Stagecoach North East: Order Predictions
Stagecoach North East: Order Predictions
(25 Aug 2022, 9:40 am)tcts24 Newer doesn't neccessarily mean better. Obviously it may vary depending on who you ask, but if i was to name the crappest few buses at Hartlepool starting with the worst- 36467, 36464, 36462. Of course I'm coming from a drivers view rather than engineering, but in my opinion some of the newest buses are the most problematic in service.Ideally what I would do is this. Like I said move remaining Darts to Hartlepool with some of the better Newcastle/ Stockton Alexander 300.That sees off some more enviros. Make the 1 and 36 joint operated between Hartlepool and Stockton. You could even extend the 37 into the town with both running 30 minutes ( hourly on Sundays and Evenings) which provides a service to North Tees from the town with no one losing out. As for the rest.
In terms of cuts... I can't see any coming for the 1. Especially the long 1's as it would leave the Clarences without a bus, barring 1 journey a day on Stockton's 58A. The short 1's are actually set to improve with the reintroduction of an evening bus! Route 3 could theorectally be chopped north of ASDA where they aren't especially busy. 6 and 7 would be the most obvious target for a frequency reduction. Hartlepool is of course to gain an extra bus for it's forthcoming County Durham school contract meaning an extra spare on weekends at least!
(25 Aug 2022, 9:40 am)tcts24 Newer doesn't neccessarily mean better. Obviously it may vary depending on who you ask, but if i was to name the crappest few buses at Hartlepool starting with the worst- 36467, 36464, 36462. Of course I'm coming from a drivers view rather than engineering, but in my opinion some of the newest buses are the most problematic in service.Just to add as well in situations like today when a 7 was running late and went out of service that happens if you reduce it to 15 minutes then the headland is left without a bus for 30 minutes and then you potentially got quite a full bus from Headland to town Centre so you unless you bring another service back like the 12 then it’s not going to be any good same situation will be happening at Rossmere as well it could end up full before leaving Rossmere Way so all of this would have to be considered.
In terms of cuts... I can't see any coming for the 1. Especially the long 1's as it would leave the Clarences without a bus, barring 1 journey a day on Stockton's 58A. The short 1's are actually set to improve with the reintroduction of an evening bus! Route 3 could theorectally be chopped north of ASDA where they aren't especially busy. 6 and 7 would be the most obvious target for a frequency reduction. Hartlepool is of course to gain an extra bus for it's forthcoming County Durham school contract meaning an extra spare on weekends at least!
(25 Aug 2022, 9:40 am)tcts24 Newer doesn't neccessarily mean better. Obviously it may vary depending on who you ask, but if i was to name the crappest few buses at Hartlepool starting with the worst- 36467, 36464, 36462. Of course I'm coming from a drivers view rather than engineering, but in my opinion some of the newest buses are the most problematic in service.Ideally what I would do is this. Like I said move remaining Darts to Hartlepool with some of the better Newcastle/ Stockton Alexander 300.That sees off some more enviros. Make the 1 and 36 joint operated between Hartlepool and Stockton. You could even extend the 37 into the town with both running 30 minutes ( hourly on Sundays and Evenings) which provides a service to North Tees from the town with no one losing out. As for the rest.
In terms of cuts... I can't see any coming for the 1. Especially the long 1's as it would leave the Clarences without a bus, barring 1 journey a day on Stockton's 58A. The short 1's are actually set to improve with the reintroduction of an evening bus! Route 3 could theorectally be chopped north of ASDA where they aren't especially busy. 6 and 7 would be the most obvious target for a frequency reduction. Hartlepool is of course to gain an extra bus for it's forthcoming County Durham school contract meaning an extra spare on weekends at least!
(25 Aug 2022, 9:40 am)tcts24 Newer doesn't neccessarily mean better. Obviously it may vary depending on who you ask, but if i was to name the crappest few buses at Hartlepool starting with the worst- 36467, 36464, 36462. Of course I'm coming from a drivers view rather than engineering, but in my opinion some of the newest buses are the most problematic in service.Just to add as well in situations like today when a 7 was running late and went out of service that happens if you reduce it to 15 minutes then the headland is left without a bus for 30 minutes and then you potentially got quite a full bus from Headland to town Centre so you unless you bring another service back like the 12 then it’s not going to be any good same situation will be happening at Rossmere as well it could end up full before leaving Rossmere Way so all of this would have to be considered.
