(27 Jan 2015, 8:06 pm)mb134 wrote They've probably never had a MAX vehicle, to expect one!

(27 Jan 2015, 8:16 pm)Y961 XBU wrote How long are these T-FGN DLA's got left? I ask as up here in the North West and Wlaes we are down to our last one being T110 GGO based at Rhyl (excluding Open Top Examples)

(27 Jan 2015, 8:20 pm)Tom wrote Not long at all - most of them have been withdrawn, and 7458 should be withdrawn when 7518 enters service from repair.

(27 Jan 2015, 8:26 pm)Y961 XBU wrote Cheers for that! 

Another question is have an North East based DLA's been sold to another company in BrightBus? as they have bought a good number of North West based examples

(27 Jan 2015, 8:53 pm)tyresmoke wrote The first few withdrawn have ended up at Alpha's for scrap

(27 Jan 2015, 9:52 pm)Y961 XBU wrote Was there many up here in the first place?

(27 Jan 2015, 11:25 pm)Stuart Phin wrote Forgot to mention earlier on

4651 is back at darlington after it's trip to the engine shop

(27 Jan 2015, 10:55 am)tyresmoke wrote 1441 noted back at Stockton this morning too

(28 Jan 2015, 10:30 am)tvd wrote The power sockets on the Sapphire buses hardly ever seem to be working on the 5's  or X4's.  Do they need to be manually switched on by the driver, or are there known issues with them..?

(28 Jan 2015, 8:16 am)Dan wrote Streetlite 1576 abandoned on Stand C in Park Lane, causing the 61 to relocate to Stand D and the 60 to Stand E...

EDIT: Durham all over again - driver comes as soon as he's due out...

(28 Jan 2015, 1:05 pm)palatine3833 wrote The problem with the 23s is that you only have half an hour between trips.  So say you are on 23A arr. 1252 then you go back out on 23B at 1327 - if you come in late from the first one then technically you can't get back on the bus until 30 mins after you sign off the first bus.  In theory there should be a contingency plan for when delays happen, maybe a spare driver or even longer breaks; but that would mean more money haha.

(28 Jan 2015, 1:05 pm)palatine3833 wrote The problem with the 23s is that you only have half an hour between trips.  So say you are on 23A arr. 1252 then you go back out on 23B at 1327 - if you come in late from the first one then technically you can't get back on the bus until 30 mins after you sign off the first bus.  In theory there should be a contingency plan for when delays happen, maybe a spare driver or even longer breaks; but that would mean more money haha.

(28 Jan 2015, 8:16 am)Dan wrote Streetlite 1576 abandoned on Stand C in Park Lane, causing the 61 to relocate to Stand D and the 60 to Stand E...

EDIT: Durham all over again - driver comes as soon as he's due out...

(28 Jan 2015, 7:59 am)aureolin wrote And it's my morning X12 too. WiFi isnt working like. I've emailed Customer Services, but I'll not hold my breath!

(28 Jan 2015, 1:58 pm)RobinHood wrote Considering its not been launched yet, where exactly does it say Wifi is available on the X12/X2?

Whilst 'we' know Wifi is now fitted, its certianly not advertised as such yet, so what are the grounds for complaint?

(28 Jan 2015, 2:02 pm)aureolin wrote Who's made a complaint like? I've dropped them a note for information, incase they were not aware.

It's broadcasting an SSID, so anyone with a smartphone is likely to notice it. There's the advertisement for the service...

(27 Jan 2015, 11:25 pm)Stuart Phin wrote Forgot to mention earlier on

4651 is back at darlington after it's trip to the engine shop

(27 Jan 2015, 11:39 pm)Malarkey wrote Think I might of Photographed that yesterday actually, will have a flick through my photos tomorrow to see if I did.

(29 Jan 2015, 10:30 am)upt50k wrote I saw pulsar 1416 in Darlington yesterday working on service 7 and sa w  that the seat backs had been left in there old colurs which seems to spoil the effect of the recover in E leather