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Operation of Metro Replacement contract between 15 & 28 February 2021 - JACK6081 - 07 Feb 2021
Think those east yorkshire deckers arriving will be to help out on metro replacement from the 14th of febuary 41 buses are being used from riverside so I suspect extra buses will be used/saurced from other depots
RE: Go North East: Withdrawn Vehicles & Fleet Disposals - MichealAaron - 07 Feb 2021
So your saying 41 Go North East deckers are going to be running on metro replacement. Im guessing it will be whatever is free
RE: Go North East: Withdrawn Vehicles & Fleet Disposals - Malarkey - 08 Feb 2021
(07 Feb 2021, 9:08 pm)MichealAaron wrote So your saying 41 Go North East deckers are going to be running on metro replacement. Im guessing it will be whatever is free
Should be enough buses given most services are operating on a reduced frequency at the moment with the majority of the allocation being Ex London Volvo B7TL Wright Gemini's/Plaxton Presidents and East Lancs Omnidekkas.
RE: Go North East: Withdrawn Vehicles & Fleet Disposals - Rapidsnap - 08 Feb 2021
41 seems to be a bit too many buses. Probably around 20-25 be needed I think.
RE: Go North East: Withdrawn Vehicles & Fleet Disposals - Dan - 08 Feb 2021
(08 Feb 2021, 5:21 pm)Rapidsnap wrote 41 seems to be a bit too many buses. Probably around 20-25 be needed I think.
28 buses in total, and that's before any get sub-contracted out. More than enough double-decks around to be able to cover the job, even without any buses from East Yorkshire.
RE: Go North East: Withdrawn Vehicles & Fleet Disposals - Dan - 20 Feb 2021
(08 Feb 2021, 5:23 pm)Dan wrote 28 buses in total, and that's before any get sub-contracted out. More than enough double-decks around to be able to cover the job, even without any buses from East Yorkshire.
The following fleet re-allocations have been made to mobilise this contract:
3941 3942 3943 Deptford to Riverside
6134 6135 returned to service at Riverside
6331 6332 6333 6356 6357 6358 6912 6913 6914 Consett to Riverside
6922 6923 6924 6925 6926 6927 Percy Main to Riverside
Further fleet movements will take place tomorrow, with six extra vehicles required, as fewer diagrams will be sub-contracted to Stanley Travel and JH Coaches.
Photos:
3941: https://flic.kr/p/2kBSRSY
6333: https://flic.kr/p/2kDqcro
6356: https://flic.kr/p/2kD7iKv
6357: https://flic.kr/p/2kDrxz6
6923: https://flic.kr/p/2kBZngL
6925: https://flic.kr/p/2kCwUkh
RE: Go North East: Withdrawn Vehicles & Fleet Disposals - Malarkey - 20 Feb 2021
(20 Feb 2021, 4:46 pm)Dan wrote The following fleet re-allocations have been made to mobilise this contract:
3941 3942 3943 Deptford to Riverside
6134 6135 returned to service at Riverside
6331 6332 6333 6356 6357 6358 6912 6913 6914 Consett to Riverside
6922 6923 6924 6925 6926 6927 Percy Main to Riverside
Further fleet movements will take place tomorrow, with six extra vehicles required, as fewer diagrams will be sub-contracted to Stanley Travel and JH Coaches.
Photos:
3941: https://flic.kr/p/2kBSRSY
6333: https://flic.kr/p/2kDqcro
6356: https://flic.kr/p/2kD7iKv
6357: https://flic.kr/p/2kDrxz6
6923: https://flic.kr/p/2kBZngL
6925: https://flic.kr/p/2kCwUkh
Has either of these three Streetdeck's had any work on them recently as one of them think it might of been 6356 sounded awful this afternoon.
RE: Go North East: Withdrawn Vehicles & Fleet Disposals - Dan - 21 Feb 2021
(20 Feb 2021, 4:46 pm)Dan wrote Further fleet movements will take place tomorrow, with six extra vehicles required, as fewer diagrams will be sub-contracted to Stanley Travel and JH Coaches.
3962 (Deptford), 6143 (Chester-le-Street), 6934 (out of use Hexham) and 6115 - 6117 (Percy Main) have all been re-allocated to Riverside for the extra diagrams.
Service 311 to be re-allocated single-decks for the week in order to release 6115-17.
RE: Operation of Metro Replacement contract between 15 & 28 February 2021 - Rapidsnap - 21 Feb 2021
Amazed they aren't using the DFDS deckers since they're sat around doing nothing.
Operation of Metro Replacement contract between 15 & 28 February 2021 - Dan - 21 Feb 2021
(21 Feb 2021, 12:05 pm)Rapidsnap wrote Amazed they aren't using the DFDS deckers since they're sat around doing nothing.
They’re allocated to scholars services at Percy Main.
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RE: Operation of Metro Replacement contract between 15 & 28 February 2021 - tynesider - 01 Mar 2021
I may have missed this, but is there a reason why the Metro Replacement services continued today, after the Metro service had resumed?
I saw plenty of double deckers going through the city centre, all of which had the total of zero passengers on them.
Deliberate contingency planning, or a balls up in the procurement documents?
RE: Operation of Metro Replacement contract between 15 & 28 February 2021 - Jamie M - 01 Mar 2021
(01 Mar 2021, 9:49 pm)tynesider wrote I may have missed this, but is there a reason why the Metro Replacement services continued today, after the Metro service had resumed?
I saw plenty of double deckers going through the city centre, all of which had the total of zero passengers on them.
Deliberate contingency planning, or a balls up in the procurement documents?
The former, Metro finished on Sunday rather on Monday. Registered with the TC so cannot be changed short notice. Bureaucracy from the government at the government's expense!