(24 Jun 2016, 10:11 am)V514DFT wrote Just out of curiosity,has 2824 recently be side shunted in an accident,cus i just saw it out today on the 335 and one of its panels on the right hand side is a slightly different colour to the rest of the bus,i know it was in for a repaint a few weeks ago,but this panel looks quite recent

(24 Jun 2016, 7:24 pm)V514DFT wrote Yeah but theres one panel thats a slightly different shade to the rest which lead me to thinking it was in a r.t.a,bit like 2831 which has a plain greeny/blue back bumper

(25 Jun 2016, 2:11 pm)V514DFT wrote 2806 needs a repaint full stop,its the only solo ive seen up here in original fleet colours

(25 Jun 2016, 10:06 pm)V514DFT wrote Its nice for a 'blast from the past',but its dated now and looks odd along with 2815 which is white,no idea why

(25 Jun 2016, 10:51 pm)peter wrote 2815 is white to act as a spare for the Nexus branded buses...I think the idea being it was better to use/Nexus would be happier with a white bus rather than an Arriva branded vehicle.

(07 Oct 2016, 6:33 pm)GX03 SVC wrote 4th September changes saw 4659 move to X20, and one of 7412-5 move to X14 alongside 7517 and a QLIN E400.

4653 is now a spare for MAX routes X14/5/6/8/20, alongside 7412 and 7515/6 which are branded as QLIN for flexibility. 4659 should receive X20 branding in the near future....hopefully!

If anyone wants to get the OmniCity run, its the first southbound X20 that starts at Hadston on Saturdays. Arrives Haymarket at 0725. It is the last Alnwick run on the evening.

(08 Oct 2016, 12:34 pm)Stuartphin1639 wrote Still has X14 branding just left haymarket (13:33) bound for Alnwick

(25 Nov 2016, 11:18 am)Buses98 wrote it is due to get X20 branding over the weekend

(13 Dec 2016, 7:54 pm)JoshP wrote Would it make sense for Darlington, when the X21 goes MAX Pulsar, to move all 14 Eco City's onto the 1/5/5A/19/12 and put Pulsars on the 2 & 8/8A?

Not sure of the PVR for the routes mentioned but it's just an idea.

(23 Mar 2017, 12:17 pm)omnicity4659 wrote 7416 and 7446 are now part of the 35 allocation. Both vehicles are being kept local as whenever they stray to places like Newcastle or Berwick they break down....

(23 Mar 2017, 2:28 pm)mb134 wrote "Stray to places like Newcastle", so when they go on the routes they should be allocated to? 

So are Ashington okay with them permanently breaking down on the 35 instead?

(23 Mar 2017, 2:28 pm)mb134 wrote "Stray to places like Newcastle", so when they go on the routes they should be allocated to? 

So are Ashington okay with them permanently breaking down on the 35 instead?

(23 Mar 2017, 3:59 pm)omnicity4659 wrote They've never broke down on the 35 for the last couple of weeks, but whenever they go further afield they decided to break in some convenient places!

Jesmond ended up having 7446 for a day a few weeks back, after it broke down in Haymarket the previous day, so they used it on Metros, broke down a couple of hours later...