According to BusTimes Commander 614 KUI 9268 has entered service at Stockton on the 17A today.

Does anybody know what happened to Solo 354 in the end?

credit to my mate for captureing 614 this morning this was working 17A to Stockton pid='248490' dateline='1600422581']According to BusTimes Commander 614 KUI 9268 has entered service at Stockton on the 17A today.

Does anybody know what happened to Solo 354 in the end?

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According to BusTimes Commander 614 KUI 9268 has entered service at Stockton on the 17A today.

Does anybody know what happened to Solo 354 in the end?

Solo has been in service at Redcar but I haven't seen it for a while. Their Cadet was a dupe on 62 earlier this week, but other days it has been one of their own, or like this morning wasn't duped!

Redcar’s Cadet is used either on the 62 dupes or the X4 dupes - if it’s not on the 62, it’ll be on the X4. The interesting, it’s only been used on service work once since it arrived - it covered a few 63s one day last week according to Bus Times. The Solo hasn’t been used outside of the dupes as it has non-standard Mobitec Destination Screens.

Stockton have taken on an additional X12 board from Durham this week and as such, 1419 has transferred to Stockton.
Stockton also now has ‘Tiger’ Cadet 623 from Jesmond under prep for use here.

7558 is now at Jesmond with 7410 going the other way to Blyth. Managed 2 get some pics of 7410 at Blyth as was on my dupe to and from school yesterday

When did 1434 transfer to Belmont? It's on the 62, today, still in frequenta livery but with route branding for the 63 removed. Never seen it here, before.

When did 1434 transfer to Belmont? It's on the 62, today, still in frequenta livery but with route branding for the 63 removed. Never seen it here, before.

Been at Belmont since at least July when the PVR reduction at Redcar occurred as a result of service changes.

https://flic.kr/p/2jn8CTY

Been at Belmont since at least July when the PVR reduction at Redcar occurred as a result of service changes.

https://flic.kr/p/2jn8CTY

Even stretched its legs on the X12 once or twice.

Wheres the white 70 reg bus come from?,i saw it on Friday on the 308, its fleet number was 0070 or something like that

Wheres the white 70 reg bus come from?,i saw it on Friday on the 308, its fleet number was 0070 or something like that

All information is on the ‘YX18KNM - on hire from Dawson Rentals’ thread

Darlington’s 1508 is currently on loan to Durham along with a 7 Board due to shortages at Darlington

Been at Belmont since at least July when the PVR reduction at Redcar occurred as a result of service changes.

https://flic.kr/p/2jn8CTY

Cheers. That's why I couldn't see any more recent mention of it.

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Even stretched its legs on the X12 once or twice.

I wouldn't have looked twice at that because I would have assumed it was a Stockton board..

7540 is currently on loan to Ashington. Believe it is covering for 7541 at present while it gets work done, but is possibly there until the work has been completed on all 17 plates.

Currently tracking as 7544, though 7544 is also tracking as itself so it's not always apparent which runs are 7540.

Stockton also now has ‘Tiger’ Cadet 623 from Jesmond under prep for use here.

It finally entered service today on 9s although it’s likely going to be replaced before noon as it has a few issues with the gearbox.

7540 returned to Darlington yesterday and has been replaced at Ashington with 1407.

1407 of course spending a large period of time at Ashington in 2019/early 2020. If anyone wants it, it'll likely be allocated to the X14/X20.

7609 & 7610 seen heading north past Washington services at 14:30 yesterday.

7609 & 7610 seen heading north past Washington services at 14:30 yesterday.

On their way to Blyth, to displace two B7s to Durham, which in turn will send a further E400 to Darlington and a Pulsar back to Redcar, allowing for the Dawson's bus to return.

Two of the Redcar B7s should also be turning up at Jesmond to allow for their rental buses to go back.

On their way to Blyth, to displace two B7s to Durham, which in turn will send a further E400 to Darlington and a Pulsar back to Redcar, allowing for the Dawson's bus to return.

Two of the Redcar B7s should also be turning up at Jesmond to allow for their rental buses to go back.

Returning to Blyth about 6 or 7 years after we lost them. Of course it'll never happen, but it would be nice to see 7618,19,26 & 27 come here to replace the remaining shite and give a nice uniformity to the depot having every Gemini from 7601-7637.

Which pulsar has gone to redcar

Volvo B7s 7425 and 7426 look to have transferred from Redcar to Jesmond. The latter is on Newcastle Service 43 today and bustimes data, if accurate, shows that both transferred in the first week of November.

What B7s has Belmont received? Would I be, correct in saying 7485/87 have, transferred as, they've not tracked since early last week and the weekend before last.

What B7s has Belmont received? Would I be, correct in saying 7485/87 have, transferred as, they've not tracked since early last week and the weekend before last.

Should have been 7485/7 yes, as they were the only standard spec ones left at Blyth.

Should have been 7485/7 yes, as they were the only standard spec ones left at Blyth.

Thanks for the info. That would now leave 7490 the oldest bus at Blyth.

7487 has entered service at Belmont today according to bus times its on the 64.

7487 has entered service at Belmont today according to bus times its on the 64.

7485 is also now at Durham according to bus times. Looks like it tracked on the 14:05 24.

Thanks for the info. That would now leave 7490 the oldest bus at Blyth.

Completely forgot 7490 was even at Blyth. Would make sense to switch it with 1407 at Ashington while it covers there, 1407 is extremely limited on which boards it can do (apparently it is stuck to the 35, unlike last time where it was mainly used on the X14/20, and at present most boards there need deckers).

Completely forgot 7490 was even at Blyth. Would make sense to switch it with 1407 at Ashington while it covers there, 1407 is extremely limited on which boards it can do (apparently it is stuck to the 35, unlike last time where it was mainly used on the X14/20, and at present most boards there need deckers).

Whilst it seems like a good idea in theory Ashington would get the raw end of the deal since 7490 is much more unreliable than the Pulsar & the last thing Ashington need at the moment is another vehicle off the road.

Whilst it seems like a good idea in theory Ashington would get the raw end of the deal since 7490 is much more unreliable than the Pulsar & the last thing Ashington need at the moment is another vehicle off the road.

7490 is one of the most unreliable buses at Blyth so I completely agree 7490 is only limited to dupes at Blyth and spent 17 days off road last month.

Probably be better to send 1407 down to Durham or Darlington in return for a minibus. Possibly even send the 3 solos with it to Durham in replacement for 4x Enviro 200's. I know I've said it before but the 57/57A is pretty much taking full size buses daily lately. Both 1579/1580 both being on today since there's 2 Solo's and a MPD off the road. It means Durham gets another full size bus rather than having Enviro 200's on the X12 and 56 like they did today.

Heck even go one further and send 1579 and 1580 to Jesmond which in turn sends 7412 to Blyth which sends 1497 to Durham and 1479 from Jesmond to Durham in return for 7454/5/6 since Ashington needs more Deckers and it means everything at Blyth is Max and it's an extra Sapphire spare for Durham.