(11 Dec 2013, 4:05 pm)missedbus wrote 1101 was the first low floor bus at South Shields, working one journey per hour on the 18. 1129-33 arrived (alias 33825-9, the ex-Oxford Dart SLFs) to convert the remaining 18/18A workings to low floor, and a little later 1102 came as a spare.

I think I should just clarify for the younger members of the forum that initially the R1xxKRG Darts were numbered 1101 etc. from New, before being re-numbered into the 5 digit Fleet numbering system in 2003, where they all gained 33 prefixes i.e 1101 R101KRG became 33101 etc. Regards Richard