(27 Feb 2015, 10:04 am)Dan wrote 7512 is my fault - it was loaned there and I forgot to change it back (despite being reminded about three times!)

Fixed now.

ah right i see lol shame on you lol i take it was same with 7475 and 1712 they not blyth now either lol are arriva getting rid of the 05reg darts

(27 Feb 2015, 10:11 am)jaimzm wrote ah right i see lol shame on you lol i take it was same with 7475 and 1712 they not blyth now either lol are arriva getting rid of the 05reg darts

I think they will be getting rid of the 05 reg MPDs at some point in the next year or so, but not sure when.

Hasn't 1712 been withdrawn as I don't think it's at Darlington depot, I may be wrong though.

(27 Feb 2015, 10:19 am)Jimmi wrote I think they will be getting rid of the 05 reg MPDs at some point in the next year or so, but not sure when.

Hasn't 1712 been withdrawn as I don't think it's at Darlington depot, I may be wrong though.

Its withdrawn in Faverdale

7610 on the 1120 X2 from Eldon Square.

Bit slow to catch on, but really not impressed with the Enviro200s on the 64. Currently sat on 1328 and it's not particularly comfortable, there's definitely not enough seats (all seats minus three occupied at this time of day when departing Durham). The plugs are useless as the pensioners occupy the first seats towards the bus where the power sockets are located (none from the middle to rear). The Wi-Fi is working, but is quite slow and took a while to connect as well. They seem to have a lot less power than Stagecoach's examples, too.

(27 Feb 2015, 1:53 pm)Dan wrote Bit slow to catch on, but really not impressed with the Enviro200s on the 64. Currently sat on 1328 and it's not particularly comfortable, there's definitely not enough seats (all seats minus three occupied at this time of day when departing Durham). The plugs are useless as the pensioners occupy the first seats towards the bus where the power sockets are located (none from the middle to rear). The Wi-Fi is working, but is quite slow and took a while to connect as well. They seem to have a lot less power than Stagecoach's examples, too.

64 needed bigger buses not smaller, if you think that time is bad for capacity try standing at Framwellgate Moor, Salutation Inn at 1532 and watch one fly past completely full.

Few changes to plans over next few months thanks to Durham County Council starting major roadworks at the Honest Lawyer junction outside Durham - see http://www.durham.gov.uk/article/4955/Wo...e-underway

This means that the Sapphire launch has been postponed on service 6, and vehicles have been swapped around too. In April we now have the launch of services 22 and 24 - utilising the Streetlites on service 22 (matching the allocation on service 23 into Sunderland I guess!) and the cascaded Pulsars from service 7 being allocated to the 24.
Once the roadworks are finished we should see service 6 be converted to Sapphire. Ironically North West are using a batch of freed up Pulsars on rail replacement works for the next few months. After this they will probably transfer to us and go for refurbishment for use on the 6, alongside the E400s on the decker boards.

(27 Feb 2015, 10:01 pm)tyresmoke wrote Few changes to plans over next few months thanks to Durham County Council starting major roadworks at the Honest Lawyer junction outside Durham - see http://www.durham.gov.uk/article/4955/Wo...e-underway



This means that the Sapphire launch has been postponed on service 6, and vehicles have been swapped around too. In April we now have the launch of services 22 and 24 - utilising the Streetlites on service 22 (matching the allocation on service 23 into Sunderland I guess!) and the cascaded Pulsars from service 7 being allocated to the 24.

Once the roadworks are finished we should see service 6 be converted to Sapphire. Ironically North West are using a batch of freed up Pulsars on rail replacement works for the next few months. After this they will probably transfer to us and go for refurbishment for use on the 6, alongside the E400s on the decker boards.

I think it kind of makes a bit more sense having Pulsars on the 6 instead of being mixed with StreetLite's on the 6. It is a good idea to delay the 6 launch as Sapphire with these works as you don't want to launch a drive to bring new passengers when the service is running late due to roadwork's and having them put off because of this.

Isn't the 24 busier than the 22, if so it may be better to put the StreetLite's on the 24 if they have 44 seats like the other examples as the 7 Pulsar's only have 40 seats and I think this is part of the problems with passenger overcrowding on the 7 with there being 4 less seats.

(27 Feb 2015, 10:15 pm)Jimmi wrote I think it kind of makes a bit more sense having Pulsars on the 6 instead of being mixed with StreetLite's on the 6. It is a good idea to delay the 6 launch as Sapphire with these works as you don't want to launch a drive to bring new passengers when the service is running late due to roadwork's and having them put off because of this.

Isn't the 24 busier than the 22, if so it may be better to put the StreetLite's on the 24 if they have 44 seats like the other examples as the 7 Pulsar's only have 40 seats and I think this is part of the problems with passenger overcrowding on the 7 with there being 4 less seats.

Glad somebody agrees...
I would probably say the 22 is busier now that goes to Sunderland. I am intrigued to see what happens capacity wise on the 24 though, especially with peak time parallel service 24X utilising a decker

(27 Feb 2015, 10:24 pm)tyresmoke wrote Glad somebody agrees...

I would probably say the 22 is busier now that goes to Sunderland. I am intrigued to see what happens capacity wise on the 24 though, especially with peak time parallel service 24X utilising a decker

Yeah I'd say the 22 carries more passengers to Sunderland than the 24 did when it went to Sunderland. Not sure what the numbers are like on the 24 as I haven't really seen it since the changes.

Not sure on the evening 24X as they have now timed to leave Durham Bus Station after the 24 although it's good that it now runs in and out of school term times though.

Stockton's Solos out on 7s today:

2826 is working the xx31 from Stockton
2803 is working the xx41
2808 is working the xx51

7626 still in service - on the X2 due out of NCL at 0950

(27 Feb 2015, 1:53 pm)Dan wrote Bit slow to catch on, but really not impressed with the Enviro200s on the 64. Currently sat on 1328 and it's not particularly comfortable, there's definitely not enough seats (all seats minus three occupied at this time of day when departing Durham). The plugs are useless as the pensioners occupy the first seats towards the bus where the power sockets are located (none from the middle to rear). The Wi-Fi is working, but is quite slow and took a while to connect as well. They seem to have a lot less power than Stagecoach's examples, too.

I'm assuming that 1328 is one of the few which is underpowered - 1320/1/4/7 are very fast, but I do agree that they're too small.

(28 Feb 2015, 2:22 pm)palatine3833 wrote I'm assuming that 1328 is one of the few which is underpowered - 1320/1/4/7 are very fast, but I do agree that they're too small.

Possibly. Matters made worse by the fact the driver hadn't yet received familiarisation - driver mightn't have been going as fast as he could have done if in a familiar vehicle.