(15 Dec 2012, 9:57 pm)Brandon wrote That is strange for so early in the morning! There is a diversionary route still on at Castletown which does cause some disruption but I wouldn't have expected a 30 minute delay that early in the morning! The Renown must have been taken off because the allocation later in the day was two Vykings, "The Key" branded SPD, and a Northern Cadet. Sorry I just realised got my timings wrong, I got the 99 which was a Vyking at 1pm from Hylton Castle, arriving at Park Lane at about 1:30pm which was following 6020 on the 35. Going from your timings, that would have been the duty that the Renown would have worked had it stayed on.

I did find it quite odd - and I found it even more odd that they had both running together, one behind the other at 08:40am... Ah, Go North East..!