(14 Jul 2015, 8:01 am)cbma06 wrote Poundland had to close, as all the druggies etc... were nicking stuff to pay for their habbitWas Poundland really lowering the tone of Peterlee, is it even possible to further lower the tone of Peterlee? [emoji14]
(14 Jul 2015, 8:26 am)Jimmi wrote Was Poundland really lowering the tone of Peterlee, is it even possible to further lower the tone of Peterlee? [emoji14]
Or did Peterlee thought it was too good to have a Poundland like Harrogate (think Harrogate has Poundworld but the point still stands).
, you should ask Arriva this 
, years ago Peterlee had all the crap buses, buses were either broken down or never ran, still remember when Arriva had service 215 which was allocated a metrorider and a mpd and usually only one bus ran every 2 hours between Wheatley Hill and Sunderland and when its was late it used to bypass oakerside, so usually the bus round oakerside used to turn up every 3 hours, used to get plenty of free single tickets 
, when service 212 ran on an allocated 2 buses, when there used to be a breakdown the bus that was left on only did station town to peterlee and not continue to Sunderland, passengers had to get off and wait for service 213,214.
(14 Jul 2015, 12:52 pm)Acky81 wrote It would appear something's happened in ryhope as 61 and arriva 23 are using seafront at seahamDon't know if it is related, but 5369 went past me in Ryhope about 45 minutes ago looking like it had been in a smash, there was no front bumper on and was being driven by an engineer
(14 Jul 2015, 5:33 pm)S813 FVK wrote 8331 is now branded for Quaylink services Q1/Q2:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/northeastb...otostream/
(14 Jul 2015, 5:35 pm)S813 FVK wrote Providing i haven't got the workings confused, 4843 is on loan to Riverside:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131686295@...505791338/
(14 Jul 2015, 5:53 pm)Jackamcardle wrote It wasn't the 16:38, I took the photo at 16:31 whilst waiting for the 16:48 X21, you probably know why...
(14 Jul 2015, 5:56 pm)S813 FVK wrote The 16:38 93 from Team Valley to Gateshead is the first extra peak time journey of the evening according to the allocation thread on here. Of course, things might have changed...
(14 Jul 2015, 7:52 pm)Jimmi wrote Overall I quite enjoyed my ride on this and think they would do alright if they were bought for this service... although we all know that the X21 is getting the Red Arrows B9s [emoji14]
(14 Jul 2015, 7:52 pm)Jimmi wrote The moment you have all been waiting for... It's my review of my ride on Enviro 400 MMC 9109. I rode it from Newcastle - Bishop Auckland so got to sample it on the whole route.
I found this bus to be a fairly smooth ride, it didn't seem as juddery as the E400's Arriva use on the 7 that I am used to. I found the bus performed okay in terms of performance however going down the A1(M) it has to be said it didn't feel that fast, don't get me wrong it wasn't slow but it didn't feel like it was thundering down here, it's possible that it could have maybe gone faster and this may have just been the speed the driver chose to drive down the A1(M). Didn't get much experience of it on hills as there actually isn't that many and when we did go up them we had roadworks and traffic so that slowed us down a bit. Overall I thought the performance was okay.
In regards to the interior I thought the seats were extremely comfortable, even the one at the front which is a sort of a bench was pretty comfortable. Wasn't sure about the heating / aircon, if you were sat on the front seat on the drivers side upstairs the aircon would give you a cool head. Unlike some Enviro 400's there was no rattling or anything like that.
Overall I quite enjoyed my ride on this and think they would do alright if they were bought for this service... although we all know that the X21 is getting the Red Arrows B9s [emoji14]
(14 Jul 2015, 7:52 pm)Jimmi wrote The moment you have all been waiting for... It's my review of my ride on Enviro 400 MMC 9109. I rode it from Newcastle - Bishop Auckland so got to sample it on the whole route.The X21 ain't getting no Red Arrows.
I found this bus to be a fairly smooth ride, it didn't seem as juddery as the E400's Arriva use on the 7 that I am used to. I found the bus performed okay in terms of performance however going down the A1(M) it has to be said it didn't feel that fast, don't get me wrong it wasn't slow but it didn't feel like it was thundering down here, it's possible that it could have maybe gone faster and this may have just been the speed the driver chose to drive down the A1(M). Didn't get much experience of it on hills as there actually isn't that many and when we did go up them we had roadworks and traffic so that slowed us down a bit. Overall I thought the performance was okay.
In regards to the interior I thought the seats were extremely comfortable, even the one at the front which is a sort of a bench was pretty comfortable. Wasn't sure about the heating / aircon, if you were sat on the front seat on the drivers side upstairs the aircon would give you a cool head. Unlike some Enviro 400's there was no rattling or anything like that.
Overall I quite enjoyed my ride on this and think they would do alright if they were bought for this service... although we all know that the X21 is getting the Red Arrows B9s [emoji14]
(14 Jul 2015, 8:07 pm)pdiddy wrote E400 will be on the 06:47 from Bishop in the morning [emoji14]
(14 Jul 2015, 8:02 pm)Jackamcardle wrote I
I'm sure I saw somebody today on the bus when I was on, did you go from Gateshead to Newcastle and if so did you see somebody in a black blazer(I came straight from school)
