Could be a fun few days / week / months ahead for the Morpeth expresses at Ashington as there's no trains serving Morpeth northbound and a limited service on the ECML with speed restrictions as a viaduct has completely collapsed today.

There's also a comment on RailUK that Stagecoach are running a replacement bus service, not sure where from or what with though mind.

Couple of images from RailUK (https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/iss...908/page-2) below of the state of it.

for those who don't know Arriva Durham's 1413 is only currently on loan to Stockton its not transfer  how i know that is of a Facebook group from drivers

Just read an article that Toner Road Primary School has gained an ALX300 from Stagecoach

Little bit of trivia but was something I was thinking about before, we've quite often talked about longest bus routes, but which route in the North East has the most stops on their route according to timetable data. I'll throw 3 in but there's probably more. Most the obvious long routes aren't anywhere near the top of this as they all pretty much have limited stop sections.

1 (GNE) - 107 Stops
78 (GNE) - 105 Stops
6 (GNE) - 101 Stops
57A (Arriva) Sundays - 95 Stops
50 (GNE) - 91 Stops
18A (GNE) - 89 Stops

Edited to add others.

Anyone beat them?

Majority of Streetlites have had the new Logos and Reintroduced Blue Front added onto them during Week 1 of the Strikes.
Looks fairly alright, Just wondering how the other buses will look when the Logo gets added to existing brands and of course other current fleet livery vehicles

*Not My Photo*

Ashington Solo 2601 appears to be in Bus & Coach World for repaint and/or refurbishment. 

https://flic.kr/p/2p7io6Y. 

Assume it went down when 7549 returned.

Has arriva introduced a decker board on the 1 as it would appear the duty that starts with the 06.32 1 to Wansbeck Hospital and finishes with the last 2 from Blyth appears to have had deckers all week. Had 7541 on Monday, 7531 on Tuesday, 7527 yesterday & 7529 today

It is showing on Bustimes (unsure if it’s true or not) 7549 is showing as now repainted into Journey Mark.

Is this the case that all of this batch are due to be repainted/refurbished as it could be suggesting this by 7551 having been off since the 6th September for the same potential reason. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated

It's that time of year again when someone forgets to renew the SSL certificate!

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...e-27750678

Can the stop them from doing this?  I'm sure there's no signs with a weight restriction? I'm also sure they wouldn't be moaning if 3 fire engines were bombing down the road to save lives!