(11 May 2021, 5:27 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Lockdown prevented me from seeing the rare workings, but it was exciting to know they were on. Sometimes laziness has prevented me from seeing a rare working too. 

Yeah, the 42A is a Nexus contract for part of the route, and that requires a certain specification. 

It will be interesting to see what is allocated to Little Coasters next. Perhaps Streetlites or E200MMCs when they predictably lose the 33/33A contract in Newcastle next March to GCT.

Seeing slightly bigger buses. Say StreetLites would make a good addition to the little coaster routes. The solos as of late are now starting to show there age. Mainly the fleet numbers 625 to 633 are starting to sound awful. 698 and 701 should have joined 702/703/704 when they moved. But this is just my opinion. Seeing some of the Streetlites from Riverside would make a good addition to Percy Main

Rare workings lately have been
Cobalt & Coast
Coster
(This year)

(Last Year)
Cobalt & Coast
DFDS (Orange)
5498
5380
5440
Saltwell Park StreetLite

(This all passing where I live)

Scania CN230UB OmniCity and Plaxton President (As far as Killingworth)

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Wait hang on..if a Scania CN230UB OmniCity isn't allowed on a 42A passed Killingworth due to it needing to be euro 6. Then how are they allowed to run on the 1A/1B/309/310/311 or is Newcastle not euro 6