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RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - tyresmoke - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 3:29 pm)Michael wrote Yes its in the upcoming Arriva changes thread...
And is running on Saturday only...
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - Tom - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 3:39 pm)tyresmoke wrote And is running on Saturday only...
Will it be half hourly? Hopefully it will be successful, and will be able to continue after Christmas.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - tyresmoke - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 3:41 pm)Tom wrote Will it be half hourly? Hopefully it will be successful, and will be able to continue after Christmas.
Yep every half hour from 9 til 6
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - Tom - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 3:42 pm)tyresmoke wrote Yep every half hour from 9 til 6
Not bad at all, might try it out when it starts.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - Jimmi - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 3:44 pm)Tom wrote Not bad at all, might try it out when it starts.I will on the first day and get a photo of it at Teesside Park. Wonder what route it will take especially through Teesside Park, possibly the same as the old R66?
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - Kuyoyo - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 3:47 pm)Jimmi wrote I will on the first day and get a photo of it at Teesside Park. Wonder what route it will take especially through Teesside Park, possibly the same as the old R66?
Going to take a punt at via Thornaby Station rather than via Teesdale - quicker exit then.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - Jimmi - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 3:49 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Going to take a punt at via Thornaby Station rather than via Teesdale - quicker exit then.My fear with that is there can often be traffic pulling off the A66 at the slip road for Teesside Park.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - tyresmoke - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 3:47 pm)Jimmi wrote I will on the first day and get a photo of it at Teesside Park. Wonder what route it will take especially through Teesside Park, possibly the same as the old R66?
Yup exactly the same route as Leven used to operate.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - S813 FVK - 04 Sep 2015
1529 is now branded for service 6: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nebp2/20520494373/in/dateposted/
(04 Sep 2015, 4:59 pm)S813 FVK wrote 1529 is now branded for service 6: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nebp2/20520494373/in/dateposted/
as is 1524: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nebp2/20520492643/in/dateposted/
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - MurdnunoC - 04 Sep 2015
1530 was in process of receiving Sapphire branding for the 6 today. It will probably be out in service either tomorrow or Sunday.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - PH - BQA - 04 Sep 2015
Road closed between Bedlington (Chesters) and Choppington, presumably down to a RTA, causing delays to services 2, 57, and X22, as they will have to divert along Barrington Road and through Bedlington Station (nightmare for the 2...)
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - Steven112 - 04 Sep 2015
Is the 6 still receiving the enviro's?
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - BusLoverMum - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 7:04 pm)Steven112 wrote Is the 6 still receiving the enviro's?
It's got Pulsars. There's been a few E200s on it, this week, but they'd need a heck of a lot of work to lift them to Sapphire specification as they have the seats that shall not be named.
ETA unless we're talking at cross purposes and oyu mean E400s?
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - S813 FVK - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 7:23 pm)BusLoverMum wrote It's got Pulsars. There's been a few E200s on it, this week, but they'd need a heck of a lot of work to lift them to Sapphire specification as they have the seats that shall not be named.
ETA unless we're talking at cross purposes and oyu mean E400s?
The E200s are pretty much sapphire spec...they have wifi, plug sockets and i think the right seating (although i could be wrong?)
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - R852 PRG - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 7:26 pm)S813 FVK wrote The E200s are pretty much sapphire spec...they have wifi, plug sockets and i think the right seating (although i could be wrong?)
Think it's the same, if not similar, leather seating they have fitted.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - Jimmi - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 7:26 pm)S813 FVK wrote The E200s are pretty much sapphire spec...they have wifi, plug sockets and i think the right seating (although i could be wrong?)
The E200's have e-leather seating but it is a different sort of seat to those used in most Sapphire buses, they are similar to Urban90's seats and those used in the Tesma's. They do indeed have WiFi and charging points.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - BusLoverMum - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 7:32 pm)Jimmi wrote The E200's have e-leather seating but it is a different sort of seat to those used in most Sapphire buses, they are similar to Urban90's seats and those used in the Tesma's. They do indeed have WiFi and charging points.
