(08 Jul 2015, 9:52 am)Malarkey wrote Both 4976 & 8269 Broken Down on Doxford Park, 4976 has been Repaired and went to pick up Service probs at Hartlepool, while 8269 has been replaced by 628, not sure if its on the 33 or 39 though, furthermore more 3879 is on the 39.
Yes, a number of loans around the region at present.
Volvo B7TL 6009 was loaned to Washington from Stanley yesterday, but was not used as far as I know. It has now returned to Stanley Depot. By comparison, Chester-le-Street's Dennis Trident 3878 did see use at Washington when loaned yesterday (now returned), on services 85/86.
Chester-le-Street's Dennis Trident 3869 remains on loan to Deptford today, too.
(08 Jul 2015, 7:35 pm)big mac wrote It's a bit confusing the way they have worded it. The Gateshead Area I think is referring to anywhere on the current Quaylink route into Newcastle city centre, and the Gateshead single is anywhere on the current Orbit route into Newcastle. It certainly isn't made clear from the website though.
I notice the page has been altered slightly...
http://www.simplygo.com/news/newquaylink
"Central Zone" refers to area covered by the current QuayLink routes, and the "Gateshead Area" refers to the area covered by the current Orbit routes. Unsure if there's a dedicated route saver for the new QuayLink, or if it simply falls under the usual BuzzFare zonal pricing.
(09 Jul 2015, 3:20 pm)Malarkey wrote 8336 (NK11 HJG) has been Branded for the Revised Quaylink
Frontal Shot - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dansnorthe...ateposted/
Rear Shot - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dansnorthe...ateposted/
Photos By Dans Bus Photos on Flickr
Much prefer the purple version to the green one.
Still not 100% on the rear of these branded Optare Versas, mind. To the average customer, it will look like the purple and green vinyls are actually paint, so in my opinion, they could think that that part of the bus has not been painted at all.
Other than that - they're spot on!