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(18 Jan 2022, 9:33 pm)L469 YVK wrote Irrespective of the 311 and when the evening journeys return, all 310 journeys ex Newcastle at xx:40 during the evenings should serve Hadrian Park.
It's very inconvenient making passengers wait up to almost an hour after finishing work for the 311 at xx:00 and not only that, but no bus to Hadrian Park after 11pm.
Yes, it makes sense missing Hadrian Park during the day as it does add time with more traffic etc despite people shouting for the 'useless' 311 to be axed and 310 re-routed despite no clear cost benefit.
But I don't think many passengers will care about a few extra minutes during the evenings especially for a certain few like myself after 5-6 pints.
(18 Jan 2022, 9:16 pm)Dan wrote Reducing the evening requirement on these services allows Percy Main to loan a greater number of drivers to other depots to assist with their coverage.How many drivers does that give up then. Can't be many then
North Tyneside is an area of particularly low use during the day, let alone an evening, so makes perfect sense.
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(07 Feb 2022, 7:42 pm)Malarkey wrote Just thinking would've not of been cheaper to covert a few of those convertible Ex Brighton Omnidekka's (3995/3996) come to mind and give them a Euro 6 upgrade rather than buying those 21 year old DAF's, as from looking at Martijn's photo there is an Omnidekka alongside the DLP264 with it's roof raised as though it's to be taken off..
(18 Jan 2022, 4:04 pm)Dan wrote It costs around £15k per bus to add the Euro 6 SCRT.
I'd hazard a guess that the ex-London DAFs cost less than that, and they're marginally younger than the current Volvo B7s.
(12 Feb 2022, 5:20 pm)Train8261 wrote Sneak peak of one of the open toppers being ethier debrand or paintedI think that East Durham Explorer is 5391, it hasn't been in service for nearly 3 months
https://twitter.com/MartijnGNE/status/14..._QQVPfWaLQ&s=19
(23 Mar 2022, 12:20 pm)ne14ne1 wrote If 2022’s tour dates are similar to last years then Toon Tour recommences in less than a month, at weekends at least.Two at Percy Main still in there livery they came up in. However from the tweet a few weeks ago that open topper is now at Percy Main sitting alongside the open topper with the British flag on it
Are the current dual door open tops still around to run initially until the newer ones are prepped?
https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/toontour/
(25 Mar 2022, 12:20 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Toon Tour returns 2 weeks tomorrow:Looks like it's gonna be the Volvo B7TL Plaxton President. No word on the new ones yet
https://twitter.com/gonortheast/status/1...35916?s=21&t=iM0v8XtzQVVLoWIjHFvQyw
(14 May 2022, 3:25 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Huh? Do you mean President?https://www.flickr.com/photos/gpr_bus_ph...Sr-2nkuuMD This one
(14 May 2022, 3:31 pm)Unber43 wrote https://www.flickr.com/photos/gpr_bus_ph...Sr-2nkuuMD This one