Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - May 2016

[Tom]

I forgot i mentioned this in the upcoming changes thread earlier...(this was before you said 4976 has gone Red)

Well anyway:


Blue Scania's for the 39.

And then Tom mentioned the "Red Scania's" will be for the 17.

This can be found here:


http://northeastbuses.co.uk/forum/showth...p?tid=1186&page=294

Toms reply is on the next page.

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So i think the above will happen now... Although i could be wrong...

Centurion brand back maybe?

[Adrian]

2 mins? Terrible! I think the earth just fell off it's axis.

There's a million and one excuses why bus can be late, but not a single one for being early.

[Dan]

2 mins? Terrible! I think the earth just fell off it's axis.

Drivers shouldn't be leaving a timing point any more than one minute early.

If a driver has departed a timing point over one minute early, this falls outside of the traffic commissioner's window of being 'on-time'.

[Michael]

Really hoping the changes to the 2/2a improves reliability. This 2a is currently 2 mins early. You can't win seriously.

Where was this at?

[stagecoachbusdepot]

There's a million and one excuses why bus can be late, but not a single one for being early.

There is if was inbetween timing points.

Or if a passenger went by the time on their watch/phone...

[Michael]

Centurion brand back maybe?

I hope so, i liked the first version of it.

Hoping the blue Scania's are for the 39 and Doxford Clipper comes back...

[Tom]

I hope so, i liked the first version of it.

Hoping the blue Scania's are for the 39 and Doxford Clipper comes back...

Yep I'm sure they will be great brands too as the recent ones have been top notch

[Michael]

Yep I'm sure they will be great brands too as the recent ones have been top notch

Hope they are, might be completely new brands

[biglugs@yahoo.com]

2 mins? Terrible! I think the earth just fell off it's axis.

The 14 :58 of silksworth leaves at 14 ; 54

[Michael]

The 14 :58 of silksworth leaves at 14 ; 54

The 2A from Silksworth is due at 20 at the hour on a Sunday.

[BusLoverMum]

There is if was inbetween timing points.

Or if a passenger went by the time on their watch/phone...

That doesn't explain the bus I missed the other week because it was 5 minutes early, then - it was the stop after a timing point and when it pulled up at our stop, long before we had any hope of getting there, the app confirmed that it was running early.

[Morgandee]

One of the drivers told me this morning that the new prince bishops buses keep breaking down and the driver's cab door fell off in durham

[biglugs@yahoo.com]

After next week will deptford have any renowns left?

[Adrian]

One of the drivers told me this morning that the new prince bishops buses keep breaking down and the driver's cab door fell off in durham

These stories are getting better and better. I really wouldn't believe everything you hear. It sounds more of a case that some are disgruntled about not getting the same power as they have with a Solar, so you can't race them around like a man possessed.

[BusLoverMum]

These stories are getting better and better. I really wouldn't believe everything you hear. It sounds more of a case that some are disgruntled about not getting the same power as they have with a Solar, so you can't race them around like a man possessed.

Which is odd, really, as, like us, Marcus noticed that they had to make use of a lot of the timing points to avoid getting ahead of schedule.

We did hear of/see a breakdown, yesterday (5433), but apparently that moved on not too long after it was reported. I expect there's a lot of "oh 'eck, what's this light for?"

[Morgandee]

These stories are getting better and better. I really wouldn't believe everything you hear. It sounds more of a case that some are disgruntled about not getting the same power as they have with a Solar, so you can't race them around like a man possessed.

When i came into durham one broke down with a water leak and the other with a fault with the battery thats what the engineers said

[Michael]

New buses always have problems, personally i was expecting a few problems to occur until they are ran in.

[Andreos1]

Which is odd, really, as, like us, Marcus noticed that they had to make use of a lot of the timing points to avoid getting ahead of schedule.

We did hear of/see a breakdown, yesterday (5433), but apparently that moved on not too long after it was reported. I expect there's a lot of "oh 'eck, what's this light for?"

My last trip on a 49xx purple Solar a week or two ago, involved a gearbox warning light appearing on the dash. No idea if the restart fixed the issue or not.
A breakdown on one of those would have been a fitting end!

[Michael]

After next week will deptford have any renowns left?

Only 5422, 5426, 5427 are currently not allocated to Deptfords as they are still are at SM, no others have arrived yet however like Dan said, more will be withdrawn when the Streetlites enter service.


With upcoming changes:

2 B10's from the 99 should be withdrawn after the last bus on Saturday
3 B10's currently allocated to the 33/33A will withdrawn, as the 33 will be ran by MPD's from Monday 23rd May, as confirmed by Dan.

4 Versa's are also coming spare, I'm wondering if they will be kept at Deptford for the time being to replace more B10's, then if they are moving away from Deptford they'll move to where ever and if 5422, 5426, 5426 all enter service by Saturday then all the remaining B10's (9) and Cadets (2) could be withdrawn next Sunday...


So you could be right Biglugs.

Edit:

Also we don't know how far 5422, 5426, 5427 are away from entering service, they could enter tomorrow, they could enter service next week.

[Dan]

4 Versa's are also coming spare, I'm wondering if they will be kept at Deptford for the time being to replace more B10's, then if they are moving away from Deptford they'll move to where ever and if 5422, 5426, 5426 all enter service by Friday then all the remaining B10's (9) and Cadets (2) could be withdrawn next Sunday...

Every single "SimpliCity" branded Optare Versa at Deptford has gained the 'every 15 minutes' vinyls as a replacement for the current 'every 10 minutes'.

This would suggest that the four released from the 2/2A will be allocated to another route at Deptford which operates at a 15-minute frequency.