According to the news on the homepage, 6301 and 6333 have swapped depots. Anyone know why?

(17 Jun 2018, 7:32 pm)MattRut21 wrote According to the news on the homepage, 6301 and 6333 have swapped depots. Anyone know why?

The news on the homepage includes 'unapproved' user submissions. We'll have a look at that.

But the answer to your question is that 6301 was in use at Chester-le-Street following completion of repairs. Not strictly speaking a loan, nor a swap with 6333. It's a regular occurrence on weekdays, although the allocations tend to be limited to scholars (and the services they interwork with) only. Bit more unusual for a Saturday, however.

6333 is back at Chester-le-Street now.

Saw a bishops bus outside Washington depot about 4:15 today. Anyone know why?

Go-Ahead welcomes East Yorkshire Motor Services

EYMS become part of Go North East.....

(18 Jun 2018, 7:20 am)LeeCalder wrote Go-Ahead welcomes East Yorkshire Motor Services

EYMS become part of Go North East.....

An interesting story.
I was keen to know if Hull would be fitted in to the zone structure (twighlight perhaps?), but one of the final paragraphs seems to discount it.

EYMS will operate as a stand-alone company within Go North East, overseen by the Go North East executive director team.

It would be interesting to see how the networks could be joined up.
One area I feel is lacking, but could be of some benefit with Arriva Yorkshire and ANE

(18 Jun 2018, 7:30 am)Andreos1 wrote An interesting story.
I was keen to know if Hull would be fitted in to the zone structure (twighlight perhaps?), but one of the final paragraphs seems to discount it.


It would be interesting to see how the networks could be joined up.
One area I feel is lacking, but could be of some benefit with Arriva Yorkshire and ANE

Haha! ANE Durham and Northumberland barely meet in the middle!

Hopefully this will be a relief for people in Hull and particularly East Yorkshire as so many have lost tgrth services altogether because EYMS couldn't afford to run them on the subsidies given.

(18 Jun 2018, 7:30 am)Andreos1 wrote An interesting story.
I was keen to know if Hull would be fitted in to the zone structure (twighlight perhaps?), but one of the final paragraphs seems to discount it.


It would be interesting to see how the networks could be joined up.
One area I feel is lacking, but could be of some benefit with Arriva Yorkshire and ANE

Wasn't it the Cowie Group (now Arriva) that offloaded it's Ripon depot onto Blazefield, which vaguely connected it's Yorkshire and North East companies at the time?  I'm pretty sure United had the 36 to Leeds well into the 90's and I seem to recall from my teens, getting on an Optare MetroRider with my mother from Darlington to Ripon.

(18 Jun 2018, 12:22 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Haha! ANE Durham and Northumberland barely meet in the middle!

Hopefully this will be a relief for people in Hull and particularly East Yorkshire as so many have lost tgrth services altogether because EYMS couldn't afford to run them on the subsidies given.

Exactly. X12 and that's it, but at least there is something.
As you know, there's a huge gap south of Durham/Darlington/Teesside, despite several of their services crossing in to Yorkshire.
I don't think it would be too demanding to extend an existing service or introduce a new one, so that the Yorkshire and NE had those links.
Not sure a extension of the X26/27 to York would be viable, but an extension of a Selby-York service to Ripon and an X26 to Ripon so connections are possible - may be.

(18 Jun 2018, 1:44 pm)tcts24 wrote Wasn't it the Cowie Group (now Arriva) that offloaded it's Ripon depot onto Blazefield, which vaguely connected it's Yorkshire and North East companies at the time?  I'm pretty sure United had the 36 to Leeds well into the 90's and I seem to recall from my teens, getting on an Optare MetroRider with my mother from Darlington to Ripon.

It rang a bell, checked it out and it was 96 that it was sold by Cowies. 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrogate_Bus_Company

Will the fleet lists be updated to include EYMS, Dan?

And if so, when?

(18 Jun 2018, 3:55 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Will the fleet lists be updated to include EYMS, Dan?

And if so, when?

