(31 May 2018, 7:50 am)Dan wrote 22345 on 63
A Kinetic on the 12.

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(31 May 2018, 7:38 pm)S830OFT wrote 22508
22513 was on the 12.

That's where you'll find a Kinetic not trusted with the 18. 22513 re-entered service on Wednesday after its poor start at Walkergate. 22512 was 12s today.

6 branded sapphire pulsar I’ve just seen just outside team valley on the motorway. Any ideas why it’s so far away?

1483 on 685.

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Recruitment Open Day

Metrocentre Coach Park on Sunday 10 June from 10am - 2pm

https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/jointheteam/


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1 year until all the euro 5 Scania L94's can be withdrawn.


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Are all these buses the ones on temporary allocations in the fleet 648, 654, 695, 696, 706-708, 4942, 4944, 4958, 4960?

22411 getting a lift home courtesy of Alpha, now, from the Metrocentre.

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General thread for discussion of bus events elsewhere

I headed to Scarborough today for the 'Scarborough BusFest' today. The second consecutive year that I've attended, and I see it is only the third year they have been running the event. The BusFest utilises a decent size square car park, which is just up the bank adjacent from Peasholm Park. 

I thoroughly enjoyed the day. There was again a decent turn out of preserved vehicles, and I managed to have a ride on ex-First Volvo Olympian/Alexander RL (R641 HYG), ex-EYMS Dennis MPD/Plaxton (W471 UAG) and two runs on Bristol LH6L/ECW (AFB 586V). I also managed a quick service bus trip on a Shoreline Suncruisers, ex-Lothian, Dennis Trident 2/Plaxton President (V522 ESC). 

The event is really well organised in my opinion and there were a good number of stewards about for assistance. The site layout was OK, but it could have done with a bit more spacing in between some of the buses, and the actual location of the site is really good for photos. It is ideally placed to photograph vehicles entering and exiting the site. There were a number of trade stalls, and also an ice cream van for snacks, drinks, etc. The programme for the rally was reasonably priced at £3 and it provided a timetable for the bus services leaving the site, and what vehicle was allocated to each run. It is well worth purchasing the programme for this reason.

The only negative that I can think of, is that there was only a single current service bus, in the form of a Scarborough & District E200MMC. This was used as a rally control vehicle, therefore did not run out on the day, and was difficult to really have a look at. Despite growing up with Atlanteans, Nationals, Olympians, etc, I am just as interested in modern buses, so it was a bit disappointing not to see any. A Coastliner B5TL was present last year, and I enjoyed having a ride round the coast on that.

As a potential improvement, it would be nice if the bus routes officially stopped on the seafront. If you don't visit Scarborough much or at all, then it is worth having a walk up and down, and having a bit of the 'seaside resort' experience! Thoroughly enjoyed a quick visit to the arcades, and also the fantastic curry and chips purchased - just watch out for those seagulls! 

Hi, has anyone flown with LOT polish airlines before? If so, what are they like? I'm using them from Warsaw to Budapest on a Dash 8 Q-400 in July. Cheers

i cant access ALL fleet list it comes up with loads of errors

Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - May 2018

(30 Apr 2018, 12:43 pm)RBZ 5459 wrote It won't be gaining one.

Seems bizarre in this day and age, when bus operators' back-office systems are so reliant on buses being allocated fleet numbers, that buses still manage to go without having one!

I wonder if they have one for internal purposes, even if not shown on the bus? For revenue analysis, for complaint procedures, for fuel usage analysis, for monitoring AVL data... In any vehicle trials, the latter two are obviously quite important.