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RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - Kuyoyo - 23 Oct 2015 (21 Oct 2015, 6:10 pm)MrPottski wrote 1416 is going to get branded this evening. Generically so I'm told. (22 Oct 2015, 5:47 pm)Stuartphin1639 wrote It's been done and got to say it looks worse than before all its got branding wise is MAX and three red dots, hopefully it gets fully branded 1416, it's on X66 today RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - omnicity4659 - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 8:49 am)Kuyoyo wrote 1416, it's on X66 today Looks like someone has been looking on here...! RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - ross13 - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 8:34 am)Kuyoyo wrote Maxwells Corner is the name for the traffic lights at the northern end of the High Street where the 6/7/7a/17a turn. Connect Tees Valley has the x66/7 stopping at stands E & K on Stockton High Street towards Darlington and stands D & F towards Middlesbrough and departing from stand 19 in Middlesbrough Bus Station from Monday Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - Jimmi - 23 Oct 2015 TITAN is heading back to the North East. He will be launching the new and improved MAX X66/X67 services. The people of Darlington & Stockton will be entertained with a special Halloween performance from TITAN! 27th Oct • Lingfield Point, Darlington @ 12:00pm • Darlington High Street @ 2:15pm 28th Oct • Stockton High Street @12:00pm • Teesside Park @ 2:15pm RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - Cock Robin - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 9:21 am)ross13 wrote Connect Tees Valley has the x66/7 stopping at stands E & K on Stockton High Street towards Darlington and stands D & F towards Middlesbrough and departing from stand 19 in Middlesbrough Bus Station from Monday Doesn't really matter which way they travel northbound so long as they serve the stops on the southbound side of the High Street. (23 Oct 2015, 10:25 am)Jimmi wrote TITAN is heading back to the North East. He will be launching the new and improved MAX X66/X67 services. Teesside Park?! Woukd be better off advertising the S1 there! RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - Kuyoyo - 23 Oct 2015 The Stockton and Teesside Park launches are for both the X66/X67 and the S1 to promote the available connection between them. Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - MrPottski - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 8:49 am)Kuyoyo wrote 1416, it's on X66 today That'll be me at the wheel then! RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - omnicity4659 - 23 Oct 2015 As noted a few pages back, 7446 has entered service at Ashington operating 35C today. Arriva Northumbria: 7446 | NK05 GWY by Tommy Simms, on Flickr I've also been informed that 0664, which is currently VOR due to a broken air dryer will transfer back to Arriva Yorkshire in the coming weeks. RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - Cock Robin - 23 Oct 2015 Broken hair dryer? RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - omnicity4659 - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 3:36 pm)Cock Robin wrote Broken hair dryer? Air dryer... RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - PH - BQA - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 3:38 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Air dryer... What's one of those like? RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - omnicity4659 - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 3:40 pm)mb134 wrote What's one of those like? No idea, just what the reason was on the VOR sheets. I believe it dries the air... EDIT: http://www.volvotrucks.com/dealers-vtc/en-gb/VTBC-EastAnglia/parts_service/partspromotions/Pages/fittedpriceairdryeroffer.aspx RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - PH - BQA - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 3:45 pm)GX03 SVC wrote No idea, just what the reason was on the VOR sheets. I believe it dries the air... Haha, brilliant Saw 7502 today, seemed to be moving along slower than ever... RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - Jimmi - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 3:16 pm)GX03 SVC wrote I've also been informed that 0664, which is currently VOR due to a broken air dryer will transfer back to Arriva Yorkshire in the coming weeks. Well I guess I'm not getting a ride on that now then! RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - buss14 - 23 Oct 2015 so what will replace that at ashington RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - omnicity4659 - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 4:09 pm)buss14 wrote so what will replace that at ashington Hopefully one of 7410/11... RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - buss14 - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 4:10 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Hopefully one of 7410/11... i hope so RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - NK53 TKT - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 4:09 pm)buss14 wrote so what will replace that at ashington Maybe a trade could take place with Arriva Yorkshire and we could get one of our old W-RBB ALX400s back in favour of 664 RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - omnicity4659 - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 5:04 pm)NK53 TKT wrote Maybe a trade could take place with Arriva Yorkshire and we could get one of our old W-RBB ALX400s back in favour of 664 The W-RBB batch of ALX400s are with Yorkshire Tiger not Arriva Yorkshire. I don't see it happening, especially that I've been told that one of 7410/11 is due very soon. RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - NK53 TKT - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 5:12 pm)GX03 SVC wrote The W-RBB batch of ALX400s are with Yorkshire Tiger not Arriva Yorkshire. Oh, maybe a Belmont Lowlander, preferably for me a Y-REG one, will not explain why, but they could send a 57-REG one RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - tyresmoke - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 5:12 pm)GX03 SVC wrote The W-RBB batch of ALX400s are with Yorkshire Tiger not Arriva Yorkshire. One of them was in Blyth depot when I was in there yesterday. Blocked in so I couldn't get a pic of it RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - Kuyoyo - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 8:54 pm)tyresmoke wrote One of them was in Blyth depot when I was in there yesterday. Blocked in so I couldn't get a pic of it (17 Oct 2015, 10:08 am)Kuyoyo wrote One of 7410/1 is parked in Blyth depot. As I reported on Saturday, likewise it was parked in a position to see which one it was RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - L469 YVK - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 5:12 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Hope that they stay there, which they will. Never want to see any of these back up here, absolutely horrid, noisy, hot and underpowered heaps of s***e! RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - peter - 23 Oct 2015 (23 Oct 2015, 9:07 pm)DaveyBowyer wrote Hope that they stay there, which they will. Never want to see any of these back up here, absolutely horrid, noisy, hot and underpowered heaps of s***e! W501 RBB was recently withdrawn following a collision with a bridge, so that's one down, three to go! RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - Kuyoyo - 24 Oct 2015 The last day of the 6 is being worked by 1924. EDIT: 2808 has now received a skirt repaint meaning all 4 of Stockton's old liveried Solos are now thrus treated Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - Jimmi - 24 Oct 2015 4658 is now back in service at Darlington. https://flic.kr/p/AbQ4Fz RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - omnicity4659 - 24 Oct 2015 Just a heads up if anyone is travelling on services X21/X22 that some services are being curtailed at Regent Centre, even if they are on time. This is due to a march/protest in Newcastle city centre. RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - BusLoverMum - 24 Oct 2015 (24 Oct 2015, 2:53 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Just a heads up if anyone is travelling on services X21/X22 that some services are being curtailed at Regent Centre, even if they are on time. This is due to a march/protest in Newcastle city centre. When? Where? Was in NCL from about 2:30-3:30 and no sign of anything other than some hipster teens warbling for the juice festival (old enough to remember almost daily burnings of Thatcher's effigy at Monument) RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - omnicity4659 - 24 Oct 2015 (24 Oct 2015, 10:40 pm)BusLoverMum wrote When? Where? Was in NCL from about 2:30-3:30 and no sign of anything other than some hipster teens warbling for the juice festival (old enough to remember almost daily burnings of Thatcher's effigy at Monument) I don't know if its something to do with the Tyne-Wear derby, but some of Ashington's X20/1/2 services were facing 10+minutes delays in and around NCL. RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - October 2015 - BusLoverMum - 24 Oct 2015 (24 Oct 2015, 11:03 pm)GX03 SVC wrote I don't know if its something to do with the Tyne-Wear derby, but some of Ashington's X20/1/2 services were facing 10+minutes delays in and around NCL. 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