11281 to 11288 all gone down to Birmingham this morning (18th) at 5am

There’ll be another 8 going tomorrow morning same time

Buses transferred to Walkergate to cover as of 4am on 18th are

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(18 Jul 2022, 4:13 am)topsweep1506 wrote 11281 to 11288 all gone down to Birmingham this morning (18th) at 5am

There’ll be another 8 going tomorrow morning same time

Buses transferred to Walkergate to cover as of 4am on 18th are

22412 24102 24106 24107 26114 26115 27123 27124 27610 27726 27728 27735

the cupboards will nearly empty now

Couple more transfers to Walkergate arrived yesterday to cover MMC’s

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Make the most of the coast this Summer School Holiday.. Service 19 to Seaburn is back!


Grab your bucket and spade and head to the coast this summer!

From Saturday 23 July 2022, service 19 is once again back to connect Sunderland's North Estates with the stunning seafront at Seaburn.

Service 19 will link Castletown, Hylton Castle, Downhill, Red House and Southwick with the coast running hourly EVERY DAY during the summer holidays until Sunday 4 September (inclusive).

As with the trips we operated earlier in the year, to improve reliability, the service will no longer operate via Grange Road terminus in Castletown and at Town End Farm will operate direct via Hylton Lane instead of Blackwood Road and Brunswick Road

https://tiscon-maps-stagecoachbus.s3.ama...2April.pdf

https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-up...:09:07:814

Anything new at Stockton ir coming I think we need skme more buses to cover the e200mmcs

Noticed at Eldon Square today that one of the YN07 ALX300s (think it was 22424) had one of its headlights hanging out for some reason...?

https://m.stagecoachgroup.com/media/news...07-29.aspx

Stagecoach confirms future for its inter-city coach retail operations

Stagecoach has today (29 July 2022) confirmed the future of the retailing activities of its inter-city coach businesses, megabus.com and Falcon.
Both megabus.com and Falcon are Stagecoach’s 100%-owned inter-city coach operations. In addition, Stagecoach has a joint venture, Scottish Citylink, with international transport group, ComfortDelGro. The joint venture is responsible for the Scottish Citylink express coach network and megabus.com branded services to, from and within Scotland.

Stagecoach and ComfortDelGro have now reached agreement for Stagecoach to sell the following businesses to Scottish Citylink:

the megabus retail platform and customer-service business, which sells and markets inter-city coach services in England and Wales
Falcon South-West, which retails tickets for the coach route between Plymouth and Bristol Airport

In return, Stagecoach's share of the Citylink joint venture will increase from 35% to 37.5%.

Around 30 Stagecoach Group employees are expected to transfer to Scottish Citylink as part of the sale. There is no change to the operation of the inter-city coach services themselves.

Stagecoach Chief Executive, Martin Griffiths, said: "Inter-city coach has a positive future as a greener and better value alternative to the car and as the UK rail network continues to see rising fares and operational challenges.

"The agreement we have reached with ComfortDelGro will provide certainty for employees in these businesses, and ensure we can continue to benefit from future growth in the inter-city coach market through our increased share in the Scottish Citylink joint venture."

On behalf of ComfortDelGro, Sean O’Shea, Chief Executive Officer for Metroline, said: “ComfortDelGro’s 20-year long relationship with Stagecoach in Scotland is set to expand and I look forward to working together to deliver great services for inter-city customers in England and Wales.”

The agreement is subject to certain conditions and completion of the transaction is expected in mid-August 2022.

Walkergate's 400MMCs are starting to return from Commonwealth Games duties. Saw four heading home this evening crossing Byker Bridge, all displaying 'Birmingham 2022' on destination panel. 11285 among them.

I've noticed Megabuses are starting to track now but not eith their vehicle page on bustimes

Are Stockton E200 mmc back yet from commonwealth games?

(11 Aug 2022, 6:45 pm)glen wrote Are Stockton E200 mmc back yet from commonwealth games?

They won't be back for a little while, they'll be going via ADL Anston to have their seats put back in.

