RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - December 2015
Lowlander out on the X12 leaving Birtley Northbound at roughly 1120 this morning.
'Illegitimis non carborundum'
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(22 Dec 2015, 5:55 pm)buss14 wrote sorry you mean the one from berwick i meant 7.00am from morpeth
(22 Dec 2015, 4:38 pm)peter wrote 1515 is on the X75/76.
4654 or 4658 (think it was the latter) was on the 8/8a.
Frequenta 4 on the 3/3a/3b
9993 was parked up outside Darlington town council building.
(22 Dec 2015, 7:57 pm)Stuartphin1639 wrote Frequenta 13A/13B on the 4
1 solo on the 12/12A along with 1406 and 1414
9993 was doing eye tests and parked the bus there
(22 Dec 2015, 4:38 pm)peter wrote 4654 or 4658 (think it was the latter) was on the 8/8a.
(22 Dec 2015, 3:22 pm)buss14 wrote does anyone know why 7481 is on the x15 i got it on 7.00 am x15 to berwick and it was the most back breaking ride to berwick ever would rather had a lowlander
(23 Dec 2015, 11:15 am)GX03 SVC wrote Because there wasn't a suitable MAX or Sapphire vehicle available for this RTC.
I'm sure that you would have liked the StreetLite that could have been allocated........
(23 Dec 2015, 4:18 pm)mb134 wrote You'd have arrived in Berwick in a puddle of sweat however, and probably late, they can't get up to any sort of speed on the A1.
(23 Dec 2015, 4:29 pm)buss14 wrote neither did 7481 it was 15 mins late maybe a dart would have been more like it
(23 Dec 2015, 4:47 pm)Jimmi wrote A Dart would surely break down somewhere along that journey, the Hodgsons Dart I rode today didn't sound healthy, thought I was going to have to walk some of the remainder of the journey as it was making a warning noise and the driver had to rev it like mad when stationary.
(24 Dec 2015, 12:19 am)GX03 SVC wrote I can imagine* a Dart on the X15.Can we please stop talking about Darts breaking down, it's bring up some personal traumas, I really don't want to reminisce of the times for the 7 became Sapphire, a particular distressing memory was one night when I just missed a 7 in Framwellgate Moor and ended up waiting over 45 minutes for another one to turn up, that 45 minutes was between 5pm and 6pm, in the dark, in the middle of winter. Those were some dark grim times.
*Imagine being left behind at a freezing bus stop on the A1 between Alnwick and Berwick.
(24 Dec 2015, 11:27 am)Stuartphin1639 wrote 2850 on the 11:30 5A to bishop Auckland from Darlington4514 is apparently on X75/X76 according to one of my Flickr followers.
No sign of 4514 yet
(27 Dec 2015, 10:32 am)Dan wrote Sapphires must be on holiday... or just fancied a third day off? ;-)