Seen a Stagecoach bus in way to work with a happy Easter blind up. Made me giggle.

28002 brokedown in Sunderland, engineer on the laptop, running some diagnostics on the bus.

28018 getting a lift back to the depot

What is MAN ALX300 22081 being turned into? A vaccine bus?

22081 - NK54 BHA | Harry Barker | Flickr (Photo by "Harry Barker").

Training fleet, with full size adverts.

Sunday journeys returning from Sunday 21st November to services X24 and X34.

Frequency changes to E1,E2 and E6 from same date I believe

Info on nexus.org.uk

(11 Nov 2021, 2:26 pm)ifm001 wrote Sunday journeys returning from Sunday 21st November to services X24 and X34.

Frequency changes to E1,E2 and E6 from same date I believe

Info on nexus.org.uk

Yes, The timetables on the Nexus website are showing a frequency decrease to every 30 mins on each E service on Monday - Saturday daytimes.

If the Nexus timetables are correct, this change would free up quite a few euro 6 E300s to move to Newcastle to help meet the upcoming CAZ requirements.

(11 Nov 2021, 2:50 pm)Simmy wrote Yes, The timetables on the Nexus website are showing a frequency decrease to every 30 mins on each E service on Monday - Saturday daytimes.

If the Nexus timetables are correct, this change would free up quite a few euro 6 E300s to move to Newcastle to help meet the upcoming CAZ requirements.

E300s who's upgrades were paid for by South Tyneside Council.

Apparently a small number of Dart SLFs are being transferred from Stagecoach Yorkshire with 35231 and 35262 already transferred. Information from the Steven Knight Media twitter page.

(11 Nov 2021, 2:26 pm)ifm001 wrote Sunday journeys returning from Sunday 21st November to services X24 and X34.

Frequency changes to E1,E2 and E6 from same date I believe

Info on nexus.org.uk

Vosa says, its only until 31st March 2022 for the E1/E2/E6 changes

Bus registration details
Registration number PB0002404/57
Licence Number PB0002404
Variation number 27
StatusRegistered
Service number. E1E2, E1, E2, E6
Service type Normal Stopping
Start point Sunderland
Finish point South Shields
Via
Date received09 Nov 2021

Effective date21 Nov 2021

End date 31 Mar 2022

Supported by subsidies?No

Local authorities covered by routeNexus (Tyne & Wear)

TAOs covered by routeNorth East of England

(11 Nov 2021, 5:35 pm)Michael wrote Vosa says, its only until 31st March 2022 for the E1/E2/E6 changes

Bus registration details
Registration number PB0002404/57
Licence Number PB0002404
Variation number 27
StatusRegistered
Service number. E1E2, E1, E2, E6
Service type Normal Stopping
Start point Sunderland
Finish point South Shields
Via
Date received09 Nov 2021

Effective date21 Nov 2021

End date 31 Mar 2022

Supported by subsidies?No

Local authorities covered by routeNexus (Tyne & Wear)

TAOs covered by routeNorth East of England

I think that 31st March 2022 is the default end date for all COVID temporary registrations

(11 Nov 2021, 5:57 pm)Hi busmanT wrote I think that 31st March 2022 is the default end date for all COVID temporary registrations

So the combined frequency is 6 per hour., which is the same as the Sunderland to Shields 505/506 PTE service back in pre dereg days.

(11 Nov 2021, 2:26 pm)ifm001 wrote Sunday journeys returning from Sunday 21st November to services X24 and X34.

Frequency changes to E1,E2 and E6 from same date I believe

Info on nexus.org.uk

Full info from the Stagecoach:

Christmas shopping in Newcastle? Catch Services X24 or X34

11 Nov 2021 to 21 Dec 2021

From Sunday 21 November 2021, express services X24 and X34 will once again run every 30 minutes on Sunday daytimes in the run up to until Christmas.

These special Sunday trips will operate on Sundays 21, 28 November, and 2, 12, 19 December 2021.

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(11 Nov 2021, 5:57 pm)busmanT wrote I think that 31st March 2022 is the default end date for all COVID temporary registrations

Ah right, thanks

(11 Nov 2021, 8:40 pm)Michael wrote Full info from the Stagecoach:

Christmas shopping in Newcastle? Catch Services X24 or X34

11 Nov 2021 to 21 Dec 2021

From Sunday 21 November 2021, express services X24 and X34 will once again run every 30 minutes on Sunday daytimes in the run up to until Christmas.

These special Sunday trips will operate on Sundays 21, 28 November, and 2, 12, 19 December 2021.

