(30 Jan 2023, 6:58 pm)RobinHood wrote Redcar current issues are due to a high number of vehicles being involved in RTIs recently.
Not really fair to claim what you are suggesting around failing engineering, with absolutely no proof.
I always have think Redcar maintenance as always been 100%spot on and yes the amount of ryc and 7405 been fire damage I truly think redcar are trying there absolutely best to keep things moving
(06 Apr 2023, 11:32 am)Ryland wrote From bus tracking
Currently off the road at Redcar/ whitby17 in total
1434 broke down yesterday
1561
1563
1570
2862- Whitby
2863- Whitby
2870-whitby
2871-whitby
4705
4706
4713
7405- fire damage
7406-RTC
7424
7425
7426
7609
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(07 Apr 2023, 7:40 am)tvd wrote Whitby / Redcar should've had some of the new minibuses Darlington got, to replace the Solos.
After all, Whitby's Solos are just as old, and when spare are often required on longer routes as well as the 95 and 96, so surely newer replacements would be at least as needed there as Darlington.
There would be a excellent choice on the 95 and More at use instead of the. 3 to morden which was fine with solos
(07 Apr 2023, 7:06 am)L469 YVK wrote Could 7401-06 be replaced with extra E400MMCs tagged onto the next Northumbria order?
(07 Apr 2023, 7:40 am)tvd wrote Whitby / Redcar should've had some of the new minibuses Darlington got, to replace the Solos.
After all, Whitby's Solos are just as old, and when spare are often required on longer routes as well as the 95 and 96, so surely newer replacements would be at least as needed there as Darlington.
(07 Apr 2023, 7:40 am)tvd wrote Whitby / Redcar should've had some of the new minibuses Darlington got, to replace the Solos.
After all, Whitby's Solos are just as old, and when spare are often required on longer routes as well as the 95 and 96, so surely newer replacements would be at least as needed there as Darlington.
(07 Apr 2023, 8:05 pm)Storx wrote All the Solo's need replacing. The sheds at Ashington are just as bad and the microfleet at Darlington could do with replacement aswell. There's breakdowns at Ashington nearly daily lately and that's really not exaggerating either. They can get away with it though as the next board is just replaced with a Pulsar or Decker.
Not to mention they had a Decker on the 553 aswell since 2601 and 2602 were both VOR yesterday.
They're becoming as bad as their older brothers, the Metrorider's, at the end of their life imo.
(07 Apr 2023, 1:03 pm)Kuyoyo wrote If anything, any order for new deckers soon is required for the Durham County operation - let's not forget Darlington now have decker-operated boards on 1/5/5A/X1, 7s, X26 and X66 but still only have 7 E400s. Add to the need to replace the B7s and you're looking at a need for new stock.Would 7541-52 if they were replaced to bring all of Ashington in line not be an option?
(07 Apr 2023, 11:31 pm)L469 YVK wrote Would 7541-52 if they were replaced to bring all of Ashington in line not be an option?
Still a bit of a grey area replacing these as unknown how the X21 & X22 will fare when the ABTL opens next year and whether there'll be a frequency reduction.
At the moment, it's currently:
- 16x E400MMC (72 reg) - X14, X15, X18, X20
- 3x E400MMC (72 reg) - X21/X22
- 12x E400MMC (17 reg) - X21/X22
So if the 7541-52 (17 reg) were replaced, would still leave no spares as such, but would give maybe 3x-4x spares if the X21 & X22 got reduced to every 30 minutes each.
(08 Apr 2023, 12:02 am)mb134 wrote ADC need new deckers much much more than Ashington need 6 year old MMCs replacing...I would like to see some new deckers at Durham County but I can't see it any time soon, think best we can hope for is yet more cascades from Northumbria.
The allocation of the E400s is, much like the Blyth/Walkergate situation, nowhere near that strict either. All decker boards are E400, on paper there's literally no differentiation between the 14 plates, 64 plates, 15 plate, 17 plates and 72 plates in an allocation sense. The MMCs will be allocated to the Morpeth express routes ahead of the older E400s, which are more likely to find themselves on the 35, but that's about it.
(08 Apr 2023, 6:57 am)Jimmi wrote I would like to see some new deckers at Durham County but I can't see it any time soon, think best we can hope for is yet more cascades from Northumbria.
To some extents, a decker order may be better for the Blyth to Newcastle routes and the like as they'd likely be used all day, every day whilst Durham County (subject to allocations on the day) generally don't put deckers out on an evening or on Sundays, certainly Darlington at least, X93/X94 is about the only decker service that does. I also question more and more if Belmont services really need as many deckers as they do and wonder if most journeys on the likes of the X46 could cope with Pulsar's, naturally still need deckers for the morning peak from Stanhope to Framwellgate Moor (X46 may be a case of being like the Langley Park 20's and X5/X15 where it has light loadings off peak but gets rammed with schools/peak traffic?)
(11 Apr 2023, 7:22 am)Mark66t wrote There should transfer the pulsars spare at Stockton which is a few to redcar as perm to be honest 1560.73 should be at Stockton as 95% it's them that is the problem mainly 1564
(21 Apr 2023, 10:56 pm)Andreos1 wrote Are Redcar running dupes on the X4?
Seen pairs 2 or 3 times over the last couple of weeks.
Appreciate there's works at various points on the route, but that can't be the sole reason they're running as they are. Surely?
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(22 Apr 2023, 12:27 pm)tyresmoke wrote They don’t have enough drivers to run the normal service never mind running duplicates. Usually it’s because of the state of the fleet meaning buses are losing more and more time each trip. Temsas and Lythe Bank don’t go together well, and several Streetlites are ‘63 only’ too…
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