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(16 Oct 2013, 3:44 pm)fozzovmurton wrote Is the Drifter brand staying, just with a new colour scheme or is the 60 being completely rebranded, also will 61 just be going Red Northern or still stay with Simplicity as it has been lately?
(16 Oct 2013, 3:44 pm)fozzovmurton wrote Is the Drifter brand staying, just with a new colour scheme or is the 60 being completely rebranded, also will 61 just be going Red Northern or still stay with Simplicity as it has been lately?
(16 Oct 2013, 3:46 pm)Michael wrote Don't know about the 60 staying as Drifter - not sure of Rob confirmed it
The 61 wont get Versa's as 4 are heading to 34/34A and the last 3 will go as Simplicity livery for the 39.
(16 Oct 2013, 3:51 pm)Daniel wrote See my previous post. :p
8306-09 are still undecided, I'm told. Whilst original plans were indeed for the Versas to be allocated to service 39 and repainted into "SimpliCity" livery, if the feedback from the October 2013 Sunderland consultation is positive, they will not be allocated to service 39. As I said yesterday (?), they have the potential to be allocated to service X36 instead.
(16 Oct 2013, 3:51 pm)Daniel wrote See my previous post. :p
8306-09 are still undecided, I'm told. Whilst original plans were indeed for the Versas to be allocated to service 39 and repainted into "SimpliCity" livery, if the feedback from the October 2013 Sunderland consultation is positive, they will not be allocated to service 39. As I said yesterday (?), they have the potential to be allocated to service X36 instead.
(16 Oct 2013, 3:58 pm)CatsFast101 wrote Or go to the 61 maybe? With 8319 making up its PVR? Or even to the new 26?
All that on the proviso the comments about the proposals are positive.
(16 Oct 2013, 4:01 pm)Daniel wrote I don't think so, unfortunately.
8319 is to act as the spare for services 39 and 42. 8320-24 to 39, 8325-29 to 42.
As I've previously noted, the PVR of the revised 26 service will be 7, and it's quite likely that it will be allocated Cadets. Depending on when these changes happen (I'd assume late November to early December - even though changes don't tend to occur in December), I'm led to believe the 61 will temporarily be allocated B10BLEs.
Arguably, I believe the allocation of the 9s is what everyone should be speculating about! That's the interesting one, also at a PVR of 7.
(16 Oct 2013, 4:31 pm)W179SCU wrote Percy Main - The usual ''Centurion'' renowns.
Sunderland - SPD's?
(16 Oct 2013, 4:35 pm)Daniel wrote I believe the plan is for all runs to be from Percy Main now, contrary to what I suggested could happen yesterday.
The overall PVR at Deptford will remain unchanged, whilst the overall PVR at Percy Main will be increased by 3.
(16 Oct 2013, 4:55 pm)JakeSavage wrote I'd imagine light running through the tunnel won't be cheap on those short 9s.
(16 Oct 2013, 4:57 pm)Daniel wrote It is possible to interwork short services with long services, it just requires timings to be altered slightly and drivers will be given less layover.
Of course, as ever, this is subject to change. I personally would have had the 9 go to Deptford fully, but this is a PVR increase of 7 to Deptford and a decrease of 4 to Percy Main...
(16 Oct 2013, 5:09 pm)W179SCU wrote Transfer the Omnicity's to Deptford?
(16 Oct 2013, 2:54 pm)mattdw92 wrote Attached photo of one of the three.
(16 Oct 2013, 5:16 pm)CitaroFavourite wrote I thought it was gonna be in green anyways I think the livery will look epic plus my mate Chris Collins will get an upgrade on his local route he lives on 60 route anyways today I've seen a metrolink Scania on 88/88A what will be most likely the last time as from Sunday it will be connection 4 and an even rarer working a Quaylink on 58 which will in a month or so be a versa route ironically enough
(16 Oct 2013, 7:15 pm)Washingtonian wrote Since I started driving, I have only used the bus a few times and I haven't been on a DAF for ages. The last time I used one was probably around 6 years ago when they would appear on the 50. They were not bad to travel on back then. Have they deteriorated badly or something over the last few years? Just wondering why they are hated so much. Cheers
(16 Oct 2013, 7:15 pm)Washingtonian wrote Since I started driving, I have only used the bus a few times and I haven't been on a DAF for ages. The last time I used one was probably around 6 years ago when they would appear on the 50. They were not bad to travel on back then. Have they deteriorated badly or something over the last few years? Just wondering why they are hated so much. Cheers
(16 Oct 2013, 4:57 pm)Dan wrote It is possible to interwork short services with long services, it just requires timings to be altered slightly and drivers will be given less layover.
Of course, as ever, this is subject to change. I personally would have had the 9 go to Deptford fully, but this is a PVR increase of 7 to Deptford and a decrease of 4 to Percy Main...
(16 Oct 2013, 7:50 pm)JakeSavage wrote Think you'd best have a look at that on paper. You can't cut 15 minutes running/layover time out of the North Shields - Sunderland buses, so unless theyre increasing pvr to 8, they'll have to operate them as two seperate cycles 4 buses + 3 buses).
(16 Oct 2013, 7:21 pm)GTM wrote They are unreliable, juddering, overheating, slow, lumbering pieces of junk. The condensation created inside literally floods the seats, they leak like the Titanic after it hit the iceberg, they are too hot inside and handle roads about as well as a Tiny Tikes car.
Oh and the seats are paperthin, there's no legroom and they quite frankly smell weird
I'm sure some of them were rather pleasant when they did that airport work. A few years of being battered up and down the wilds and wannies of County Durham and Newcastle Bank have done them in
