(20 Feb 2015, 4:47 pm)Tom wrote To be honest, I'd rather have a Solar than some of the Mercs. 5306 was horrible when I had it on the 35 from Heworth, and 5303 wasn't the best either.
(20 Feb 2015, 4:50 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Likewise. The Mercs I've had so far on the 36:
1.) 5306 - rattled quite a bit.
2.) 5308 - just dreadful, worse than the first!
3.) 5303 - engine screamed like those two chavs on Dan & Scott's 81/81A!
4.) 5299 - best Merc I've had so far on the 36.
(20 Feb 2015, 10:45 pm)park5354 wrote Scania 4964 is now at Riverside, and was on X66 today, with 5332 on 49.
(20 Feb 2015, 4:55 pm)Michael wrote I miss them on the Silver Arrows... =(
(20 Feb 2015, 11:56 pm)Racer_Experience wrote the Citaros really suited Silver Arrows really well for some strange reason i love the sound of a Citaro engine its grown a custom to me everytime am on a Crusader example which some but 3 are the same age as the former Silver Arrows batch
(20 Feb 2015, 11:40 pm)Racer_Experience wrote must have transferred over last night i had the privilege to ride both vehicles when they were both on 88/88A for 4964 during its Washington days as a spare role while 5332 on 27 but in a way might still get these vehicles this time all on 27 these are 2 really good vehicles canny and fastYes, it transferred over on Thursday. Just to provide clarification: this bus has been VOR and unable to transfer, but saw the withdrawal of an articulated vehicle earlier this month.
(21 Feb 2015, 6:42 am)Dan wrote Yes, it transferred over on Thursday. Just to provide clarification: this bus has been VOR and unable to transfer, but saw the withdrawal of an articulated vehicle earlier this month.
On paper, this frees up poppy bus 4949 from the X66 to act as a spare bus for service 58, allowing 5390 to form part of the X40's allocation on a temporary basis until the commercial QuayLink comes in to operation. Scanias 4944, 4964, 4966 and Mercedes 5332 should be allocated to service X66 on Monday - Friday until the new Streetlites arrive, with those vehicles and either 4949 or 5389 (if not required for service 58) covering the additional Saturday bus of the PVR.
(21 Feb 2015, 9:49 am)Dan wrote Given that citaro5284 has said that new vehicles will have Cummins engines and will be manufactured in Ireland - a strong suggestion that the vehicles will be Streetlites - I think it's more or less confirmation...
(21 Feb 2015, 11:23 am)Tom wrote Does anyone know a decent reason why the 17 is so unreliable?
Thinking of emailing customer services now as it is getting beyond a joke. This morning it was four minutes early, and it isn't the first time either. If I go out for it at a reasonable time, like yesterday, it turns up fifteen minutes late, but if I only leave a couple of minutes spare it decides to come ridiculously early.
(20 Feb 2015, 12:29 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Could be further down their respective routes that they are having difficulties with then, maybe the X1 having issues on that section of Old Durham Road and the 21 around the Birtley-Gateshead section.
It's Friday as well, so there may be an extra amount of passengers heading into Newcastle; that could have an effect of some sort.
I don't know!
(21 Feb 2015, 11:32 am)Tom wrote What, which causes it to be four minutes early?If you're regularly seeing buses which are early and late, it's clearly not an issue relating to tight timings.
To be honest it's no excuse.
(21 Feb 2015, 11:23 am)Tom wrote Does anyone know a decent reason why the 17 is so unreliable?
Thinking of emailing customer services now as it is getting beyond a joke. This morning it was four minutes early, and it isn't the first time either. If I go out for it at a reasonable time, like yesterday, it turns up fifteen minutes late, but if I only leave a couple of minutes spare it decides to come ridiculously early.
(21 Feb 2015, 2:20 pm)gtom wrote The Western Bypass was closed between Birtley and Team Valley earlier and Low Fell (well Angel) was the diversion route but it shouldn't have affected the Angel as it has the bus lane unless everyone continued along Durham Rd.As noted earlier in the Bus Incidents thread, X2 was running 20 minutes late at 1300.
Just looking at the Arriva app and the X2's are running to time