In terms of cuts... I can't see any coming for the 1. Especially the long 1's as it would leave the Clarences without a bus, barring 1 journey a day on Stockton's 58A. The short 1's are actually set to improve with the reintroduction of an evening bus! Route 3 could theorectally be chopped north of ASDA where they aren't especially busy. 6 and 7 would be the most obvious target for a frequency reduction. Hartlepool is of course to gain an extra bus for it's forthcoming County Durham school contract meaning an extra spare on weekends at least!
Nothing new is coming in the short term, predictions aren't going to do a lot with Perth. However, a substantial number of good condition Darts are suddenly available from Stagecoach South.
(30 Sep 2022, 11:32 am)54APhotography Nothing new is coming in the short term, predictions aren't going to do a lot with Perth. However, a substantial number of good condition Darts are suddenly available from Stagecoach South.As long as they are better than the ones from Yorkshire then in the short term could be split between Hartlepool and Stockton. Hartlepool for 3/3A and some 6/7 journeys and Stockton for 34 35 57 58 59/61 services.
(30 Sep 2022, 11:32 am)54APhotography Nothing new is coming in the short term, predictions aren't going to do a lot with Perth. However, a substantial number of good condition Darts are suddenly available from Stagecoach South.As long as they are better than the ones from Yorkshire then in the short term could be split between Hartlepool and Stockton. Hartlepool for 3/3A and some 6/7 journeys and Stockton for 34 35 57 58 59/61 services.
(30 Sep 2022, 12:21 pm)col87 As long as they are better than the ones from Yorkshire then in the short term could be split between Hartlepool and Stockton. Hartlepool for 3/3A and some 6/7 journeys and Stockton for 34 35 57 58 59/61 services.
(30 Sep 2022, 12:21 pm)col87 As long as they are better than the ones from Yorkshire then in the short term could be split between Hartlepool and Stockton. Hartlepool for 3/3A and some 6/7 journeys and Stockton for 34 35 57 58 59/61 services.
Honestly wouldn't mind more darts if they're in good condition. Had a drive of 34611 before it went to Hartlepool and it was lovely considering its age.
With the MAN E200s, I sort of like them in a strange way even though they're absolute heaps.
As I mentioned earlier, I think the long term plan is for the 39000s (and possibly the ADL E200s*) at Sunderland to be replaced with more gas buses (obv shorter than the current ones).
*This would release them to Shields and Hartlepool who I believe have much smaller fleets of 39000s
The MAN's may be a headache for engineering but there's an increasing amount of drivers prefering to drive them over the ADL's because of all the issues they develop in service on top of half of them often running in limp mode. My personal favoutite to drive is 39667 which looks like I'll be getting as my first bus, followed by 36093, which isn't too bad for one of those now they've sorted the problem with the brakes jamming.
(03 Oct 2022, 10:03 am)tcts24 The MAN's may be a headache for engineering but there's an increasing amount of drivers prefering to drive them over the ADL's because of all the issues they develop in service on top of half of them often running in limp mode. My personal favoutite to drive is 39667 which looks like I'll be getting as my first bus, followed by 36093, which isn't too bad for one of those now they've sorted the problem with the brakes jamming.Although technically Hartlepool should have at least one large bus ( if not a decker ) for the UTC contract instead of 36093 been used for it. I actually think taking 39666 off was a mistake when they plenty of worse buses in the fleet it’s a shame 34605 is unlikely to ever return to service as well as I actually like the early dart SLF.
(03 Oct 2022, 10:03 am)tcts24 The MAN's may be a headache for engineering but there's an increasing amount of drivers prefering to drive them over the ADL's because of all the issues they develop in service on top of half of them often running in limp mode. My personal favoutite to drive is 39667 which looks like I'll be getting as my first bus, followed by 36093, which isn't too bad for one of those now they've sorted the problem with the brakes jamming.Although technically Hartlepool should have at least one large bus ( if not a decker ) for the UTC contract instead of 36093 been used for it. I actually think taking 39666 off was a mistake when they plenty of worse buses in the fleet it’s a shame 34605 is unlikely to ever return to service as well as I actually like the early dart SLF.