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Ah right, thanks

Think that 2 December is supposed to be a 5,as the 2nd is a Thursday

(11 Nov 2021, 5:35 pm)Michael wrote Vosa says, its only until 31st March 2022 for the E1/E2/E6 changes

Bus registration details
Registration number PB0002404/57
Licence Number PB0002404
Variation number 27
StatusRegistered
Service number. E1E2, E1, E2, E6
Service type Normal Stopping
Start point Sunderland
Finish point South Shields
Via
Date received09 Nov 2021

Effective date21 Nov 2021

End date 31 Mar 2022

Supported by subsidies?No

Local authorities covered by routeNexus (Tyne & Wear)

TAOs covered by routeNorth East of England

From the Stagecoach site:

Changes to Services E1, E2, E6 from Monday 22 November 2021
12 Nov 2021 to 18 Dec 2021
Due to the ongoing national driver shortage, we are making some temporary timetable changes to Services E1, E2 and E6.

The Monday to Saturday daytime timetable on these routes will be revised, with each service running every 30 minutes. Services E1, E2, E6 will combine to provide a bus every 10 minutes between Sunderland and South Shields via Seaburn, Whitburn and Marsden.

Evening and Sunday buses will continue to run unchanged.

We’re sorry to have to make these changes, due to the national driver shortage.

Hi saw a photo of E200 at stagecoach Sunderland depot in no 29695 KX08HRC and it from stagecoach midland red on it Side?

(12 Nov 2021, 2:54 pm)glen wrote Hi saw a photo of E200 at stagecoach Sunderland depot in no 29695 KX08HRC and it from stagecoach midland red on it Side?

39695, parts donor.

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(11 Nov 2021, 2:50 pm)Simmy wrote Yes, The timetables on the Nexus website are showing a frequency decrease to every 30 mins on each E service on Monday - Saturday daytimes.

If the Nexus timetables are correct, this change would free up quite a few euro 6 E300s to move to Newcastle to help meet the upcoming CAZ requirements.

Today was prime example of the driver shortage at Wheatsheaf with huge holes in the E services.

https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and...ial-action

Newcastle agree a pay deal

it appears that there's 3 Darts at Hartlepool depot all from Yorkshire (35111, 35234 and 35233) anyone know why there here?

(13 Nov 2021, 10:24 am)Dyllan7817 wrote it appears that there's 3 Darts at Hartlepool depot all from Yorkshire (35111, 35234 and 35233) anyone know why there here?

May be a stop over, but it would be great if a lot more came and sent the manviro's for scrap....

27171 has parked up at Sunderland depot for few days now is waiting for new colours or something east?

(17 Nov 2021, 12:04 am)glen wrote 27171 has parked up at Sunderland depot for few days now is waiting for new colours or something east?

That and 24002 are here to cover North Tees school contracts on strike days

Thanks for info mate

Yesterday (20/11/21), 22026 has had it's doors smashed in on West Denton Way, West Denton. The bus was leaving the bus stop directly outside the Go Outdoors when someone threw something which smashed the doors. West Denton has a real problem with ASB and this is not the first instance of smashed buses etc....

(21 Nov 2021, 7:48 pm)logidoodah wrote Yesterday (20/11/21), 22026 has had it's doors smashed in on West Denton Way, West Denton. The bus was leaving the bus stop directly outside the Go Outdoors when someone threw something which smashed the doors. West Denton has a real problem with ASB and this is not the first instance of smashed buses etc....

Like for GNE that is Houghton-Le-Spring.

(13 Nov 2021, 8:09 pm)54APhotography wrote May be a stop over, but it would be great if a lot more came and sent the manviro's for scrap....

At least one of the Yorkshire darts has been in service not sure on fleet number seen one of them doing a service 1 towards Seaton Carew.  I was passing it going towards the town centre. This was on Saturday though.

(22 Nov 2021, 12:35 pm)col87 wrote At least one of the Yorkshire darts has been in service not sure on fleet number seen one of them doing a service 1 towards Seaton Carew.  I was passing it going towards the town centre. This was on Saturday though.

Ah, and no spare ticket machines track on SNE

(22 Nov 2021, 12:35 pm)col87 wrote At least one of the Yorkshire darts has been in service not sure on fleet number seen one of them doing a service 1 towards Seaton Carew.  I was passing it going towards the town centre. This was on Saturday though.

Think Hartlepool got two of them. Cant say which ones as I'm based at Stockton til next week.

(22 Nov 2021, 5:59 pm)T54APhotography wrote Ah, and no spare ticket machines track on SNE

Because the VIX machines used by Stagecoach have the vehicle's data stored in the base plate rather than having to reprogram the ticket machine with the right fleetnumber every time a faulty machine is replaced. So vehicles should always track as themselves (apart from the single issue a few months ago where one of the 69-plate E400MMCs was tracking as one of the B9TLs but other than that)

(23 Nov 2021, 10:39 am)Kuyoyo wrote Because the VIX machines used by Stagecoach have the vehicle's data stored in the base plate rather than having to reprogram the ticket machine with the right fleetnumber every time a faulty machine is replaced. So vehicles should always track as themselves (apart from the single issue a few months ago where one of the 69-plate E400MMCs was tracking as one of the B9TLs but other than that)

Yes indeed, I did look and think the Dart was tracking as 39666