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7423 rear ended 1762 on its way into the bus station at Durham this evening.

(06 Oct 2016, 5:42 pm)Y935 ERG wrote Arriva 7473 and 7479 have been branded for the Great North Road Route 43/44/45 Every 7 minutes.

(06 Oct 2016, 5:54 pm)Cobalt271 wrote Any pics?

7479
Photo @ Steven Hodgson

(07 Oct 2016, 5:07 pm)Kuyoyo wrote 7479
Photo @ Steven Hodgson

Mind I am surprised at that....him getting a pic of a bus passing the Haymarket.   Hope he nodded to the driver 

(04 Oct 2016, 6:36 pm)Cock Robin wrote Park and Ride 7489 is off the road at Redcar.

7489 has been towed into Faverdale this afternoon.

(08 Oct 2016, 2:12 pm)John_R wrote 7489 has been towed into Faverdale this afternoon.

Any reason why it's there?

(08 Oct 2016, 2:17 pm)Stuartphin1639 wrote Any reason why it's there?

Who knows? Possibly to be used on 1/5 given there seems to still be a need on a morning for a decker.

(08 Oct 2016, 2:28 pm)John_R wrote Who knows? Possibly to be used on 1/5 given there seems to still be a need on a morning for a decker.

Ah yeah forgot about that

7489 has engine failure. Likely moved for work at Faverdale?

If it was there for any other purpose, it would have been under its own power.

(08 Oct 2016, 2:28 pm)John_R wrote Who knows? Possibly to be used on 1/5 given there seems to still be a need on a morning for a decker.

Would it even fit under Priestgate in Darlington? Anyone know the height of 7489?

(08 Oct 2016, 2:48 pm)Jimmi wrote Would it even fit under Priestgate in Darlington? Anyone know the height of 7489?

I'd have a guess at 4.4m - the same height as GNEs Gemini 1s

(08 Oct 2016, 2:48 pm)Jimmi wrote Would it even fit under Priestgate in Darlington? Anyone know the height of 7489?

7489's stay at Faverdale has been brief and it has now headed back out towards the A1M, still on tow by Ian Bradley.

Wonder if it's been dropped off by Bradley's while he goes and recovers something else

(08 Oct 2016, 2:48 pm)Jimmi wrote Would it even fit under Priestgate in Darlington? Anyone know the height of 7489?

(08 Oct 2016, 3:04 pm)S813 FVK wrote I'd have a guess at 4.4m - the same height as GNEs Gemini 1s

The Geminis are 14ft 5ins tall - so they should fit under Priestgate. The B9TLs have of course been under the Bridge on Ladgate Lane (63 route) when the X93 had to divert when Ormesby Bank was closed back in the winter storms.

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Some news posted to the Travel West Yorkshire forum:

• 7438 has moved to Arriva Yorkshire for component recovery
  
• 1790 is to transfer to Yorkshire Tiger
  

(09 Oct 2016, 10:16 am)Kuyoyo wrote Some news posted to the Travel West Yorkshire forum:

• 7438 has moved to Arriva Yorkshire for component recovery
  
• 1790 is to transfer to Yorkshire Tiger
  

You're slow off the mark with that one!

http://northeastbuses.co.uk/NEB/news/?id=2347
http://northeastbuses.co.uk/NEB/news/?id=2348

1790 was due to be collected earlier this week.

Other news on the link below:
http://northeastbuses.co.uk/NEB/news/?of...operator=1

This however hasn't been mentioned....4702 is now in Frequenta Base Livery. This now makes 11 Pulsars and 2 Temsas - which covers the PVR of the 63 which suggests that 4702 will be the last one repainted.

Arriva North East 4702 (YJ59 BHP) by Tony Kuy, on Flickr

4700 has also been fitted with an NSA screen which suggests this will also be involved in the 63 brand.

1761 has moved to Jesmond and is in great shape

(09 Oct 2016, 1:54 pm)Kuyoyo wrote This however hasn't been mentioned....4702 is now in Frequenta Base Livery. This now makes 11 Pulsars and 2 Temsas - which covers the PVR of the 63 which suggests that 4702 will be the last one repainted.

What, no spare?

(10 Oct 2016, 9:16 pm)Cock Robin wrote What, no spare

Guess that will be 4700 as that's got nsa

(10 Oct 2016, 7:01 pm)NK53 TKT wrote 1761 has moved to Jesmond and is in great shape

Shame about 1775.... removed from service as deemed not fit for use. Bus kept veering to the right.... Durham's magical engineering there 

Stockton pulsar 1457 is now repainted in frequenta based livery for service 15

(10 Oct 2016, 7:01 pm)NK53 TKT wrote 1761 has moved to Jesmond and is in great shape

I'd hope the same shape it's always been?

(11 Oct 2016, 8:04 am)GX03 SVC wrote Shame about 1775.... removed from service as deemed not fit for use. Bus kept veering to the right.... Durham's magical engineering there 

It made a high pitch squeel when it was at Jesmond

(11 Oct 2016, 4:27 pm)northern156 wrote I'd hope the same shape it's always been?

  Tried to catch it for ages at Blyth and it turned up on the Town Moor with the 55!

(11 Oct 2016, 2:18 pm)David McGloin wrote Stockton pulsar 1457 is now repainted in frequenta based livery for service 15

I believe its going to be a Frequenta spare for 7/15s as there won't be a spare Solo when 2826 transfers to Redcar. 1487 now getting done.

(11 Oct 2016, 4:47 pm)NK53 TKT wrote It made a high pitch squeel when it was at Jesmond

And? Veering to one side is a hell of a lot worse than it making a noise.

Officially giving up on Arriva's X7. At least the ex7.42 from Haymarket.

It's never a max vehicle. Usually 7466 or worse. It's never on time. It's the first run of the day AFAIK.

When I ring arriva they send me GPS showing its on time. Yesterday I was sitting on the bus at 7.53 when it finally left and arriva showed GPS tracking at 7.53 at Balliol.

They either dropped it in later en route  or the GPS is knackered

(13 Oct 2016, 7:02 am)Ambassador wrote Officially giving up on Arriva's X7. At least the ex7.42 from Haymarket.

It's never a max vehicle. Usually 7466 or worse. It's never on time. It's the first run of the day AFAIK.

It's better than no bus!

Darlington Pulsar 1465 now has next stop announcement equipment, presumably the 8/8A will gain announcements? Or possibly to give more Pulsars announcements for the 1/5/5A since they were first introduced some time ago with the PVR having increased on these services following service changes.

(13 Oct 2016, 2:00 pm)Jimmi wrote Darlington Pulsar 1465 now has next stop announcement equipment, presumably the 8/8A will gain announcements? Or possibly to give more Pulsars announcements for the 1/5/5A since they were first introduced some time ago with the PVR having increased on these services following service changes.

There's a few more with them as well, I'm guessing it will be for the 1/5/5A as more and more of the 14** seem to appear on there now, all darlingtons fleet will probably end up getting next stop announcements sooner rather than later