Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - March 2015

2807 on X26/X27.
2862 on 1/5A.

2866 on 1/5.

Just passed 1772 arriving in Redcar on a 63.

2822 doing a peak 22 from Durham. Wouldn't like to be a sardine on that one!

7627 still out in service on X12/X2

(02 Mar 2015, 5:19 pm)Dan wrote 7627 still out in service on X12/X2

Also out on X12/X2 were 7439, 7442 and 7455.

2503 made Tow Law earlier this evening, having replaced a Pulsar at 1810 on the 1B off 1/5s.

(Information thanks to Neil Wise)

2823 on the 24

#ArrivaSardines

Max Branded X10 7625 on X4

Max E400 on 34, was on standby at 1700.

MAX Pulsar seen on West Auckland Road earlier heading INTO darlington

(05 Mar 2015, 4:27 pm)JoshP wrote MAX Pulsar seen on West Auckland Road earlier heading INTO darlington

As reported earlier today MAX Pulsar 1416 has transferred to Darlington depot in exchange for 1493 presumably 1416 is now at Darlington for when the 75/76 (soon to be X75/X76) becomes MAX.

It is reportedly on service 2 today.

Ahh cool, yeah just caught up on the 'Latest' forum. Why the swap then, doesn't have 1493 have next stop announcements and is X1 branded? Could be wrong!

(05 Mar 2015, 4:36 pm)JoshP wrote Ahh cool, yeah just caught up on the 'Latest' forum. Why the swap then, doesn't have 1493 have next stop announcements and is X1 branded? Could be wrong!

1493 doesn't have next stop announcements I believe and that one had the vinyl wrap advert for the 1/X1.

1416 has probably come to Darlington as it had already been refurbished to MAX standard for the X12/X2 but Gemini 7610 has now taken it's place at Belmont and Blyth got 1416 in exchange but they have now swapped it for 1493. This will now probably mean 1416 will probably join 2 of 1404-1407? On the X75/X76.

Spotted a Sapphire E400 on the X18 in Berwick this afternoon.

(05 Mar 2015, 6:09 pm)passenger_10 wrote Spotted a Sapphire E400 on the X18 in Berwick this afternoon.

Might have been 7518. I think the 7511-17 being MAX has made them think 7518 is a MAX too.

It should be like this:
Standby refers to being sat in Ashington Bus Station, in the layovers located at: opp. Stand D & E, old wash entrance and old depot entrance.

Sapphire 7518 on standby for Sapphire duties if a Sapphire branded bus fails.
Plain liveried bus on standby for general duties if a vehicle fails.


If Arriva are reading this: Please tell your supervisors and leading drivers that Sapphire on MAX and MAX on Sapphire is unacceptable. Especially that 7518 was specifically refurbished for Sapphire standby duties.

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X18 branded MAX E400 on 34. (Partially goes along the coast )

(05 Mar 2015, 7:37 pm)Tommy_1581 wrote Might have been 7518. I think the 7511-17 being MAX has made them think 7518 is a MAX too.

It should be like this:
Standby refers to being sat in Ashington Bus Station, in the layovers located at: opp. Stand D & E, old wash entrance and old depot entrance.

Sapphire 7518 on standby for Sapphire duties if a Sapphire branded bus fails.
Plain liveried bus on standby for general duties if a vehicle fails.


If Arriva are reading this: Please tell your supervisors and leading drivers that Sapphire on MAX and MAX on Sapphire is unacceptable. Especially that 7518 was specifically refurbished for Sapphire standby duties.

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X18 branded MAX E400 on 34. (Partially goes along the coast )

Was there a MAX Enviro on the X21/22 today like? 
If not and one other Sapphire example is spare, then wouldn't it make sense to allocate 7518 to MAX work, improving the service quality there?

1512 ended up on 29/29a after being replaced on 5/5a by 1554
4502 on 17
4512 on 17B
7443/54/6 on X12/X2
And Stockton's 1451 ended up working for Redcar on 22/64/64a

4505 on the 1245 21A from Middlesbrough.

(06 Mar 2015, 1:34 pm)Jimmi wrote 4505 on the 1245 21A from Middlesbrough.

4501 was also on 21a (1145 from Middlesbrough) but has been replaced by 1512 for the 1445 trip (and the 1750 29a).

2832 on the 1415 21/X21 from Darlington.
Meanwhile 4813 is on the 11.

2856 on X66.

1506 is a non Sapphire working on service 7 - I think?

(06 Mar 2015, 3:48 pm)Jimmi wrote 1506 is a non Sapphire working on service 7 - I think?

Yep, definitely 7.

1416 on the 1/5, should leave Darlington at 1600 on service 5 if it stays out.

(06 Mar 2015, 3:53 pm)Jimmi wrote Yep, definitely 7.

1416 on the 1/5, should leave Darlington at 1600 on service 5 if it stays out.

Is that you at Durham bus station now. Jimmi?

2861 on the 7

(06 Mar 2015, 4:39 pm)aureolin wrote Is that you at Durham bus station now. Jimmi?

No.

(06 Mar 2015, 4:54 pm)MrPottski wrote 2861 on the 7

Oh lord!

1416 on service 1/5 today

1506 on Sapphire service 7

4505 on the 21A

4813 on the 11

2832 on the 21/X21

Max Omni on 35. Max 7515 on 35. No odd Sapphire workings to report.