(08 Aug 2013, 6:51 pm)Andreos1 wrote(08 Aug 2013, 4:39 pm)CatsFast101 wrote With all due respect, is this conversation best suited to the bygone era?
haha, you killed that conversation dead in one fell swoop :p
Whoops, sorry it was just I know some people like things contains to specific threads like service suggestions etc. etc.
(08 Aug 2013, 6:38 pm)Andreos1 wrote(08 Aug 2013, 5:51 pm)gtomlinson wrote Anyone know whats running the Ashes 500/501 and 502?
500 is from Durham Rail station to the Emirates
501 is from Lambton Park and Ride to the Emirates
502 is from Chester Le Street to the Emirates
In the past it was always a mixture of Yellow Deckers and Tridents/Presidents - to the Park n Ride at Lambton Estate anyway.
Guessing it will be the few Yellow Deckers which are left and the Northern Tridents/Presidents that work it over the weekend.
The Floaters Mill at Bournmoor is always a good spot for a pint (or several) in the beer garden, with plenty of the buses passing to and fro.
If I remember right, a few single deckers were chucked into the mix for the railway station jobs. Suppose they can easily swap if demand is higher at one place than the other.
Obviously the 78 can't be a decker, but hopefully the 71 will be worked by something bigger than the OK MPD
Can the Durham Railway Station bus be double decker isn't there a bridge at the train station. I can't remember if the bus would need to go under the bridge? Come to think of it I think the bus stop is before the bridge isn't? I'm from Durham and the train station layout has escaped my mind anyways. I would imagine the 71 may just get SPD's or Renowns, not sure they'd put Deckers on it but I would think (and hope) they'd avoid MPD's! Will the Durham Railway bus pick up at the bus station? it hasn't been said that it will but I cant help but think they are missing a trick with the possibilities of connecting onto a whole variety of arriva and other GNE buses that terminate at Durham.