Just curious but does anyone know what's officially meant to be allocated the 14 Pulsars at Blyth. I know in the past before the Jesmond moving routes around it used to be 6 boards on the X7/X8/X9 which appears to be what it should be nowadays and obviously there's the 1 on the 553.

The allocations are all over the place and unless there's been a serious drop in passengers going to college having one on the 06.54 X7 board is just bonkers, that used to be a well loaded decker.

Does anyone know where the other 7 are actually meant to be?

(10 Sep 2024, 6:31 pm)Storx wrote Just curious but does anyone know what's officially meant to be allocated the 14 Pulsars at Blyth. I know in the past before the Jesmond moving routes around it used to be 6 boards on the X7/X8/X9 which appears to be what it should be nowadays and obviously there's the 1 on the 553.

The allocations are all over the place and unless there's been a serious drop in passengers going to college having one on the 06.54 X7 board is just bonkers, that used to be a well loaded decker.

Does anyone know where the other 7 are actually meant to be?

There are only 12 Pulsars officially allocated to Blyth, the extra 2 there at present are covering for a high number of vehicles off the road. 

They have a single deck PVR of 8, so on paper 4 of their 12 Pulsars are spare. Obviously in reality the deckers (mainly the older DB300s and 7501-7/9) appear to be more problematic, whereas most/all of the 12 Pulsars appear to be available most days which results in 4 of them appearing on boards which on paper require a decker.

(10 Sep 2024, 8:30 pm)PH - BQA wrote There are only 12 Pulsars officially allocated to Blyth, the extra 2 there at present are covering for a high number of vehicles off the road. 

They have a single deck PVR of 8, so on paper 4 of their 12 Pulsars are spare. Obviously in reality the deckers (mainly the older DB300s and 7501-7/9) appear to be more problematic, whereas most/all of the 12 Pulsars appear to be available most days which results in 4 of them appearing on boards which on paper require a decker.

Thanks for confirming had a feeling they might have been spares. Hopefully when the electrics turn up then they can be sent away.

Must say it's noticeable that it's the later allocated boards that are left with the singles. Believe that 6.54 board is one of the last out.