Thanks for info mate

(11 Aug 2022, 9:49 am)Lollist wrote I've noticed Megabuses are starting to track now but not eith their vehicle page on bustimes

May I ask where there ARE tracking. are they appearing on bustimes maps ? Or are you looking at some other app ?

(11 Aug 2022, 10:55 pm)N391OTY wrote May I ask where there ARE tracking. are they appearing on bustimes maps ? Or are you looking at some other app ?

The services are appearing on BusTimes; select one of the services and you get an option to click the "Map (tracking 1 bus)" option, but that map only shows the service running, not the identity of the vehicle operating it.

It appears that 22348 has Stockton's legals on not sure if its still classed as 'loan' or whether its perm now

(12 Aug 2022, 9:01 am)Dyllan7817 wrote It appears that 22348 has Stockton's legals on not sure if its still classed as 'loan' or whether its perm now

What are Stockton's legals? 

I assume permanent, given the legals have been changed.

(12 Aug 2022, 9:37 am)OrangeArrow49 wrote What are Stockton's legals? 

I assume permanent, given the legals have been changed.

the address usually found on the pannel near the front wheel on the left

I've noticed on all hartlepool e200s that the address is stocktons depot

(12 Aug 2022, 7:31 pm)Lollist wrote I've noticed on all hartlepool e200s that the address is stocktons depot

It's because Hartlepools an outstation for Stockton

(12 Aug 2022, 7:31 pm)Lollist wrote I've noticed on all hartlepool e200s that the address is stocktons depot

It’s been that way since the Mid 1990s when Stagecoach took over Cleveland Transit and Hartlepool Transport.  Cleveland Transit is the legal name for all services in both areas.

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(12 Aug 2022, 7:33 pm)Dyllan7817 wrote It's because Hartlepools an outstation for Stockton

It’s not because of that and technically it is a proper depot still and always has been. An outstation would mean they would just be parked up somewhere with no engineering.  Like I put Cleveland Transit is the legal name for all services so it has the Transit legal name.  It’s no different to all Arriva depots having the same address or all Go North Buses having the Gateshead depot address.

Yeah, all Go North East buses are addressed to 117 Queen Street - there's not even a depot there, it's just their office, but it's the company's registered address.

(13 Aug 2022, 5:59 am)F114TML wrote Yeah, all Go North East buses are addressed to 117 Queen Street - there's not even a depot there, it's just their office, but it's the company's registered address.

Used to be a big depot there, before being sold off and houses were built there.

I’m sure it was the whole section with in the red line I marked



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What hydros are coming to Stockton then as 36 is meant to be hydro soon and when is the 36/37/38 gonna become every 7 mins

(13 Aug 2022, 2:04 pm)Lollist wrote What hydros are coming to Stockton then as 36 is meant to be hydro soon and when is the 36/37/38 gonna become every 7 mins

36/37/38 are already every 7 minutes on the combined part of the route between Norton and Middlesbrough

(11 Aug 2022, 9:16 pm)reymyster9 wrote They won't be back for a little while, they'll be going via ADL Anston to have their seats put back in.

what's been happening with the seats?

(13 Aug 2022, 4:29 pm)toward6931 wrote what's been happening with the seats?

Id saw some vehicles had their lower saloon seats removed (right back to the rear wheel arches or where the floor steps up) so that numerous disabled bays could be put in

36093 was working from Hartlepool yesterday, and since 36091/2 are both in the paint shop wonder if they might also be destined to transfer too.

(13 Aug 2022, 3:04 pm)beefcake wrote 36/37/38 are already every 7 minutes on the combined part of the route between Norton and Middlesbrough

But I've seen a drop in this timetable change that happend a month ago 37 no whaving 3 buses on, in May I remember it having 5 buses on and 38 always had 4 buses on maybe they are waiting for the e200mmcs

(13 Aug 2022, 5:27 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Id saw some vehicles had their lower saloon seats removed (right back to the rear wheel arches or where the floor steps up) so that numerous disabled bays could be put in

ah right ok

Is it true that we arr getting 09 e300s to dtocktin along with alx in exchange with the oj family?