Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - December 2017

[Stuartphin1639]

4801 on X21 running 20 mins behind

[gy6]

7525 on x14
An eco hybrid 52/53/54 on 43 route
Sapphire 43,44,45 on 52,53,54

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Eco hybrid on route 55

[Cock Robin]

4705 on X4
7424 on 62.

What's the chances of 1430, 1431 and 1432 coming into M'bro bus station on 63s one immediately behind the other? They did today, albeit not in the right order (32, 31, 30)!

[JamesDunkley]

4652 is on the 8.
1515 is on "MAX" X75/X76.

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[Stuartphin1639]

First rare of the day is 4658 spending the day on the X66/X67 with full working next stop announcements

[BusLoverMum]

There's been a 6 branded bus on the 22/24 pretty much every day this week. The one I'm currently on has working NSAs for the 22, which is ironic, since the 24 branded pulsars don't. I'm wondering if there's plans to remove the specific route branding on Durham's sapphire routes.

[Stuartphin1639]

after a good day the end of the day out Home is in the shape of Optare Solo 2843 on the X66 to Darlington

[JamesDunkley]

1509 has spent it's 6th day on "MAX" X1, & 4644 Replaced a broken down Streetlite this afternoon.

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[Jimmi]

There's been a 6 branded bus on the 22/24 pretty much every day this week. The one I'm currently on has working NSAs for the 22, which is ironic, since the 24 branded pulsars don't. I'm wondering if there's plans to remove the specific route branding on Durham's sapphire routes.

I may be wrong but I think the 6 branded Pulsar's have always had the 22 (and possibly 24) programmed in to the NSAs.

With the 23 due to go Sapphire in the new year, I'm hoping for some form of a generic Sapphire branding between the 22, 23 and 24 routes, unsure that'll happen with the 22/24 allocation being in the old Sapphire livery and the Pulsar's for the 23 will most likely be in new Sapphire livery. Think they may have to do something like this on Darlington's new Sapphire StreetLite's which will be used on the 1/5/5A/12/19/86 and the only common ground all those routes have is they serve Darlington (excluding the few 86 runs Darlington depot operate).

[Stuartphin1639]

I may be wrong but I think the 6 branded Pulsar's have always had the 22 (and possibly 24) programmed in to the NSAs.

With the 23 due to go Sapphire in the new year, I'm hoping for some form of a generic Sapphire branding between the 22, 23 and 24 routes, unsure that'll happen with the 22/24 allocation being in the old Sapphire livery and the Pulsar's for the 23 will most likely be in new Sapphire livery. Think they may have to do something like this on Darlington's new Sapphire StreetLite's which will be used on the 1/5/5A/12/19/86 and the only common ground all those routes have is they serve Darlington (excluding the few 86 runs Darlington depot operate).

Supposedly the 12/19 is coming off the 1/5/5A running boards when these change to sapphire

[Pulsar]

MAX Pulsar on 1 in Blyth. Not sure on fleet number.

Edit - Its 1493

[BusLoverMum]

White faced solo on the 22/24. Just got into Durham

[Stuartphin1639]

4801 on Sapphire 7

[JamesDunkley]

1509 on "MAX' X1.
1515 on "MAX" X75/X76.

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[brianr]

White faced solo on the 22/24. Just got into Durham

2817 if I remember rightly.  7620 on 6.

[JamesDunkley]

2836 is on "Sapphire" service 7.

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[BusLoverMum]

1578 is out on the 64, again.

[Jimmi]

4807 has been sighted on the 13A.

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[JamesDunkley]

YJ59GKC/2858 Is on "MAX" X66/X67.

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[Cock Robin]

YESTERDAY

4723 on 63
7404, 7424 on 62

1415 on 5/5A
1467 on X66/X67 (then replaced by 1404)

1463, 2858 both replaced Omnicities on X66/X67.

(7426 on X12)