(9 hours ago)ReDemPTiion wrote Yes I was spare at the depot today checked that bus over (nothing wrong with it) as a spare bus it went out on the 685 replaced 26276 which was constantly showing engine management light (would have probably broke down) and then 26065 ended up breaking. They need new buses for the 685 the older buses are not good enough.

Yeah I agree. Walkergates would be absolutely fine on there. 26281 has been replaced by 10535 on the 685 another one broken on there

(5 hours ago)Busesinnewcastle wrote Yeah I agree. Walkergates would be absolutely fine on there. 26281 has been replaced by 10535 on the 685 another one broken on there

So the E200MMCs where fine at Stockton yet within a year of Newcastle having them they have managed to make them knackered.  No doubt now they are knackered Hartlepool will end up with some.

(3 hours ago)col87 wrote So the E200MMCs where fine at Stockton yet within a year of Newcastle having them they have managed to make them knackered.  No doubt now they are knackered Hartlepool will end up with some.

They were knackered within the first few months of having them. Drivers up here just abuse them

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(9 hours ago)ReDemPTiion wrote Yes I was spare at the depot today checked that bus over (nothing wrong with it) as a spare bus it went out on the 685 replaced 26276 which was constantly showing engine management light (would have probably broke down) and then 26065 ended up breaking. They need new buses for the 685 the older buses are not good enough.

19673 is now at Slatyford

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(3 hours ago)Busesinnewcastle wrote They were knackered within the first few months of having them. Drivers up here just abuse them

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19673 is now at Slatyford

And 10639 to walkergate

(3 hours ago)Busesinnewcastle wrote They were knackered within the first few months of having them. Drivers up here just abuse them

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19673 is now at Slatyford

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And 10639 to walkergate

It's crazy that Slatyford are sending deckers away - E200s and E200MMCs are increasingly being used on the X47/87/88 in their place and they cannot cope with peak loadings. 

19385/6/8/9 don't help matters either, doesn't seem that all 4 can ever be on the road at once. 

Glad that I don't need to use the X47 to commute anymore, the reliability of the service and the vehicles being used are getting worse by the week.

I don't know but maybe the issue isn't the vehicles but it's actually the engineering. It wouldn't be the only depot in the North East.

It's just been hidden by the fact that the place must have a crazy number of spares, like unless I'm incorrect bar the 6 E200's on the 32/32A the rest of them aren't actually needed there on paper and there's 19 of the things there.

(3 hours ago)Busesinnewcastle wrote They were knackered within the first few months of having them. Drivers up here just abuse them

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19673 is now at Slatyford

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And 10639 to walkergate

19673 was a loan I drove a driver to Walkergate to pick it up to replace 36469 on the 30/31/36 as that had to go on 32’s to replace 37316. 

Not sure why 10639 has gone to Walkergate but 10642 is currently sat at Walkergate broken with no ticket machine on the bus.

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(2 hours ago)Storx wrote I don't know but maybe the issue isn't the vehicles but it's actually the engineering. It wouldn't be the only depot in the North East.

It's just been hidden by the fact that the place must have a crazy number of spares, like unless I'm incorrect bar the 6 E200's on the 32/32A the rest of them aren't actually needed there on paper and there's 19 of the things there.

I’m hoping the plan is 6 Yutong E10’s for the 32/32A service which is looking very likely but unsure if it’ll be E10’s or something else. 36468-36477 will hopefully go but 37312-37319 will probably stay in case they need some for the 32’s (low charge on an EV for example) 

Then once the remaining E12’s are out for 30/31/36 they can get rid of the horrible 241**’s and 277**’s

(1 hour ago)BReDemPTiion wrote 19673 was a loan I drove a driver to Walkergate to pick it up to replace 36469 on the 30/31/36 as that had to go on 32’s to replace 37316. 

Not sure why 10639 has gone to Walkergate but 10642 is currently sat at Walkergate broken with no ticket machine on the bus.

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I’m hoping the plan is 6 Yutong E10’s for the 32/32A service which is looking very likely but unsure if it’ll be E10’s or something else. 36468-36477 will hopefully go but 37312-37319 will probably stay in case they need some for the 32’s (low charge on an EV for example) 

Then once the remaining E12’s are out for 30/31/36 they can get rid of the horrible 241**’s and 277**’s

10642 came in to Slatyford last night around 8ish as it was pulled from service. I wish they would bring back the 272s for the 685 and as for the e10s for the 32s when do you find out if it’s going ahead and when do u think we will get them?

(1 hour ago)ReDemPTiion wrote I’m hoping the plan is 6 Yutong E10’s for the 32/32A service which is looking very likely but unsure if it’ll be E10’s or something else. 36468-36477 will hopefully go but 37312-37319 will probably stay in case they need some for the 32’s (low charge on an EV for example) 

Then once the remaining E12’s are out for 30/31/36 they can get rid of the horrible 241**’s and 277**’s

Aye wouldn't be a bad move either, hopefully after that they can then look at some deckers and sort out the problems across the region for once and all; the 62/63 on paper is the sort of route which seems like they'd be ideal for really and it's not like it's some little basketcase route. It's arguably due for investment regardless, being 10 year now.

(1 hour ago)Storx wrote Aye wouldn't be a bad move either, hopefully after that they can then look at some deckers and sort out the problems across the region for once and all; the 62/63 on paper is the sort of route which seems like they'd be ideal for really and it's not like it's some little basketcase route. It's arguably due for investment regardless, being 10 year now.

They need a significant decker order - they send saloons onto far too many routes which they can't handle. 

The 22, 37, 38, 62, and 63 should have saloons nowhere near them and yet here we are. 

As far as I can see they seem to be fairly good at ensuring the 1, 39, and 40 are constantly decker allocated but the rest is an absolute minefield.

(56 minutes ago)PH - BQA wrote They need a significant decker order - they send saloons onto far too many routes which they can't handle. 

The 22, 37, 38, 62, and 63 should have saloons nowhere near them and yet here we are. 

As far as I can see they seem to be fairly good at ensuring the 1, 39, and 40 are constantly decker allocated but the rest is an absolute minefield.

Aye agreed, not much Walkergate can do really they've got 16 saloons - arguably for a depot which currently has zero saloon work. They've got to go somewhere. 

Always wonder whether the Stockport depot fiasco screwed everything up and half of the buses still stuck in Manchester were meant to come up here. Obviously been years so not really an excuse anymore mind. The 64/65/16 Plate E400MMC's clearly aren't staying as they're not being repainted.