(19 Mar 2014, 1:27 am)Arcticrossy92 wrote I also remember getting on a old stripes bus Alx200 with shields branding on the side for the 18, Was this a loan at the time, I remember it was almost certainly a Alx200 because of the seating inside and how small it was.
Baring in mind this was years and years ago, if anyone has any knowledge It would be appreciated.
This would have been Busways' 1101/02 or 1129/30/32/33. All 6 (along with 1131 but this one received new corporate livery without branding while at South Shields, so won’t have been this one) were for easyACCESS conversion of South Shields Services 18/18A.
All seven vehicles transferred to Walkergate in May/June 2003, swapped for step entrance B10Ms. This is the only example I can think of for an SNE service to go from low floor operation, back to high floor operation.
They didn’t last long at Walkergate, moving on to Teesside & Sunderland in August 2003.
1101/02 of course became 33101/02 and 1129-33 33825-29.