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Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - May 2016

Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - May 2016

RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - May 2016
(03 May 2016, 4:12 pm)NK53 TKT wrote Yes, as is another streetlite, 1408 and 4521.
1402 and 7802 X10/X11
1501 X9
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RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - May 2016
(03 May 2016, 4:12 pm)NK53 TKT wrote Yes, as is another streetlite, 1408 and 4521.
1402 and 7802 X10/X11
1501 X9

Traffic is crazy around Gosforth High Street this evening with delays all over, I don't think anyone will care what bus is on what route as long as one turns up today.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - May 2016
(03 May 2016, 3:44 pm)Jimmi wrote Can't be 1767 as that's in the current standard livery rather than the original livery. Think Belmont have two original liveried MPD's at the moment, 1762 is one of them and I think the other one is 1791 (not 100% on that one!) annoyingly when I've been in Durham recently I keep missing all the MPD's that have recently transferred to Belmont.

It does seem like the examples that aren't allocated to the 61/62 and 168 on any given day normally seem to end up on the 57/57A or 56/86, think that's how they are working at the moment due to the roadworks in Durham as the 56/57/57A/86 should all interwork normally.

I noticed (a very crowded) one, in Coxhoe on Saturday afternoon, heading to Bishop.
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RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - May 2016
(03 May 2016, 3:44 pm)Jimmi wrote Can't be 1767 as that's in the current standard livery rather than the original livery. Think Belmont have two original liveried MPD's at the moment, 1762 is one of them and I think the other one is 1791 (not 100% on that one!) annoyingly when I've been in Durham recently I keep missing all the MPD's that have recently transferred to Belmont.

It does seem like the examples that aren't allocated to the 61/62 and 168 on any given day normally seem to end up on the 57/57A or 56/86, think that's how they are working at the moment due to the roadworks in Durham as the 56/57/57A/86 should all interwork normally.

1761 is in the old.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - May 2016
(04 May 2016, 12:00 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Sapphire '57, MAX X20 and MPD on 35.

I can't read minds so I'm going to assume that it's Northumbria's crap allocations.

Stupid question, but what is the normal allocation for the 35?
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - May 2016
(04 May 2016, 2:46 pm)Cobalt271 wrote Stupid question, but what is the normal allocation for the 35?

3x StreetLites, 3x ALX400s. 

Any of the StreetLites could be required for any route which requires a full single decker allocation due to high winds (X14, as an example) or covering for higher spec vehicles, hence why MPDs get allocated. ALX400s seem to be the norm on the X20 due to the B7TL's reliability issues.

Any vehicle that needs to do the run-ins before and after heavy maintenance will do so on the 35.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - May 2016
(05 May 2016, 11:54 am)Adrian wrote Two MPDs on the 56/57/57A today.

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Aye. Saw one of them but couldn't ID it. Carried a rear ad for Superfast broadband.