(26 Feb 2015, 4:31 pm)Tommy_1581 7458 is currently working from Blyth depot.
(26 Feb 2015, 4:31 pm)Tommy_1581 7458 is currently working from Blyth depot.
(26 Feb 2015, 3:46 pm)John_R I think the revision of the 3 in Mowden will improve the service, and should benefit Hummersknott School. The new loop will mean that some passengers will continue to have a bus service should the 16 be withdrawn. Although I would still expect the Mowden moaners to complain to The Northern Echo.
It's interesting that there're combining services 2 & 11 given the reason that they were split in 2008 was due to congestion, but hopefully the new junction at Stonebridge has eased problems. I doubt many use the service in High Grange on 19, as many people in High Grange walk to get on the 1/X1 currently.
(26 Feb 2015, 3:46 pm)John_R I think the revision of the 3 in Mowden will improve the service, and should benefit Hummersknott School. The new loop will mean that some passengers will continue to have a bus service should the 16 be withdrawn. Although I would still expect the Mowden moaners to complain to The Northern Echo.
It's interesting that there're combining services 2 & 11 given the reason that they were split in 2008 was due to congestion, but hopefully the new junction at Stonebridge has eased problems. I doubt many use the service in High Grange on 19, as many people in High Grange walk to get on the 1/X1 currently.
(26 Feb 2015, 7:09 pm)John_R Does the 16A go around Faverdale Industrial Estate or straight up West Auckland Road to West Park, just I saw it doing both these things on different days last week.
(26 Feb 2015, 7:09 pm)John_R Does the 16A go around Faverdale Industrial Estate or straight up West Auckland Road to West Park, just I saw it doing both these things on different days last week.
(26 Feb 2015, 8:34 pm)Kuyoyo 2826 entered service at Stockton depot working 7s alongside 2803 - 1769 the only MPD out in service today.
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(26 Feb 2015, 8:34 pm)Kuyoyo 2826 entered service at Stockton depot working 7s alongside 2803 - 1769 the only MPD out in service today.
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(27 Feb 2015, 9:37 am)jaimzm is Daf ALX 400 7475 and 7512 still at blyth cause the fleet list says they are still their and same with 1712
(27 Feb 2015, 10:04 am)Dan 7512 is my fault - it was loaned there and I forgot to change it back (despite being reminded about three times!)
Fixed now.
(27 Feb 2015, 10:04 am)Dan 7512 is my fault - it was loaned there and I forgot to change it back (despite being reminded about three times!)
Fixed now.
(27 Feb 2015, 10:11 am)jaimzm ah right i see lol shame on you lol i take it was same with 7475 and 1712 they not blyth now either lol are arriva getting rid of the 05reg darts
(27 Feb 2015, 10:11 am)jaimzm ah right i see lol shame on you lol i take it was same with 7475 and 1712 they not blyth now either lol are arriva getting rid of the 05reg darts
7610 on the 1120 X2 from Eldon Square.
Bit slow to catch on, but really not impressed with the Enviro200s on the 64. Currently sat on 1328 and it's not particularly comfortable, there's definitely not enough seats (all seats minus three occupied at this time of day when departing Durham). The plugs are useless as the pensioners occupy the first seats towards the bus where the power sockets are located (none from the middle to rear). The Wi-Fi is working, but is quite slow and took a while to connect as well. They seem to have a lot less power than Stagecoach's examples, too.
(27 Feb 2015, 1:53 pm)Dan Bit slow to catch on, but really not impressed with the Enviro200s on the 64. Currently sat on 1328 and it's not particularly comfortable, there's definitely not enough seats (all seats minus three occupied at this time of day when departing Durham). The plugs are useless as the pensioners occupy the first seats towards the bus where the power sockets are located (none from the middle to rear). The Wi-Fi is working, but is quite slow and took a while to connect as well. They seem to have a lot less power than Stagecoach's examples, too.
(27 Feb 2015, 1:53 pm)Dan Bit slow to catch on, but really not impressed with the Enviro200s on the 64. Currently sat on 1328 and it's not particularly comfortable, there's definitely not enough seats (all seats minus three occupied at this time of day when departing Durham). The plugs are useless as the pensioners occupy the first seats towards the bus where the power sockets are located (none from the middle to rear). The Wi-Fi is working, but is quite slow and took a while to connect as well. They seem to have a lot less power than Stagecoach's examples, too.
