(17 Mar 2016, 10:16 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Durham drivers get further than some depot's Sapphire drivers - I believe the only out-of-town route the Stockton lad have that aren't 5/5a is 28/28a (I'm waiting to be corrected on that score - however I do know they don't get any X12s).



There will be more shifts that only do Sapphire routes in a shift than shifts that do Sapphire then something else or the other way round.

(18 Mar 2016, 8:08 am)jaimzm wrote sorry to ask dose anyone know when the whitby park and ride starts again

(18 Mar 2016, 9:56 am)BusLoverMum wrote Easter weekend, I think.

(17 Mar 2016, 9:50 pm)LeeCalder wrote Getting penalised for not having a shirt fully buttoned up in this day and age, is quite extreme.

More and more companies are becoming more relaxed on this, it is no longer seen as more professional or upper class to wear an immaculate uniform which is fully buttoned up, and well ironed because people prefer a more relaxed approach.

(18 Mar 2016, 10:11 am)Cock Robin wrote I'm with Kuyoyo on this one (!).

(18 Mar 2016, 3:44 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Somewhere pigs have flown (even though I've not said anything in the uniform debate whatsoever)

(18 Mar 2016, 5:56 pm)Cobalt271 wrote LJ55BUE - one of the MAX ALX400s has entered service at Ashington depot, it's currently on the X20.

(18 Mar 2016, 6:42 pm)Adrian wrote Don't think it's been noted yet, but 1322 has been repainted in the same fashion as 1320 - i.e. without the horns.

(18 Mar 2016, 7:30 pm)BusLoverMum wrote That's 3 then, as I saw 1328 without horns, the other day. Mustn'y have been freshly done, either, as it was filthy.

(18 Mar 2016, 7:34 pm)Jimmi wrote I don't believe that they've been given them a full repaint, think they've just given them a touch up to get rid of the cowhorns.

(18 Mar 2016, 7:37 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Not unlikely. They've not been done that long, have they?

(18 Mar 2016, 10:41 pm)atlantean542 wrote MAX Volvo B7 ALX400 7423 LJ55BUE seen this afternoon in Newcastle on X22

https://www.flickr.com/photos/99435494@N02/25591220030/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/99435494@N02/25865911486/

(18 Mar 2016, 11:50 pm)BusLoverMum wrote That one looks so angry that its eyes are bulging.

(19 Mar 2016, 5:55 am)Dan wrote Looks pretty poor from the offside.

It seems very few buses can compare to the Gemini repaints, where the curve swoops down onto the front of the bus too.

(19 Mar 2016, 5:55 am)Dan wrote Looks pretty poor from the offside.

It seems very few buses can compare to the Gemini repaints, where the curve swoops down onto the front of the bus too.

(19 Mar 2016, 10:26 am)BusLoverMum wrote Noticed 1792 on the 61/62. When did this come to Belmont?

(19 Mar 2016, 12:34 pm)tyresmoke wrote Temporary move until early April. 2 MPDs have moved to Durham (meant to be 1761 and 1790) with 2 Solos (2809, 2813) going to Ashington.

(18 Mar 2016, 7:52 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote Where in seaham does the x22 stop and does the x22 have peak fares like x7

(19 Mar 2016, 12:34 pm)tyresmoke wrote Temporary move until early April. 2 MPDs have moved to Durham (meant to be 1761 and 1790) with 2 Solos (2809, 2813) going to Ashington.

(19 Mar 2016, 11:27 am)S813 FVK wrote Well, a photo posted on the forum a while back suggests that the front was not always going to look like that. They've ruined it if you ask me!