(09 Oct 2022, 12:49 am)col87 Although technically Hartlepool should have at least one large bus ( if not a decker ) for the UTC contract instead of 36093 been used for it. I actually think taking 39666 off was a mistake when they plenty of worse buses in the fleet it’s a shame 34605 is unlikely to ever return to service as well as I actually like the early dart SLF.From what I'm told, a decker was planned but nobody had one to spare for Hartlepool. 39664 wasn't too bad either. 39662 should have been the one to go. As for 34605, last I was there (I've been off since the middle of last week with Coronavirus) it'd had an engine put back in it. But I'm not a particular fan of 605 as it feels like there's no retarder, plus it's rather prone to jamming in first gear.
(09 Oct 2022, 12:49 am)col87 Although technically Hartlepool should have at least one large bus ( if not a decker ) for the UTC contract instead of 36093 been used for it. I actually think taking 39666 off was a mistake when they plenty of worse buses in the fleet it’s a shame 34605 is unlikely to ever return to service as well as I actually like the early dart SLF.From what I'm told, a decker was planned but nobody had one to spare for Hartlepool. 39664 wasn't too bad either. 39662 should have been the one to go. As for 34605, last I was there (I've been off since the middle of last week with Coronavirus) it'd had an engine put back in it. But I'm not a particular fan of 605 as it feels like there's no retarder, plus it's rather prone to jamming in first gear.
(11 Oct 2022, 11:06 am)tcts24 From what I'm told, a decker was planned but nobody had one to spare for Hartlepool. 39664 wasn't too bad either. 39662 should have been the one to go. As for 34605, last I was there (I've been off since the middle of last week with Coronavirus) it'd had an engine put back in it. But I'm not a particular fan of 605 as it feels like there's no retarder, plus it's rather prone to jamming in first gear.as for the shortage of double decks a while ago i know cumbria had some ALX400s going. could have been just the thing for contract and special Events like the tall ships. everyone seemed to go mental at the suggestion. i do think say for example if SNE acquired 20 2014 registered E400s either standard or MMCs which i think only manchester has all 20 could easily be used for expansion of capacity before replacing any of the older double deckers.
(11 Oct 2022, 11:06 am)tcts24 From what I'm told, a decker was planned but nobody had one to spare for Hartlepool. 39664 wasn't too bad either. 39662 should have been the one to go. As for 34605, last I was there (I've been off since the middle of last week with Coronavirus) it'd had an engine put back in it. But I'm not a particular fan of 605 as it feels like there's no retarder, plus it's rather prone to jamming in first gear.as for the shortage of double decks a while ago i know cumbria had some ALX400s going. could have been just the thing for contract and special Events like the tall ships. everyone seemed to go mental at the suggestion. i do think say for example if SNE acquired 20 2014 registered E400s either standard or MMCs which i think only manchester has all 20 could easily be used for expansion of capacity before replacing any of the older double deckers.
(11 Oct 2022, 6:11 pm)toward6931 as for the shortage of double decks a while ago i know cumbria had some ALX400s going. could have been just the thing for contract and special Events like the tall ships. everyone seemed to go mental at the suggestion. i do think say for example if SNE acquired 20 2014 registered E400s either standard or MMCs which i think only manchester has all 20 could easily be used for expansion of capacity before replacing any of the older double deckers.
i think 10 each at slatyford and Sunderland you could easily get rid of 15 E200s across the division and maybe 2 ALX300s. with some of the ALX300s kept as spares to backfill for when you have events like the metro blockade, sporting events and tall ships etc.
(11 Oct 2022, 6:11 pm)toward6931 as for the shortage of double decks a while ago i know cumbria had some ALX400s going. could have been just the thing for contract and special Events like the tall ships. everyone seemed to go mental at the suggestion. i do think say for example if SNE acquired 20 2014 registered E400s either standard or MMCs which i think only manchester has all 20 could easily be used for expansion of capacity before replacing any of the older double deckers.
i think 10 each at slatyford and Sunderland you could easily get rid of 15 E200s across the division and maybe 2 ALX300s. with some of the ALX300s kept as spares to backfill for when you have events like the metro blockade, sporting events and tall ships etc.