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Few changes to plans over next few months thanks to Durham County Council starting major roadworks at the Honest Lawyer junction outside Durham - see http://www.durham.gov.uk/article/4955/Wo...e-underway
This means that the Sapphire launch has been postponed on service 6, and vehicles have been swapped around too. In April we now have the launch of services 22 and 24 - utilising the Streetlites on service 22 (matching the allocation on service 23 into Sunderland I guess!) and the cascaded Pulsars from service 7 being allocated to the 24.
Once the roadworks are finished we should see service 6 be converted to Sapphire. Ironically North West are using a batch of freed up Pulsars on rail replacement works for the next few months. After this they will probably transfer to us and go for refurbishment for use on the 6, alongside the E400s on the decker boards.
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(27 Feb 2015, 10:01 pm)tyresmoke Few changes to plans over next few months thanks to Durham County Council starting major roadworks at the Honest Lawyer junction outside Durham - see http://www.durham.gov.uk/article/4955/Wo...e-underway
This means that the Sapphire launch has been postponed on service 6, and vehicles have been swapped around too. In April we now have the launch of services 22 and 24 - utilising the Streetlites on service 22 (matching the allocation on service 23 into Sunderland I guess!) and the cascaded Pulsars from service 7 being allocated to the 24.
Once the roadworks are finished we should see service 6 be converted to Sapphire. Ironically North West are using a batch of freed up Pulsars on rail replacement works for the next few months. After this they will probably transfer to us and go for refurbishment for use on the 6, alongside the E400s on the decker boards.
(27 Feb 2015, 10:01 pm)tyresmoke Few changes to plans over next few months thanks to Durham County Council starting major roadworks at the Honest Lawyer junction outside Durham - see http://www.durham.gov.uk/article/4955/Wo...e-underway
This means that the Sapphire launch has been postponed on service 6, and vehicles have been swapped around too. In April we now have the launch of services 22 and 24 - utilising the Streetlites on service 22 (matching the allocation on service 23 into Sunderland I guess!) and the cascaded Pulsars from service 7 being allocated to the 24.
Once the roadworks are finished we should see service 6 be converted to Sapphire. Ironically North West are using a batch of freed up Pulsars on rail replacement works for the next few months. After this they will probably transfer to us and go for refurbishment for use on the 6, alongside the E400s on the decker boards.
(27 Feb 2015, 10:15 pm)Jimmi I think it kind of makes a bit more sense having Pulsars on the 6 instead of being mixed with StreetLite's on the 6. It is a good idea to delay the 6 launch as Sapphire with these works as you don't want to launch a drive to bring new passengers when the service is running late due to roadwork's and having them put off because of this.
Isn't the 24 busier than the 22, if so it may be better to put the StreetLite's on the 24 if they have 44 seats like the other examples as the 7 Pulsar's only have 40 seats and I think this is part of the problems with passenger overcrowding on the 7 with there being 4 less seats.
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(27 Feb 2015, 10:15 pm)Jimmi I think it kind of makes a bit more sense having Pulsars on the 6 instead of being mixed with StreetLite's on the 6. It is a good idea to delay the 6 launch as Sapphire with these works as you don't want to launch a drive to bring new passengers when the service is running late due to roadwork's and having them put off because of this.
Isn't the 24 busier than the 22, if so it may be better to put the StreetLite's on the 24 if they have 44 seats like the other examples as the 7 Pulsar's only have 40 seats and I think this is part of the problems with passenger overcrowding on the 7 with there being 4 less seats.
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(27 Feb 2015, 10:24 pm)tyresmoke Glad somebody agrees...
I would probably say the 22 is busier now that goes to Sunderland. I am intrigued to see what happens capacity wise on the 24 though, especially with peak time parallel service 24X utilising a decker
(27 Feb 2015, 10:24 pm)tyresmoke Glad somebody agrees...
I would probably say the 22 is busier now that goes to Sunderland. I am intrigued to see what happens capacity wise on the 24 though, especially with peak time parallel service 24X utilising a decker
