Had an outing today to Stockton On Tees for Arriva's Frequenta 7 launch, here's the rundown. Times displayed are what are on the tickets.
08:53 10 Prudhoe Front Street - Newcastle Eldon Square (GNE 6073)
Not my favourite of the TEN branded B9's but every time I have gone to get the 10/10B lately it's always seems to be this one.
09:56 X10 Newcastle Eldon Square - Stockton High Street (GNE 6045)
I noticed after boarding this that the seat cover has been replaced with one of a different pattern with grey on rather than the blue ones that are normally standard on these, journey wasn't the most exciting with most of it being A19. The X10 on a Sunday has more variety of scenery with going the X9 route combined with the X10 route. I alighted at Stockton High Street which stopped in a different place than it did on Sunday when I travelled to Middlesbrough, and headed to where the Arriva Frequenta 7 was situated further up the high street. The bus Arriva were using was 2807 for the event. I got some photos of this then headed to M&S for some food as I hadn't had breakfast, then I headed back to the bus stop.
11:28 X12 Stockton High Street - Durham Bus Station (ANE 1441)
I didn't fancy waiting around for 20 minutes For the X10 so i decided to get the X12 to get the scenic route back. This was around 5 mins late to Stockton. The X12 is quite a nice route but got very busy and people had to stand when on the way into Durham so I decided to alight there for a change of scenery.
12:35 X21 Durham Bus Station - Gateshead Interchange (GNE 6304)
The bus was quiet compared to the X12, I sat upstairs at one of the tables to get more legroom which I had to myself for the entire journey. I was intending on carrying on to Newcastle and returning via Hexham on the Tynedale Xpress, but had a phone call from my mam who was at the MetroCentre getting shopping so I alighted at Gateshead to get the X66.
13:21 X66 Gateshead Interchange - MetroCentre Interchange (GNE 5392)
This as usual was busy with the only seats available with no one else sitting on were the seats nearest to the doors which I don't really like sitting on as they are so hard. I then alighted at MetroCentre and returned home via car.
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