(15 May 2015, 1:51 pm)cbma06 wrote 1523 on service 71523 is branded for the 7 at Belmont so this is normal.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - May 2015
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(15 May 2015, 1:51 pm)cbma06 wrote 1523 on service 71523 is branded for the 7 at Belmont so this is normal.
(15 May 2015, 2:51 pm)cbma06 wrote Yes the pulsar 1523 is branded for the 7, but should be getting unbranded and branded up for service 24, service 7 is double decker so now.
(15 May 2015, 3:00 pm)Jimmi wrote 10 (Darlington 8 and Belmont 2).
(15 May 2015, 3:09 pm)cbma06 wrote Ok, I'm using tapatalk at present, as I'm on the 24, so can't look at the fleet list, what's the new spare double deckers for at Belmont, someone says at least one for service 24? And why didn't arriva get 10 new deckers so service 7 will be all double deckers?.
(15 May 2015, 3:31 pm)Jimmi wrote I am not sure how things are going to be split at Belmont for Sapphire services, but I believe 1522/1523 are staying on the 7 at Belmont.
I think the reason why Arriva only got 5 double deckers for the 7 was probably because the demand wasn't high enough to justify full double deck operation especially on an evening, the reason I think 5 double deckers were bought was because they were needed on some heavily loaded peak time journeys, the 7 I used to get to New College Durham on a morning would often be at full or almost full seating and standing capacity and from September 2014 that journey had to be duplicated as the loads were that heavy.
The original reason for the additional two Enviro 400's was because they were originally intended for use on service 6 which interworks with a school contract I think which was why these were ordered but the 6 has been put back for being launched as Sapphire due to the roadworks at the Honest Lawyer (Sunderland Bridge) so the buses originally intended for the 6 are now going on the 22/24.
Don't hold anything I have said as definite facts as some of this may not be true or is not quite right.
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(15 May 2015, 3:31 pm)Jimmi wrote I am not sure how things are going to be split at Belmont for Sapphire services, but I believe 1522/1523 are staying on the 7 at Belmont.
(16 May 2015, 5:57 pm)Robert wrote Would it not make sense for all the Sapphire 7 Pulsars to be kept together fleet number wise? ie 1517/1518 replace 1522/1523 at Belmont allowing those 2 plus 1519-1521 to go onto the 24?
(18 May 2015, 5:55 pm)Dan wrote Arriva Durham County NK10CFF. Middlesbrough, 2015. (2) by Alan Urquhart, on Flickr
(18 May 2015, 6:15 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Sunday at Stockton - bar 5, 7A and 15, everything else more or less interworks and the drivers in Middlesbrough keep the same bus all day (ie driver and bus could do 9s first half then some combination of 17/27/27A/28B/X12) so 1441-3 could be allocated out on any board that does more than one trip on X12
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(20 May 2015, 7:56 am)MrPottski wrote New arrival 1414 gets a run this morning, seen in Spennymoor on an 8 to Darlington.What times will it be leaving Darlington Town Centre today?