Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - December 2013

[bcal3119]

Sorry for the really old news,
Ashington 7483 was running on X22 on 1/12, I think this shouldn't be allowed?

[Wellsey18]

Sorry for the really old news,
Ashington 7383 was running on X22 on 1/12, I think this shouldn't be allowed?

are you sure it was 7383 because those buses have long been withdrawn....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jncarter1962/8124445062/

[Tom]

are you sure it was 7383 because those buses have long been withdrawn....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jncarter1962/8124445062/

He means 7483, the additional Spectra in service with Ashington.

[Wellsey18]

He means 7483, the additional Spectra in service with Ashington.

that makes more sense haha, certainly would have been rare to see 7383

[bcal3119]

thanks for reminding, that should be 7483, the "new" Optare Spectra in Ashington,
but still i think that's rare as X22 definitely needs a low floor bus?

[Tom]

thanks for reminding, that should be 7483, the "new" Optare Spectra in Ashington,
but still i think that's rare as X22 definitely needs a low floor bus?

Yeah, it should be a low floor bus, usually a Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown, so it is rare. They are usually allocated to the 20/X20 or the 44.

[tyresmoke]

thanks for reminding, that should be 7483, the "new" Optare Spectra in Ashington,
but still i think that's rare as X22 definitely needs a low floor bus?

Nice contrast to what should be on there!

[united6210]

1304(X485 GGO) working X66 this morning

[GuyParkRoyal]

1474 Branded for Captains Tale 6 Service on the 42 at 12.30 today.

[Kuyoyo]

1474 Branded for Captains Tale 6 Service on the 42 at 12.30 today.

More or less normal - certain duties on the 6 inter work with the 42. Ideally you would keep the branded examples off those turns but you can't always make sure.

[Andreos1]

1474 Branded for Captains Tale 6 Service on the 42 at 12.30 today.

Spotted one coming from Coxhoe at Bowburn Interchange yesterday morning.
It went over me on the A1 (M) as I was heading South.

[Kuyoyo]

1304(X485 GGO) working X66 this morning

1307 also on there today. Come this time next week, seeing them in Middlesbrough will be normal given Sapphire cascade plans.

[GuyParkRoyal]

Not sure if this is an odd working 7477 was on the X1 departing Durham for Middlesbrough at 10.20 this morning.

[tyresmoke]

They're certainly not meant to be allocated to it (4 Gemini and 2 Pulsar is the official allocation) but they can be used as backup deckers I guess, and they have been fairly regular for the last 2-3 weeks, indeed one day last week saw 4 DLAs in one day!

[Adrian]

Both 7443 and 4663 on the Durham 56 this morning.

[bcal3119]

Should be odd to see:
Volvo B10BLE 4513@X18
VDL 1424 @ X22
Both leave Haymarket at around 12:15

[united6210]

1302 on X66 this afternoon

[Coppercap40]

Both Spectra's were seen in service today 7482 on the 34 and 7483 on 35/35A

[tyresmoke]

Whitby have MPD 1743 (freshly repainted and fitted with an LED of course!) working on the X93 today.....!

[tyresmoke]

Whitby have MPD 1743 (freshly repainted and fitted with an LED of course!) working on the X93 today.....!

The rarest of rare workings seen below... Hopefully won't become a regular thing!