(11 Jun 2014, 4:21 pm)Richard Smiles wrote Following a recent telephone call in the last 10 minutes, I can now clear up some confusion relating to 33101 & 22657, all was not quite as reported.

1. 33101 had been out of service with a steering fault, but returned to service at Lunchtime today.

2. It transpires that 22657 was at Hartlepool covering for 39661 which in turn was involved in a photo shoot, to publicise the reinstatement of Sunday to Thursday evening service 6 journeys which are to be re-instated, from this weekend.

3. Additional News to report, is that Stockton Reserve/Spare MAN 22731 (T731 OEF) has/is to transfer to Hartlepool on Temporary Loan to cover for Hartlepool Vehicle Repaints & Seat Re-trims.

These are likely to be the repaints & re-trims of the 39657 - 39675 batch of vehicles, which have not been repainted since New & are now six years old.