(12 Oct 2022, 9:43 am)Coastliner700 The problem is certain routes still specific E200s from Slatyford so you can reduce them but not get rid of them.yes i have said before probably only 4-5 each from slatyford/Sunderland and the remainder from hartlepool
(12 Oct 2022, 9:43 am)Coastliner700 The problem is certain routes still specific E200s from Slatyford so you can reduce them but not get rid of them.yes i have said before probably only 4-5 each from slatyford/Sunderland and the remainder from hartlepool
things were looking tight in Newcastle today. when passing slatyford depot I noticed no less than 6 double Deckers not in service, 2 in the front yard, 2 in engineering and 2 in the back yard. i spotted 24112 and 24113 both rammed covering 62 duties and a 200 MMC covering a 63 duty also rammed. now COVID is on rise again i think it's getting likely that some people would stop using public transport if there is another serious wave.
if i was incharge of the old fleet management at SNE i would order the following for 2023:
15 short wheelbase MMCs to replace MANviros ,3 allocated to walkergate for the 317, 7 to slatyford and 5 to Sunderland, all ousted vehicles to go to hartlepool to replace the bulk of dodgy vehicles.
15 standard wheelbase MMCs, all 15 to go to slatyford, 1st batch of 5 replacing E200s again cascading to hartlepool and the next 10 to cascade the eldest non-CAZ vehicles to Stockton. once there i would remove 1 ALX300 and1 GEN1 E300 for parts retrieval and the 8 eldest ALX300s go to hartlepool. once at hartlepool given their age i would use 2 as spares and remove a further 6 MANviros from service.
finally, I would get a batch of 25 400MMCs again as a one off put all 25 in service at slatyford. the first 5 vehicles in service cascade the oldest Deckers to Stockton, keeping one vehicle as a spare this allows potentially 4 ALX300s to removed from service. the next 10 to cascade the next oldest DD vehicles to Sunderland allowing a further 5 E200s and 4E300s to cascade around the division replacing worn out vehicles. and finally the last 10 to cascade 9 single decks around.
all in all for an investment of 55 new vehicles that would theoretically allow for around 25-30 of the worst midibuses to removed from service and used for spares. around 20-25 ALX300s or some of the GEN1 E300s to be used for spares and the oldest DD400 vehicles used for less demanding routes with some spare capacity for Special events
(13 Oct 2022, 5:55 pm)toward6931 things were looking tight in Newcastle today. when passing slatyford depot I noticed no less than 6 double Deckers not in service, 2 in the front yard, 2 in engineering and 2 in the back yard. i spotted 24112 and 24113 both rammed covering 62 duties and a 200 MMC covering a 63 duty also rammed. now COVID is on rise again i think it's getting likely that some people would stop using public transport if there is another serious wave.What about Shields. Plenty old Dart SLF and MANviros there also still.
if i was incharge of the old fleet management at SNE i would order the following for 2023:
15 short wheelbase MMCs to replace MANviros ,3 allocated to walkergate for the 317, 7 to slatyford and 5 to Sunderland, all ousted vehicles to go to hartlepool to replace the bulk of dodgy vehicles.
15 standard wheelbase MMCs, all 15 to go to slatyford, 1st batch of 5 replacing E200s again cascading to hartlepool and the next 10 to cascade the eldest non-CAZ vehicles to Stockton. once there i would remove 1 ALX300 and1 GEN1 E300 for parts retrieval and the 8 eldest ALX300s go to hartlepool. once at hartlepool given their age i would use 2 as spares and remove a further 6 MANviros from service.
finally, I would get a batch of 25 400MMCs again as a one off put all 25 in service at slatyford. the first 5 vehicles in service cascade the oldest Deckers to Stockton, keeping one vehicle as a spare this allows potentially 4 ALX300s to removed from service. the next 10 to cascade the next oldest DD vehicles to Sunderland allowing a further 5 E200s and 4E300s to cascade around the division replacing worn out vehicles. and finally the last 10 to cascade 9 single decks around.
all in all for an investment of 55 new vehicles that would theoretically allow for around 25-30 of the worst midibuses to removed from service and used for spares. around 20-25 ALX300s or some of the GEN1 E300s to be used for spares and the oldest DD400 vehicles used for less demanding routes with some spare capacity for Special events
(13 Oct 2022, 5:55 pm)toward6931 things were looking tight in Newcastle today. when passing slatyford depot I noticed no less than 6 double Deckers not in service, 2 in the front yard, 2 in engineering and 2 in the back yard. i spotted 24112 and 24113 both rammed covering 62 duties and a 200 MMC covering a 63 duty also rammed. now COVID is on rise again i think it's getting likely that some people would stop using public transport if there is another serious wave.What about Shields. Plenty old Dart SLF and MANviros there also still.
