Another single ticket anomaly is the 10 and 11 in Sunderland. If you get on an 11 on Holmeside, you can't buy a ticket through to Fordfield Road (the ticket would run out at Phoenix Road where the turning circle is, and before the £2 fare I remember the ticket machine throwing an error if you selected £2.70 on Holmeside), but if you got on at the Willow Pond, you can go through (assuming the bus is, too)

It's the same in the Grangetown direction.

(09 Mar 2024, 8:14 pm)Aaron21 wrote Information from a worker at Walkergate

11771 11773 11775 11778 11779 all going to Cheltenham tomorrow and were getting 5 buses in to cover them while there away and then Plus another 6 MMC’s going on Monday

So why are these going to Cheltenham

(10 Mar 2024, 7:00 pm)Ryland wrote So why are these going to Cheltenham

Cheltenham Festival (horse racing)

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(10 Mar 2024, 10:14 am)F114TML wrote Another single ticket anomaly is the 10 and 11 in Sunderland. If you get on an 11 on Holmeside, you can't buy a ticket through to Fordfield Road (the ticket would run out at Phoenix Road where the turning circle is, and before the £2 fare I remember the ticket machine throwing an error if you selected £2.70 on Holmeside), but if you got on at the Willow Pond, you can go through (assuming the bus is, too)

It's the same in the Grangetown direction.

Seems a bit messed up, guess if you wanted to travel further you just got charged to Phoenix Road then just stayed on?

(I don't know the route so assuming this isn't some form of wacky journey doubling back on yourself for the sake of it)

26280 10631 37301 27740 have been loaned to Walkergate

(10 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm)Aaron21 wrote 26280 10631 37301 27740 have been loaned to Walkergate

To substitute for the deckers that have gone on holiday at Cheltenham Races, I assume?

26281 is off again it been in service for week?

I say before but has anyone seen 26281 I look on buses time and been service ? is getting repaint in new colours?

Dart SLF 348333, 35222 and 35224 have all entered service at South Shields

(09 Mar 2024, 8:14 pm)Aaron21 wrote Information from a worker at Walkergate

11771 11773 11775 11778 11779 all going to Cheltenham tomorrow and were getting 5 buses in to cover them while there away and then Plus another 6 MMC’s going on Monday

Just for the record there are six E400MMCs from Walkergate at Cheltenham for the Races:  11771, 11773, 11775, 11777, 11778 and 11779

(14 Mar 2024, 10:47 pm)ifm001 wrote Dart SLF 348333, 35222 and 35224 have all entered service at South Shields

35222, 35224 former Northampton buses?

(15 Mar 2024, 7:16 pm)V514DFT wrote 35222, 35224 former Northampton buses?

Yes, I don't think they've replaced anything yet with 10633, 27740 and 37301 on loan to Walkergate.

Has someone seen on buses time why 26281 has not been in service for long time now ? dose anyone know why?

(15 Mar 2024, 10:36 pm)missedbus wrote Yes, I don't think they've replaced anything yet with 10633, 27740 and 37301 on loan to Walkergate.

I remember when they were allocated on the 16 Bus Station-Ecton Brook, they were 4 year old at the time, really good performers, i think just as i left they were being replaced, or capacity increased with ALX400's, was August 2010

(15 Mar 2024, 7:29 am)Ianthegoon wrote Just for the record there are six E400MMCs from Walkergate at Cheltenham for the Races:  11771, 11773, 11775, 11777, 11778 and 11779

All loans return to depots tomorrow with one 73 plater going on temp loan to manchester for pee network while some of the EVs are still on the product line at ADL

26291 on loan to Manchester for a week

Any idea why there’s a stagecoach bus parked in sunningdale school in Sunderland? It’s been there weeks

(17 Mar 2024, 10:57 pm)Acky81 wrote Any idea why there’s a stagecoach bus parked in sunningdale school in Sunderland? It’s been there weeks

School trip/private hire and it broke down.
Haven't been able to get it back out. 

Heard it could be there until at least the 6 weeks holidays.

(17 Mar 2024, 10:57 pm)Acky81 wrote Any idea why there’s a stagecoach bus parked in sunningdale school in Sunderland? It’s been there weeks

https://fb.watch/qTgbYilFru/

(17 Mar 2024, 11:33 pm)Andreos1 wrote School trip/private hire and it broke down.
Haven't been able to get it back out. 

Heard it could be there until at least the 6 weeks holidays.

It's been donated to a school for learning about traffic and other stuff

(18 Mar 2024, 10:03 am)Aaron21 wrote It's been donated to a school for learning about traffic and other stuff

Aye, I know. 
Was mentioned elsewhere on the forum a week or two back. 

Just wanted to be the joker with Acky81.

(18 Mar 2024, 1:19 pm)Andreos1 wrote Aye, I know. 
Was mentioned elsewhere on the forum a week or two back. 

Just wanted to be the joker with Acky81.

naughty!

(18 Mar 2024, 1:38 pm)Rob44 wrote naughty!

Well the odd little bit of mischief livens things up a bit

Has anyone seen 26281 it not been in service for couple of weeks I look on buses time ? if some seen it or know anything let me know I want say more it.

I am sorry say be for mate

Does anyone know where 27181 is? Had a crash 13th February hasn’t been seen since. I’m guessing it’s being repaired somewhere.

(19 Mar 2024, 2:40 pm)ReDemPTiion wrote Does anyone know where 27181 is? Had a crash 13th February hasn’t been seen since. I’m guessing it’s being repaired somewhere.

Depends if the accident resulted in a fatality, then in could be being stored as evidence, bit like what happened with GNE's 5292 a few year ago

I have 22480 parked in a school field near the gate

26281 is now in new colours it says on buses time.

Is 26281 getting repainted in the new colours or off the road? One minute it says on bus timetable it's being repainted then it says its off the road what is right?

(19 Mar 2024, 6:28 pm)goXpress91 wrote I have 22480 parked in a school field near the gate

22480? U mean 22408? 22480 hasn't been part of the fleet for a long time