(12 Apr 2021, 5:05 pm)GNE6312 wrote All Blyth new transfers have entered service on the following routes today

1407-X7/X8/X9
1461-X10/X11 (board thst does a round trip on the 308 to start off)
1462-X7/X8/X9
1463-X7/X8/89
1475-2/X16

Although thought to be withdrawn commanders 1401/2 have went to Ashington both on the 35/X21/X22

And 1768/69 have gone to Durham

1768 is on the 49/49A/57/57A (or however it goes)
1769 is on the 56

(12 Apr 2021, 5:00 pm)peter wrote According to Bustimes 1768 and 1769 have transferred from Blyth to Durham - it must be quite a while since an MPD was on the streets of Durham!

(13 Apr 2021, 10:53 am)Storx wrote So it seems the transfers have all been done but does anyone actually know what the reason behind it as the 1/2 are still ran by the minibuses and 1401/1402 aren't withdrawn either, are they actually for the expresses or was it actually about giving Blyth newer buses rather than the 2 ex London deckers.

It seems it's more like.

Blyth
Out: 7609(7485)/7610(7487)/1401/1402/1768/1769   
In: 1407/1461/1462/1463/1475/1409?

Durham
Out: 1461/1462/1463/1475/1409?     
In: 7485/7487/1768/1769/1579/1580

Ashington
Out: 1407/1579/1580   
In: 1401/1402

Only really 2 big bus gain for Blyth rather than the 8 that's needed for the 1/2.

(13 Apr 2021, 11:07 am)mb134 wrote Blyth still have a small "don't send me to Newcastle" rota, which will be minibuses. 

(13 Apr 2021, 11:07 am)mb134 wrote Blyth still have a small "don't send me to Newcastle" rota, which will be minibuses. 

1401/2 only appear to be at Ashington because their engineers can't work out how to get the rest of their buses to stay on the road for more than a week. 1401 was taken off the X20 early on this morning and replaced by an E400. 7445 is spending another day on the X14, having done the first southbound X18 from Belford to Alnwick via Seahouses this morning (balls of steel whoever allocated that), while 7484 is doing its thing on the Sapphire circuit as per.

(13 Apr 2021, 3:08 pm)GNE6312 wrote Does it really matter if its minis on those boards, there's lots of depots which are fine without minis for newer drivers such as all Stagecoach NE depots (Exept Stockton) have no minis with their smallest buses being atleast E200s aswell as Riverside depot with GNE and even arriva NE's own Stockton depot.

(13 Apr 2021, 3:39 pm)Storx wrote Yeah that's fair answers my question.

Seems like Ashington has borrowed the person who does Blyth's allocations recently they've been all over the place the past few weeks. Noticed there's 2 Enviros including a 64 plate on the 57 today yet like you said 7445 is on the X14.

(13 Apr 2021, 3:46 pm)mb134 wrote  It isn't to do with that. Minibus rotas, AFAIK, have a lower pay rate. As soon as a conventional vehicle goes on that driver is then paid full whack

(13 Apr 2021, 6:50 pm)N391OTY wrote There's been a few transfers involving Jesmond recently as well.

2822 has returned to Jesmond and has been working 553 and other services today.
2856 has returned to Darlington after a long stint, possibly on loan.

7425/26 have both returned to Redcar (?) and have seen service on the X93.

(17 Apr 2021, 1:03 pm)tyresmoke wrote Mini Dart 1760 has turned up at Redcar though not in use yet


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(17 Apr 2021, 1:05 pm)Ryland wrote Possible to replace 1759. Seen it yesterday coming down the a174 looked like it had it's display board removed

(19 Apr 2021, 7:25 pm)davidt128 wrote I'm brand new to this Forum, so I hope I'm not repeating info nor am I in the wrong place.
Recently seen active in Darlington are 2856 and 7518. Transfers or loans ? Or do they just need to stretch their pistons !

(19 Apr 2021, 7:38 pm)mb134 wrote 7518 made the transfer to Darlington late last year if I remember correctly, think it was either due to an extra decker being needed for capacity on a certain board or due to a board transfer between the two depots.

Not sure on 2856, looking at Bustimes data I'd assume it transferred from Jesmond in anticipation of the April service changes.

(22 Apr 2021, 2:37 pm)Micheal Aaron Parker wrote Can an Arriva Blyth driver confirm why the 1 and 2 still have mini buses on yet the Pulsar bar two are on the Express routes

(22 Apr 2021, 2:47 pm)omnicity4659 wrote Because the Pulsars will be covering for deckers which are off the road.

(22 Apr 2021, 4:25 pm)L469 YVK wrote That shouldn't be the case though!

(22 Apr 2021, 5:38 pm)mb134 wrote What would you like them to do instead? 

Only 2 Blyth deckers look to be VOR at the moment, and one of those has an MOT due soon. 

The reality is that deckers are needed for duplicates, and the single deckers are being used on quieter runs. Funny that there's no comment on GNE using a Versa and 04-plate Omnidekka on the 21 today, you'd assume due to a few (much younger) StreetDecks being off the road.

(22 Apr 2021, 2:37 pm)Micheal Aaron Parker wrote Can an Arriva Blyth driver confirm why the 1 and 2 still have mini buses on yet the Pulsar bar two are on the Express routes

(22 Apr 2021, 5:56 pm)Storx wrote I'm not sure if they were actually brought to Blyth for only the 1/2. They've replaced 1401/1402 to Ashington and 7485/7487 to Durham instead. There hasn't been a PVR decrease on any of the expresses and 2 extra buses were never enough for the 1/2 (PVR 8) without more buses.

(22 Apr 2021, 6:18 pm)mb134 wrote 2 MAX Pulsars are currently on the 1/2 in their place, in fairness. I'm also not sure 1401/2 should be at Ashington, I know the former transferred back last week before failing on an X9. Ashington do seem to trust 1402 a fair bit mind, been sent out on the X14 a few times now. 

The Solos were kept for the "please don't send me to Newcastle" rota on the 1/2, so I'd guess the 1/2 allocation will ultimately depend on that.

(22 Apr 2021, 5:50 pm)Micheal Aaron Parker wrote I aint saying its bad. I'm just saying that ever since they have been transferred to Blyth. Yet once they are all yet to appear on the 1 or the 2