(01 Jan 2015, 8:00 pm)glen1234 wrote Hi do you think stagecoach on Teesside well get some more second hard Enviro 400 or will it be more Dennis trident again like some 51 Reg or 02 Reg or some like that. And want will be the last of  the alx 300 buses to get replace by new buses or second hard buses.

(01 Jan 2015, 9:02 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Hi,

Quick question, I've always been a bit of an ALX300 lover - for some reason I think the lights look like eyes. lol

What is the 'deadline' for these ALX300s to go? I don't mind travelling to Newcastle, Sunderland, Stockton, etc, I'd just love to ride a few more before they get the bullet.

Thanks,
Marcus

(01 Jan 2015, 9:09 pm)Tom wrote The 54/06 reg ones should be here for a while, as I think they are DDA complient.

(02 Jan 2015, 3:49 pm)aureolin wrote Looks like Stockton are having problems cleaning the exterior of their buses too. Couldn't believe the state of some of the new E300s.

(02 Jan 2015, 3:49 pm)aureolin wrote Looks like Stockton are having problems cleaning the exterior of their buses too. Couldn't believe the state of some of the new E300s.

(02 Jan 2015, 3:49 pm)aureolin wrote Looks like Stockton are having problems cleaning the exterior of their buses too. Couldn't believe the state of some of the new E300s.

(02 Jan 2015, 3:54 pm)Dan wrote The Sunderland ones I observed today were fine, but pretty much all of South Shields' looked like they hadn't been through the wash.

(02 Jan 2015, 4:02 pm)citaro5284 wrote I know sometimes if the temperture goes below freezing, we do not put the buses through the wash, mainly because it makes the depots like a skating rink.

(02 Jan 2015, 3:49 pm)aureolin wrote Looks like Stockton are having problems cleaning the exterior of their buses too. Couldn't believe the state of some of the new E300s.

(25 Dec 2014, 2:20 pm)danpick wrote No there shouldn't is's Christmas Day.

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(04 Jan 2015, 8:20 pm)Robinwtait.19 wrote Hi Dan. Is 22734 Still at South Shields Depot. Regards Robin

(04 Jan 2015, 8:39 pm)Robinwtait.19 wrote Hi Dan. Did you have a happy Christmas And a good new year for 2015. Regards Robin

(04 Jan 2015, 8:28 pm)Dan wrote It might be worth your while addressing mrnut85 with that question, as he is more likely to know than me (given that he is a driver at said depot). I certainly don't know everything!  

(05 Jan 2015, 1:43 pm)mrnut85 wrote Yes it is

(07 Jan 2015, 1:51 pm)glen1234 wrote Will stagecoach on Teesside depot get anymore new buses or second hand buses to replace the last old alx 300 buses this year.

(06 Jan 2015, 7:49 pm)AIG20 wrote Good News:
VOLVO OLYMPIAN 16839 (R839 OVN) has had its SORN notice removed and has been taxed until 1st December 2015.

Bad News:
Dennis Dart/ALX200 33101 (R101 KRG) now has a SORN noticed attached - which shows that it has now been withdrawn from service.

(07 Jan 2015, 2:38 pm)bcal3119 wrote Just wonder what will 16839 be running in Sunderland, I don't think it will be just for the park and ride in football days?

And any news about 16833 from South Shields? Have it returned to Sunderland yet,it seems that it's not on X34 for some time.

(07 Jan 2015, 8:01 pm)alanf wrote Does anyone know what the loadings are like on the evening 38s in Stockton I often see it running empty in Norton Do they get any council money or is it just a gamble

(07 Jan 2015, 8:01 pm)alanf wrote Does anyone know what the loadings are like on the evening 38s in Stockton I often see it running empty in Norton Do they get any council money or is it just a gamble

(09 Jan 2015, 6:34 pm)AIG20 wrote I hope 33101 (R101 KRG) is preserved; and the withdrawal of 34401 (NK53 KFW) increases the likelihood of the "53/04 Plate" batch of Pointer Darts being replaced in this/next years order, as this is the eldest DDA-compliant Dart in the North East Fleet.