RE: Stagecoach North East: Rare and odd workings
(09 Mar 2014, 9:16 am)jamesmccrossan@yahoo.co.uk wrote does anyone know what Official allocations are for Stockton because everyday now i see MAN Alx 300 on 36's in Hartlepool last time i got on Stagecoach it was Man E300 on 36
Due to the current roadworks on Newport Road in Middlesbrough, to assist timekeeping so many 36 workings are inter working with 38s (officially classed om the running boards as 38x bar 2 which are 390/391). These leave Hartlepool during the main daytime hours at xx16 and xx46. The remaining 2 departures (xx01 and xx31) remain 36 only boards (bar the 1031, 1401 and 1726 which starts on a school run as the 1031 should be a decker). As the combined PVR is 17 (18 during the day with the decker included), and Stockton only currently having 14 serviceable E300s, the rest of the PVR is made up by ALX300s. Normally, the evening service tends to end up entirely E300 worked but not all the time (the evening make-up is different Monday-Friday to Saturday, Saturday all 5 evening boards are 36 only boards as is the 2025 finish in Hartlepool while on weekdays that working and one other evening board are 38 boards).