(30 Dec 2014, 1:35 pm)Dan wrote Ahead of the upcoming service changes in Sunderland, a number of Deptford-based vehicles are to undergo repaint. Although unconfirmed at this stage, the revised PVRs are given in this post, which will give a rough idea on how many buses need to be painted.
'Freshen up' repaints should be deferred until after the service changes in Sunderland take place, as Saltmeadows Road's maximum repaint output is 3 vehicles per week.
Those vehicles to have arrived at Saltmeadows so far include:
- "Laser" branded Scania L94UB/Wright Solar 4945 (NK51 OLJ), which is expected to be repainted purple to join the "Prince Bishops" family.
- "Silver Arrows" branded Mercedes Citaro 0530N/Mercedes Citaro 5325 (NK58 DWC), which is expected to be repainted gold to join the current "Laser" family*.
*Brand name subject to change in-line with the service changes to services 35/36.
The above therefore confirms that Deptford's Mercedes Citaros will not be allocated to service 20, and it confirms that the "Silver Arrows" will lose its present allocation of Mercedes Citaros too.
(30 Dec 2014, 1:52 pm)Michael wrote Nooooo the silver arrows cant loose its citaro's... i hope they're not down grading it to scania's....possible that they could get the ones from the Crusdaer, if it gets new buses?
But they've repainted most of the silver arrows to silver... does this mean that the 35/36 will come under 2 different colours of the same brand?
Glad they're changing the brand name from laser... i hope its someing decent!
(30 Dec 2014, 2:03 pm)Dan wrote The examples allocated to the "Crusader" are required on service 27 until their replacements arrive. Whether that is during 2015, 2016 or 2017, I expect nobody on this forum knows... The revised allocations will commence when the service changes take place - so the "Silver Arrows" will not receive any of the "Crusader" allocation.
As I believe the original plan was a mere freshen up repaint for the "Silver Arrows" allocation, Mercedes Citaros 5320 - 5324 and 5326 were all repainted, leaving 5325 and 5327 in "Silver Arrows" branding. The repaints will now coincide with the service changes in Sunderland, meaning that 5326 is likely to be repainted again, into gold. The present "Laser" allocation (5298 - 5309) and the newcomers (5325 - 5327) add up to 15 buses - the PVR of services 35/36. So, which service(s) do we think that 5320 - 5324 will be allocated to?
(30 Dec 2014, 2:03 pm)Dan wrote The examples allocated to the "Crusader" are required on service 27 until their replacements arrive. Whether that is during 2015, 2016 or 2017, I expect nobody on this forum knows... The revised allocations will commence when the service changes take place - so the "Silver Arrows" will not receive any of the "Crusader" allocation.
As I believe the original plan was a mere freshen up repaint for the "Silver Arrows" allocation, Mercedes Citaros 5320 - 5324 and 5326 were all repainted, leaving 5325 and 5327 in "Silver Arrows" branding. The repaints will now coincide with the service changes in Sunderland, meaning that 5326 is likely to be repainted again, into gold. The present "Laser" allocation (5298 - 5309) and the newcomers (5325 - 5327) add up to 15 buses - the PVR of services 35/36. So, which service(s) do we think that 5320 - 5324 will be allocated to?
(30 Dec 2014, 3:59 pm)Drifter60 wrote I'm Changing my mind here,
I'm thinking that 33/39 will get the 10 versas spare. 61 keep theres.
2/2A/20/20A to be solars.
The spare Citaro's I guess only option is X84/X85 as Tom said.
(30 Dec 2014, 7:09 pm)Michael wrote I would be gutted if they're dropping the 2/2A from Citaro's to Scania's... i really hope its Versa.
I think the 33/33A/39 will be a mixture of Cadet and Scania
(30 Dec 2014, 7:12 pm)citaro5284 wrote Why if it is Scania's and why if it Versa's?
(30 Dec 2014, 7:13 pm)Malarkey wrote Unless the 2/2A are getting New Buses, no doubt Dan will probs shoot this suggestion out the sky with his RPG
(30 Dec 2014, 6:46 pm)citaro5284 wrote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rje9KWHtkVs&feature=youtu.be
Short video about Northern becoming Go Ahead Northern many years ago
(30 Dec 2014, 9:16 pm)a718abb wrote Some very interesting nostalgic video of the old Central Workshops at Bensham. There is a housing estate there now although the offices where the interviews took place are still in use (The registered office which is on the legal lettering of all GNE buses 117 Queen Street).