Sunderland ADL E300 27735 has been debranded and repainted in corporate livery.

Information from Steven Knight Media - Fleet News Ramblings:

[b]Stagecoach North East[/b]
Now for disposal here are MAN/ALX300s 22019 from the Reserve Fleet and 22012 from the driver training fleet. 22012 has been replaced in the training fleet by 22066 which is based at Slatyford
Vehicles delicenced are MAN/ALX300 22061 and 11.8m ADL Enviro 200MMC 26280.
Now in the Reserve Fleet here are MAN/ALX300s 22063/64 from Stockton and 22050/51  along with 22346 from Slatyford. Also in the Reserve Fleet is Enviro 400 19198 from Slatyford and Enviro 300s 27508/09 from Stockton.
MAN/Enviro 300 24112 has transferred from Stockton to the Reserve Fleet whilst similar 24106-08/10/11 have transferred from Stockton to Slatyford.
MAN/ALX300 22067 is now in service at Slatyford with 22443 now at Walkergate.
MAN/East Lancs Kinetics 22511 (from Slatyford) and 22512 (from Walkergate) are now in the Reserve Fleet.

According to Bus Times, 39731 is at MAN at Team Valley

Is that 26280 done then,pretty short life if it is

(20 Nov 2019, 5:26 pm)V514DFT wrote Is that 26280 done then,pretty short life if it is

No there's little if any damage but impounded by the police I believe. Could take years going by past experience!

Steven knight media reporting that stagecoach north east due additional order of E400 MMC. not sure if it’s just a typing error or is this the case. Does anyone else know anything

Kind regards

(20 Nov 2019, 9:07 pm)Youngymmv wrote Steven knight media reporting that stagecoach north east due additional order of E400 MMC. not sure if it’s just a typing error or is this the case. Does anyone else know anything

Kind regards

Never heard anything but hopefully for the X24 and X34... X24 is in need of new buses.

(20 Nov 2019, 9:19 pm)Michael wrote Never heard anything but hopefully for the X24 and X34... X24 is in need of new buses.

I wonder if there are any future plans for more Gas Buses at Sunderland? When 28001 - 17 / 28018 - 40 entered service I'm sure someone at Stagecoach said that they wanted the majority of buses at Sunderland to be running on gas power?

I assume the additional ADL E400s would either be for Walkergate or Slatyford due to the Low Emissions Zone that may be coming into effect soon in the Newcastle area, they would be a replacement for the ADL E400s that were sent to Stockton, and would allow more MAN ALX300s and the remaining Kinetics to be withdrawn.

AIG20

Have just read your message so walkergate and slatyford are they getting new buses in the Future so Shields will miss out again.

Replacing older E400s that are being transferred elsewhere I believe.

(20 Nov 2019, 9:52 pm)AIG20 wrote I assume the additional ADL E400s would either be for Walkergate or Slatyford due to the Low Emissions Zone that may be coming into effect soon in the Newcastle area, they would be a replacement for the ADL E400s that were sent to Stockton, and would allow more MAN ALX300s and the remaining Kinetics to be withdrawn.

Information has reached depot level so is now trickling into the public domain... but this batch is for Walkergate - 23 deckers for the 39 and 40. Nearly all cascades will be out of the region due to upcoming Clean Air Plans.

Are older E400s on 1 and 22 compatible with Clean Air Plans?

Thanks

(21 Nov 2019, 10:59 am)Panasonic44 wrote Are older E400s on 1 and 22 compatible with Clean Air Plans?

Thanks

Both Walkergate and Sunderland's 196xxs have been undergoing exhaust modifications in recent months, with the E400Hs having also undergone similar emission work. As now, the Newcastle vehicles will be allocated onto the late running boards but obviously will be more concentrated to other services (i.e. not 39/40).

Providing what gets retained, deckers remaining in Newcastle across depots will be 193xxs upwards (with the exception of the Seasiders), and these which should be able to undergo similar emission work if and when needed. 

The current Clean Air Plan for Newcastle looks set for 2021 so still time for further orders, cascades and trials of Euro modifications for Newcastle.

I see,its similar to when GNE's 5292 had a RTA,was missing for a while if i remember correctly

44017 (BV66GUC) seen today at Stockton - also present was new Sprinter WN69FYO

Hope they're going to put that strapline straight on the back of 44017!

