(31 May 2019, 8:23 pm)Dan wrote

Have they all been treated to full repaints?

Here is a rare sight here is stagecoach Sunderland E200 fully stripped ready for the new coat seen at the back of wheatsheaf depot before taken by my mate Harry by Sunderland wheatsheaf depot, on Flickr

36971/2 haven't been repainted yet. Im surprised they haven't just used 3 of the gas buses instead

19387 was repainted earlier this week - seen below heading to Wheatsheaf.

DSC_4451 by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

19434 also seems to have been repainted: https://flic.kr/p/2g65faQ

(07 Jun 2019, 7:33 am)R.Tait wrote Dan. Do you know which of the Shields buses are leaving on 23rd for Sunderland. Please can we be good friends. Thank you Robin

(07 Jun 2019, 5:47 pm)big mac wrote Is the X34 not moving from South Shields?

Gonorth91. I have only seen 3 Double deckers on the E services since last week end. We should have keeped the 16000's we used to have on the E1/2/3 a long time ago. Yours Robin

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Hi Robin

Dan works for Go North East not Stagecoach that's how he can update loads of info on Go North East.

RBZ5459 is a good point of contact for Stagecoach info but don't hound him.

(09 Jun 2019, 8:06 pm)R.Tait wrote RBZ5459. I here we are losing the E 27’s is it true and where are they going. Robin

RBZ5459. Will Sunderland use there gas buses on the E services to South Shields when are services get changed on the 23rd. Also what will they use on the x20 + 30 to Fellgate And Boldon Asda. Robin

Obviously down to the works at Testo's, but had the unusual sight of an SNE blue liveried gas bus plodding down the Washington Highway tonight, passing the Galleries, towards Shiney Row.

Not sure how much time the diversion will have taken, but I imagine it will have added a few minutes.

Reckon it's the first in service SNE bus I've seen in that area, since they had the contract to run the 186 early morning runs back in the day.

(11 Jun 2019, 8:11 pm)R.Tait wrote

RBZ5459. Will Sunderland use there gas buses on the E services to South Shields when are services get changed on the 23rd. Also what will they use on the x20 + 30 to Fellgate And Boldon Asda. Robin

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Shouldn't be anything hugley different at this stage, as Sunderland drivers and buses have their own normal booked duties. The ex-Shields drivers will be working their routes in which they were transferred over for, being familiar to those routes and those vehicles only (the Shields drivers have not yet been type-trained on the Scanias for example). At this stage some Sunderland drivers are voluntarily in the process of being trained up on the Es and X20/30 so that they are able to cover the Shields routes when needed, so to minimise disruption or lost mileage. I'm sure that over time when things settle down that ex-Shields drivers will be type-trained and familiarised with Sunderland local work.

All 15 E300 and 4 E400 will be moving across to Sunderland, with the X20/30 likely to be seeing two or three E200 move over - looking like MAN ones atm.

(12 Jun 2019, 10:19 am)RBZ 5459 wrote

Shouldn't be anything hugley different at this stage, as Sunderland drivers and buses have their own normal booked duties. The ex-Shields drivers will be working their routes in which they were transferred over for, being familiar to those routes and those vehicles only (the Shields drivers have not yet been type-trained on the Scanias for example). At this stage some Sunderland drivers are voluntarily in the process of being trained up on the Es and X20/30 so that they are able to cover the Shields routes when needed, so to minimise disruption or lost mileage. I'm sure that over time when things settle down that ex-Shields drivers will be type-trained and familiarised with Sunderland local work.

All 15 E300 and 4 E400 will be moving across to Sunderland, with the X20/30 likely to be seeing two or three E200 move over - looking like MAN ones atm.

I take there is no change to X34 other than the transfer as nothing has been listed on website.

(12 Jun 2019, 3:32 pm)Youngymmv wrote Is the x34 being ran from Sunderland also? If not then I can’t see why the 4 e400s would be moving across

That would be why they're moving across.

(12 Jun 2019, 3:55 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Zone Repaint Update

27173/7 have now been treated to a repaint. This leaves 27167/9/71/4 left to be treated.
As 27171/4 are both out in service today, one of the other two are likely away for repaint.

(12 Jun 2019, 5:19 pm)Cock Robin wrote 27171 was repainted by 20th May.

Me and my tired mind - yes, that leaves 27167/9/72/4 to do, all of which are in use today.

(12 Jun 2019, 4:56 pm)RBZ 5459 wrote

That would be why they're moving across.

(12 Jun 2019, 5:21 pm)Michael wrote I bet they'll be on the X24 within a week.

Probably lol ?

Those omnilinks are very tired and often miss days in service. Leaving a nice combination of gass buses and omnilinks and on Saturday q gas bus, 36093 and 24003. You'll be lucky if you can get a year out of them.

I'm gonna think up of a cascade plan and post it in the order predictions

Also does anyone know if the transbus enviro 300s are transferring to Newcastle in the summer or is it just the 241xx E300s. I'm hoping that both can come so we can get rid of the crappy 225xx E300s.

(12 Jun 2019, 5:55 pm)GNE6312 wrote

Probably lol ?

Those omnilinks are very tired and often miss days in service. Leaving a nice combination of gass buses and omnilinks and on Saturday q gas bus, 36093 and 24003. You'll be lucky if you can get a year out of them.

I'm gonna think up of a cascade plan and post it in the order predictions

Also does anyone know if the transbus enviro 300s are transferring to Newcastle in the summer or is it just the 241xx E300s. I'm hoping that both can come so we can get rid of the crappy 225xx E300s.

225xx are not going anywhere. I have a theory that Stocktons new MMC 200s will release 4 ADL E300s for Sunderland to go on the X24 replacing the Omnilinks and along with making South Shields more of a Hartlepool Operating Base could be why the Es are moving to Sunderland. I think the Kinetics And 05 E300s are likely to come to Newcastle only to replace any 03/54 Regs remaining otherwise there will probs be no other cascades. Well one can hope.