Looks like it, the logo for EYMS has appeared in the fleet list tab/picture.

East Yorkshire's website doesn't include liveries, but I have my own which I believe is quite up to date so just give me a bell if assistance is required. It shouldn't be too difficult to do as flickr will be able to answer most of the questions raised along the way, but happy to help if needed.

(18 Jun 2018, 4:36 pm)Michael wrote Looks like it, the logo for EYMS has appeared in the fleet list tab/picture.

You know how we roll Michael... ask and you shall (sometimes) receive!

(18 Jun 2018, 5:20 pm)Adrian wrote You know how we roll Michael... ask and you shall (sometimes) receive!

, aye

Will be interesting to see if GNE open a depot in Teesside after acquiring EYMS. Would be huge for the likes of the X9/X10 etc. On another note, wonder if GNE will relaunch the X60?

(18 Jun 2018, 5:24 pm)L469 YVK wrote Will be interesting to see if GNE open a depot in Teesside after acquiring EYMS. Would be huge for the likes of the X9/X10 etc. On another note, wonder if GNE will relaunch the X60?

Howay Davey. I've been looking forward, all day, for the first service suggestions to come along - and neither you or Malarkey have came up with the goods yet. 

(18 Jun 2018, 5:20 pm)Adrian wrote You know how we roll Michael... ask and you shall (sometimes) receive!

..and just like that, voila! A brand new fleet list is born.

(18 Jun 2018, 5:09 pm)S813 FVK wrote East Yorkshire's website doesn't include liveries, but I have my own which I believe is quite up to date so just give me a bell if assistance is required. It shouldn't be too difficult to do as flickr will be able to answer most of the questions raised along the way, but happy to help if needed.

Thanks - you may want to fine-tune on the detail included on our fleet list.

Not too sure on some of the liveries, nor was I sure on which buses had which features. For now, anyway!

(18 Jun 2018, 5:29 pm)Adrian wrote Howay Davey. I've been looking forward, all day, for the first service suggestions to come along - and neither you or Malarkey have came up with the goods yet. 

Give me some time I am sure I will come with something, will need to analyse the EYMS Network first, hopefully they have some route maps on there website.

Would GNE buy E400s for North East since East Yorkshire got them or will they move vehicles between too e.g Merc swap bt9l.

Go North East's Enthusiast Area has been updated to include EYMS

From the news:

635/636 now has WIFI fitted

718/719 looks to be heading to Peterlee, WIFI has also been fitted, this should hopefully see some of the temporary allocations removed.

(20 Jun 2018, 5:02 pm)Michael wrote Go North East's Enthusiast Area has been updated to include EYMS

Not exactly. They’ve just directed people over to the enthusiast section the EYMS website.

Whats with all the breakdowns lately?, seems to be loads.

They're being reported more often - historically only breakdowns on the X9/X10 were reported on Social Media (other operators report hardly any of their breakdowns either!)

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Seen a Tooklink B9 broken down near Medomsley this morning, looked like it had expired heading up Manor Rd/Longclose Bank.

(16 Jun 2018, 8:54 am)Michael wrote Anymore 2nd hand Solo's arrived?

723 delivered today.

(21 Jun 2018, 1:38 pm)Dan wrote 723 delivered today.

Will another have seat belts fitted to replace the other MPD at Hexham?

(21 Jun 2018, 5:19 pm)Michael wrote Will another have seat belts fitted to replace the other MPD at Hexham?

Unlikely, as only 1 of the MPD at Hexham has seat belts.

(21 Jun 2018, 8:35 pm)busmanT wrote Unlikely, as only 1 of the MPD at Hexham has seat belts.

Ah right, i always thought both of them did.

(18 Jun 2018, 5:41 pm)Dan wrote ..and just like that, voila! A brand new fleet list is born.



Thanks - you may want to fine-tune on the detail included on our fleet list.

Not too sure on some of the liveries, nor was I sure on which buses had which features. For now, anyway!

5230 is now light blue

722 was out today on Asda shuttles and other misc runs on that duty