(18 Sep 2015, 5:58 am)MrPottski wrote No gouges this week, so new panels must have been fitted. Guess their sticker book is empty!Seems to take an age to get vinyls reapplied to damage repaired buses. That's not just an Arriva issue though. I'd guess it just falls down to when contractors are available to do it.
(18 Sep 2015, 5:58 am)MrPottski wrote No gouges this week, so new panels must have been fitted. Guess their sticker book is empty!
(18 Sep 2015, 8:03 am)aureolin wrote Seems to take an age to get vinyls reapplied to damage repaired buses. That's not just an Arriva issue though. I'd guess it just falls down to when contractors are available to do it.
(15 Sep 2015, 10:28 am)Snex wrote I've been around here for awhile just like to see what's happening in the area as I find it quite interesting but never really had anything to post.
But just had to say this happened on Woodhorn Road outside of Sports Direct / Co-op Building and, if you watch it, the route he takes does make sense. Definitely wasn't Park Road.
http://www.channel5.com/shows/police-int...sode-1-816 - Can see it there for those interested in it, it's on at around 3 mins 30 secs.
Looks like he was on the Spine Road near the Three Horse Shoes by the bridges aswell. I'm not saying it's not staged tho, wouldn't surprise me one bit on channel 5.
(18 Sep 2015, 1:56 am)palatine3833 wrote The main reason for the lack of uniform is because Durham now have almost 100 lines on the Sapphire rota, so the amount of spare drivers needed has increased too (most of which don't have Sapphire uniform)
(18 Sep 2015, 9:08 am)aureolin wrote I'd say it's more a downside of having multiple uniforms. Why not just smarten the standard uniform up, or at least standardise it, rather than have two different uniforms?
(18 Sep 2015, 10:18 am)GX03 SVC wrote Is this a spare vehicle for Blyth? If so why can't 7609 (and whatever spare is coming from refurb) transfer to Belmont, and the 2 VLWs refurbished to MAX for spares?
(17 Sep 2015, 9:51 pm)tyresmoke wrote Bringing this across from the Rare & Odd workings thread....
Yes Durham are getting a spare Gemini for the X12. There is a VLW under refurb at Thorntons at present into MAX spec, which in turn should displace a Gemini from Blyth to Durham.
(18 Sep 2015, 10:18 am)GX03 SVC wrote Is this a spare vehicle for Blyth? If so why can't 7609 (and whatever spare is coming from refurb) transfer to Belmont, and the 2 VLWs refurbished to MAX for spares?
(18 Sep 2015, 8:27 am)GX03 SVC wrote I've just watched it on my iPad, and where they're prepping outside is The Elephant Pub, in Ashington.
When it gets to the bus crash scene, first, why was the bus parked at Sports Direct? The first line on the destination looks to long to say "Morpeth". Secondly, why did the bus driver leave the bus without wearing a high-visibility vest? Why did the driver stand in front of the car dangerously? Why did he return to his bus and not assist the White Nissan driver?
When they pull up to a suspect, that's the Salvation Army building near Central Primary (not the old police station on Park Road). This has had to be filmed May-onwards as the streetlights visible in the street are the new ones.
I couldn't watch anymore as I'm on data, but I'll try and watch it at tuition.
(18 Sep 2015, 3:15 pm)BusLoverMum wrote 1599 might have been patched up fairly quickly, but 1598 has had a non-working side destination display for goodness knows how long, now. Big'un just recognised which bus passed us by that feature alone! He says the rear display isn't working, either and is just showing a few pixels.It seems there is a few problems with the side and rear screens on Belmont's Sapphire StreetLite's, 1601's rear screen only shows the service number.
(18 Sep 2015, 3:53 pm)Jimmi wrote That will probably be because the rear screens are likely to be programmed to only show the service number on the rear screens.
(20 Sep 2015, 10:35 am)buss14 wrote i thought i would tell you that when i went to london three days ago i had a look at some of the depots and one of the staff had a chat with me and he said that if the north east are getting some of there buses then you are right because arriva london have lost some of their services. he said that these are the possible candidates:
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(20 Sep 2015, 10:35 am)buss14 wrote i thought i would tell you that when i went to london three days ago i had a look at some of the depots and one of the staff had a chat with me and he said that if the north east are getting some of there buses then you are right because arriva london have lost some of their services. he said that these are the possible candidates:
58 reg Volvo b7tl
10 reg volvo b7tl
11 re enviro 400
12 reg enviro 200
07 reg scania omnicidy double dekers
04 DLP stock
(20 Sep 2015, 10:41 am)Jimmi wrote As much as I'd like to see this happen, I highly doubt it would. It's possible that we'd maybe get some of these in the North East but I'd highly doubt we'd get all of them, think some would go to other Arriva divisions.