(18 Feb 2016, 8:37 pm)S813 FVK wrote You wouldn't be the only one

Think we should also put some members to work on the Tyne & Wear Metro

(18 Feb 2016, 8:36 pm)Jimmi wrote If that were to happen, I will spend the whole day picking faults with their allocating skills

You really think me and Davie would put buses in all the wrong routes.

(18 Feb 2016, 8:44 pm)DanPicken wrote You really think me and Davie would put buses in all the wrong routes.

Surely if it was so easy to put the correct branded buses on the correct route without dropping runs etc. then surely we wouldn't be seeing odd workings so frequently.

(17 Feb 2016, 10:18 pm)mrnut85 wrote It would be easy if we had the space in the depot to park them up like that but unfortunately it just doesn't happy like that

(18 Feb 2016, 8:37 pm)S813 FVK wrote I'm sure it is a lot more than that, which is why i dont agree with 'typical arrive/gne/stagecoach' comments. I mean, there are times when the allocations do seem a bit stupid (there was a dicussion a few weeks ago about 7518 being allocated to services X21/X22 on a Sunday when there would have been plenty of branded vehicles in the depot).

Maybe somebody more experienced in that sort of stuff can comment on how and why buses are allocated wrongly?

The quoted post above might answer that. It all depends how things are parked. In the case of 7518 being out on a Sunday instead of a branded example, it could be that 7518 was parked at the front of the Sapphire line and so was the easiest to get out.

(18 Feb 2016, 8:48 pm)Kuyoyo wrote The quoted post above might answer that. It all depends how things are parked. In the case of 7518 being out on a Sunday instead of a branded example, it could be that 7518 was parked at the front of the Sapphire line and so was the easiest to get out.

Well there we go, proof that it isn't all about allocating a bus to the wrong route for the sheer hell of it. Think this model should only be used with breakdowns though but still, it should help people understand why buses being allocated to the wrong routes rather than being quick to criticise the company for doing so.

(18 Feb 2016, 8:44 pm)DanPicken wrote You really think me and Davie would put buses in all the wrong routes.

I reckon we'd be mint at it.

(18 Feb 2016, 8:44 pm)DanPicken wrote You really think me and Davie would put buses in all the wrong routes.

On purpose, no. As a last resort, yes. Basically what normal allocators do.

I dread to think how the people who are in charge of doing allocations for the relevant operators would feel if they read this forum some days (today especially) with some people absolutely slating their allocating skills some days.

24113 on 36
27178 on 35/58
27254 on 13

27181 on 12
17025 on 13

34605 4

22014 - 22

27251 on 37
27176 on 12, then on 13

27243 on the 0854 12 from Middlesbrough (12 board - Saturday mornings is 12/39 mix until 11)

(20 Feb 2016, 8:57 am)Kuyoyo wrote 27243 on the 0854 12 from Middlesbrough (12 board - Saturday mornings is 12/39 mix until 11)

Since now been joined on 12s by 27170 and 27254.

17025 on 14/34
17032 on 36/38

(19 Feb 2016, 1:53 pm)Kuyoyo wrote 27181 on 12
17025 on 13

27181 must have been a changeover as on morning the 12s were 24101/6, 27157/8/60/3/5/76.

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(20 Feb 2016, 1:40 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Since now been joined on 12s by 27170 and 27254.

27254 replaced a defective 24105.

(19 Feb 2016, 6:33 pm)Cock Robin wrote 27251 on 37
27176 on 12, then on 13

27176 replaced 27254 on 13.

(20 Feb 2016, 4:00 pm)Cock Robin wrote 27181 must have been a changeover as on morning the 12s were 24101/6, 27157/8/60/3/5/76.

I think 181 replaced 176 as I spotted one of them when got into Boro at 1340 yesterday.

(20 Feb 2016, 8:57 am)Kuyoyo wrote 27243 on the 0854 12 from Middlesbrough (12 board - Saturday mornings is 12/39 mix until 11)

Stagecoach on Teesside 27243 (SN65 OCD) by Tony Kuy, on Flickr

(20 Feb 2016, 1:51 pm)Kuyoyo wrote 17032 on 36/38

Stagecoach on Teesside 17032 (S832 BWC) by Tony Kuy, on Flickr

22019/65 and 24106 on 12
24104 and 27158 on 13

27252 on 36/38

36093 13

28003 4

Shields E40D 19641 did a run on the 18s 20 mins ago but ran out of Brockely Whins NIS so is not on anymore.

28011/27 on 4
36964 and 39727 on 16

27161 is also on 13s

12076 on 62/63

12075 on 22 this evening. Seen at Rosehill bound for Throckley at around 20:20

24108 on 52/35/58