if i was incharge of the old fleet management at SNE i would order the following for 2023:
15 short wheelbase MMCs to replace MANviros ,3 allocated to walkergate for the 317, 7 to slatyford and 5 to Sunderland, all ousted vehicles to go to hartlepool to replace the bulk of dodgy vehicles.
15 standard wheelbase MMCs, all 15 to go to slatyford, 1st batch of 5 replacing E200s again cascading to hartlepool and the next 10 to cascade the eldest non-CAZ vehicles to Stockton. once there i would remove 1 ALX300 and1 GEN1 E300 for parts retrieval and the 8 eldest ALX300s go to hartlepool. once at hartlepool given their age i would use 2 as spares and remove a further 6 MANviros from service.
finally, I would get a batch of 25 400MMCs again as a one off put all 25 in service at slatyford. the first 5 vehicles in service cascade the oldest Deckers to Stockton, keeping one vehicle as a spare this allows potentially 4 ALX300s to removed from service. the next 10 to cascade the next oldest DD vehicles to Sunderland allowing a further 5 E200s and 4E300s to cascade around the division replacing worn out vehicles. and finally the last 10 to cascade 9 single decks around.
all in all for an investment of 55 new vehicles that would theoretically allow for around 25-30 of the worst midibuses to removed from service and used for spares. around 20-25 ALX300s or some of the GEN1 E300s to be used for spares and the oldest DD400 vehicles used for less demanding routes with some spare capacity for Special events
(13 Oct 2022, 10:11 pm)ifm001 What about Shields. Plenty old Dart SLF and MANviros there also still.that's what i would do for 2023, haven't thought about after that yet. apart from age I'm hearing the darts aren't doing too bad
(13 Oct 2022, 10:11 pm)ifm001 What about Shields. Plenty old Dart SLF and MANviros there also still.that's what i would do for 2023, haven't thought about after that yet. apart from age I'm hearing the darts aren't doing too bad
I might be repeating myself but I would do this.
All remaining darts to Hartlepool with some Manviro and ADL going to South Shields. This should in theory help to standardise the fleet at both depots.
30 E400 MMC. 25 for Newcastle 5 for Stockton. Some of the 58 59 plates could then go elsewhere or be used as spares. If any are not needed then they could move to Sunderland for the E and X24 X34.
5 at Stockton mainly for the 36. some of the Man 300 could then be sent to Hartlepool.
20 Enviro 200 MMC
10 For Hartlepool 10 For Newcastle.
This would see off the remaining Manviro at Hartlepool although some of the better ones could be sent to Stockton in a reserve fleet for both depots to use if and when needed. Any of the remaining none enviro MMC at Newcastle to be sent to South Shields.
Depots
Newcastle both depots. Enviro 400 Enviro 400 MMC, Enviro 200 MMC
South Shields Manviro 200 Some man 300 ADL Enviro 200
Sunderland Enviro 400, Enviro 300 (gas buses) Enviro 200.
Hartlepool Manviro 200 ( Reserve) Enviro 200 MMC. Dart SLF. Man 300
Stockton. Enviro 400 Enviro 400 MMC Man 300 Manviro 200 ( Reserve and spare ) Enviro 300 ( all types ) Enviro 200 MMC.
(14 Oct 2022, 12:44 am)glen When are stagecoach north east order go to happen then?
(14 Oct 2022, 12:44 am)glen When are stagecoach north east order go to happen then?
Seen a post earlier on Twitter stating that Stagecoach North East are getting some Yutong E10's, i'm doubtful of this given there no confirmed plans for the charging infrastructure to be built plus they trialled the E12 in 2018 and not looked at them since although Stagecoach Midlands do have a few E10's for the National Grid Contract that they operate.
Stagecoach do seem to be moving away from Alexander Dennis as they have been purchasing Volvo B8RLE MCV Evora's for Stagecoach Highland ops and also have some Volvo 7900E's at Stagecoach Western.