(20 Nov 2019, 5:26 pm)V514DFT wrote Is that 26280 done then,pretty short life if it is

What happened to 26280

(21 Nov 2019, 9:17 am)RBZ 5459 wrote Information has reached depot level so is now trickling into the public domain... but this batch is for Walkergate - 23 deckers for the 39 and 40. Nearly all cascades will be out of the region due to upcoming Clean Air Plans.

Good to see Newcastle is getting some much needed investment. Hopefully they will also see off some of the older ALX300s at Walkergate too.

(21 Nov 2019, 8:40 pm)GNE6312 wrote What happened to 26280

It was involved in an RTA a couple of months ago

On Victoria Bridge, Stockton, on its third day in service. Hit a pedestrian.

X24 and X34 suffering major delays today

(23 Nov 2019, 2:26 pm)Michael wrote X24 and X34 suffering major delays today

Was that due to the Metros being off?

(24 Nov 2019, 9:56 am)big mac wrote Was that due to the Metros being off?

A mixture of that, Newcastle City Centre being gridlocked, a police incident on the Redheugh Bridge causing traffic to divert to the Tyne Bridge, and the A184 westbound being closed, no doubt.

Horrendous day for buses, yesterday.

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(24 Nov 2019, 10:28 am)Dan wrote A mixture of that, Newcastle City Centre being gridlocked, a police incident on the Redheugh Bridge causing traffic to divert to the Tyne Bridge, and the A184 westbound being closed, no doubt.

Horrendous day for buses, yesterday.

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Yup... tell me about it, we went for the 13:54 X24 from Hastings Hill and didn't get a bus till after 3pm... and then it went via the world due to roadworks, it was packed though, like every other X24.

(20 Nov 2019, 9:52 pm)AIG20 wrote I wonder if there are any future plans for more Gas Buses at Sunderland? When 28001 - 17 / 28018 - 40 entered service I'm sure someone at Stagecoach said that they wanted the majority of buses at Sunderland to be running on gas power?

I assume the additional ADL E400s would either be for Walkergate or Slatyford due to the Low Emissions Zone that may be coming into effect soon in the Newcastle area, they would be a replacement for the ADL E400s that were sent to Stockton, and would allow more MAN ALX300s and the remaining Kinetics to be withdrawn.

Hope so but i can't see it without a government grant, i remember someone from Stagecoach saying, they wanted to Make Sunderland fully gas.

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(21 Nov 2019, 11:27 am)RBZ 5459 wrote Both Walkergate and Sunderland's 196xxs have been undergoing exhaust modifications in recent months, with the E400Hs having also undergone similar emission work. As now, the Newcastle vehicles will be allocated onto the late running boards but obviously will be more concentrated to other services (i.e. not 39/40).

Providing what gets retained, deckers remaining in Newcastle across depots will be 193xxs upwards (with the exception of the Seasiders), and these which should be able to undergo similar emission work if and when needed. 

The current Clean Air Plan for Newcastle looks set for 2021 so still time for further orders, cascades and trials of Euro modifications for Newcastle.

What will happen with the X24 Omnilinks, have they received the modification's too?, if not hopefully 4 of Newcastles E400's move over to Sunderland for the X24.

Christmas information now online:

Sunderland: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-up...:11:42:874
Newcastle: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-up...:39:42:593
Teeside: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-up...:21:18:192
South Shields: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-up...:24:35:490

Yet again no travel after 6 or nothing at all. Its the 21st century!

(27 Nov 2019, 12:45 am)idiot wrote Yet again no travel after 6 or nothing at all. Its the 21st century!

Yes, ridiculous.

(21 Nov 2019, 3:25 pm)stagecoachfan wrote 44017 (BV66GUC) seen today at Stockton - also present was new Sprinter WN69FYO

Steven Knight Media reporting that WN69FYO (and presumably the other new examples reportedly due for Tees Valley DRT) is a Sprinter 516 CDi, rather than the Sprinter City 45 model Stagecoach currently own as 44001-30. He also reports the start date for the DRT as January (rather than the originally expected December).

(27 Nov 2019, 12:45 am)idiot wrote Yet again no travel after 6 or nothing at all. Its the 21st century!

and a Saturday service on normal working day for some people!

Christmas Eve (24 December) - Saturday timetables on all routes, but finishing around 1800. ‬‪
Friday 27 December - Saturday timetables on all routes ‬ ‪‬
Monday 30 December - Saturday timetables on all routes ‬ ‪
New Year's Eve (31 December) - Saturday timetables, but finishing around 1800.

27724 and 27725 now at Walkergate.