(07 Oct 2015, 9:36 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Culled back to Durham back in May when operation passed to Durham. It was picking nobody up from Framwellgate Moor during the 9 months Stockton operated it.


The 2110 is currently a Sapphire E400 (which certainly gets about - believe it does the morning 24X before going onto the 6). The Decker 6 workings are also quite random so you never know which working they work. For example, the 1202 from Cockfield is booked for one (as are the 1138 and 1238) which on arrive in Durham at 1314 then has a layover until 1357 when it works that trip to Bishop Auckland (schooldays) then onto the 865 or West Auckland and the 1502 return in the school holidays and then at all times works the 1616 from Framwellgate Moor and the 1840 from Durham to Cockfield before the X12.

Thought it was culled back to Durham, but the timetable on Arriva's website says it still starts at Framwellgate Moor and I think the timetable changes page on Connect Tees Valley also says it currently starts at Framwellgate Moor (until the end of this week) hence my confusion. Part of the problems why it may not have been picking anyone from Framwellgate Moor is because most New College students finish long before 5pm and on the few occasions I saw it, the bus left from the Homlands Crescent stop instead of the Salutation Bus Gate stop.

Certainly is a bit crazy how the double deckers are switched about on the 6, they were getting switched about a lot when I was in Durham on Monday afternoon.