(22 Jul 2014, 7:51 pm)AIG20 wrote MAN ALX300 22734 (still with "in South Shields" fleetnames) is now working for Slatyford. It was oddly working the Kingston Park Express service X47.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33928144@N07/14531673038/
Image owned by Flickr user "emdjt42".

Will it return to South Shields after the Commonwealth Games?

22409 appears to be having some problems at present, leaving the X47s one short (22413 doesn't seem to be viewed as the default spare for that route any more). 22409 expired at a bus stop on Ponteland Road on Friday evening and when the driver got it restarted there were some unhealthy sounding screeches coming from the engine. It was broken down again this morning...