(25 Oct 2015, 1:42 pm)Jimmi wrote Glad you had a good outing yesterday.
Darlington Pulsars 1425-1428, 1498 and 1506-1511 have next stop announcements for services 1/5/5A and I think the reason for these having them was the council pushing for them. 1498 was my 5A to Darlington yesterday morning and is probably my most travelled on Pulsar in recent times.
Most of the Frequenta routes do operate as circular services, the 13A/13B use the Solos off the Durham Park and Ride. I think the reason why these have the black grill instead of being painted was probably because they were repainted not long before Frequenta was introduced while the others were repainted specially for Frequenta and the ex P&R Solos probably just had the swirls painted over. I agree not the best.
Glad you enjoyed the E400 on the 7, wish the 7 I aimed for yesterday afternoon was a E400 but annoyingly it was Belmont 1522 and was pretty busy so I waited for 1508 on the 5 to head home instead.
Thanks for your explanation, Jimmi. Interesting that 1498 has the Next Stop Announcements as well; I didn't hear them at all. Although I do think I saw a screen near the front of the bus, I'm guessing they just weren't working. I think I might have a ride out on one of the ''Frequenta'' routes next time I'm down in Darlington, I think it's a nice place for photos with a high frequency on a number of the services there. I also need to try and locate Taylor's Bakery there, I've been told they do very nice stuff.