Not the same as the one I caught on the 64, the other week, then. They had the fabric versions. (Noticed today that Scarlet Band's E200s have actual Urban 90s. My back still hasn't forgiven me.)
Scrap that - I misremembered - big'un said they were e-leather.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - Steven112 - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 7:23 pm)BusLoverMum wrote It's got Pulsars. There's been a few E200s on it, this week, but they'd need a heck of a lot of work to lift them to Sapphire specification as they have the seats that shall not be named.
ETA unless we're talking at cross purposes and oyu mean E400s?
Yes, Sorry E400's
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - S813 FVK - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 7:40 pm)Steven112 wrote Yes, Sorry E400's
In which case, yes, the 6 will be receiving Enviros 7519-7521 from Ashington after they have been refurbished.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - citaro5284 - 04 Sep 2015
Affecting not just the North East, but all of the bus side (except London).......looks like big changes in personnel
http://www.route-one.net/industry/apply-for-your-own-job-option/
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - R852 PRG - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 7:50 pm)citaro5284 wrote Affecting not just the North East, but all of the bus side (except London).......looks like big changes in personnel
http://www.route-one.net/industry/apply-for-your-own-job-option/
Seems a little bit ruthless.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - BusLoverMum - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 7:50 pm)citaro5284 wrote Affecting not just the North East, but all of the bus side (except London).......looks like big changes in personnel
http://www.route-one.net/industry/apply-for-your-own-job-option/
I bet morale amongst senior staff is really high, this weekend.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - Jimmi - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 7:32 pm)Jimmi wrote The E200's have e-leather seating but it is a different sort of seat to those used in most Sapphire buses, they are similar to Urban90's seats and those used in the Tesma's. They do indeed have WiFi and charging points.This is what the interior looks like on the E200's used on service 64. https://flic.kr/p/qkUdHh
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - S813 FVK - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 8:04 pm)Jimmi wrote This is what the interior looks like on the E200's used on service 64. https://flic.kr/p/qkUdHh
So quite a long way off the sapphire e-leather seats. I think Frequenta would be just right for them.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - Jimmi - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 8:06 pm)S813 FVK wrote So quite a long way off the sapphire e-leather seats. I think Frequenta would be just right for them.64 would be an ideal route for the Frequenta branding. Although I still think the 64 needs bigger/more buses especially between Framwellgate Moor and Durham City Centre as the New College students and Framwellgate school kids can totally fill an E200 and can often leave people behind. Went through Framwellgate Moor yesterday afternoon and as ever there was a large amount of New College students getting on the X12 at the stop the 64 uses.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - BusLoverMum - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 8:04 pm)Jimmi wrote This is what the interior looks like on the E200's used on service 64. https://flic.kr/p/qkUdHh
Ugh, yep. And those seats behind the barrier towards the back have nowhere to put even a petite size 6 foot on the aisle side.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - Jimmi - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 8:19 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Ugh, yep. And those seats behind the barrier towards the back have nowhere to put even a petite size 6 foot on the aisle side.The back seats are especially bad, I had one on the 56 recently and went to the back and had to sit in the middle seat as I couldn't sit comfortably because of the lacking of space in the other four seats.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - BusLoverMum - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 8:23 pm)Jimmi wrote The back seats are especially bad, I had one on the 56 recently and went to the back and had to sit in the middle seat as I couldn't sit comfortably because of the lacking of space in the other four seats.
The best seats for legroom are the second to back row, next to the fire door. We sat there on the way home on the 58, this afternoon. Room to put bags down and for big'un to stretch his ever growing legs out periodically.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - Jimmi - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 8:28 pm)BusLoverMum wrote The best seats for legroom are the second to back row, next to the fire door. We sat there on the way home on the 58, this afternoon. Room to put bags down and for big'un to stretch his ever growing legs out periodically.
Was so annoyed when two people sat in those seats when I got on the 85 in Barnard Castle the other week! Felt the people in the row in front were too close to me as the seats have that small of a gap.
RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015 - solsburian - 04 Sep 2015
(04 Sep 2015, 7:58 pm)BusLoverMum wrote I bet morale amongst senior staff is really high, this weekend.
I wonder if they will sell off their entire bus division at some point.
