Both Spectras on the X20 again yesterday (with 7466), until a buzzer came on on 7483. Replaced by 1207 which in turn was replaced by 4515.
7483 was in the available for service line later so must have been fixed.

1794 on Services 8/8A.

1656 on the 11
1424 on the 2
7477 on the X1

This evening leaving Darlington one of the Hospital link solos,either 2835 or 2836 seen near the A1 on the 1B to Tow law.Never seen these used on any other route than their day use.The NHS shuttle!
Are these generally used after their day duties are finished?

Darlington workings today:

EcoCitys were allocated to services 2, 11 and 21.
Pulsars were working Services 5A/X66.
I think 1427 was on Service 8 along with a Solo.
One of the Hospital Shuttle Solos was on Service 4.

Pulsar on the 44 (sorry couldn't see which one) 10.45 from Morpeth

7801 on the X4.

Wonder what they'll use the Whitby Park and Rides on during the winter?

A Solo was on the 54 yesterday, and it had just worked the 55 from Forest Hall. Do they interwork now?

1756 is on 15s today

(19 Apr 2014, 12:25 pm)Roland Pratt wrote Wonder what they'll use the Whitby Park and Rides on during the winter?

It isn't going to operate during the winter. Summer season only.

(22 Apr 2014, 9:51 am)Robert wrote It isn't going to operate during the winter. Summer season only.

I think his question was meaning which services will they use 2827/28 on when it doesn't operate? In the unavailability of a B7, probably the X93!

(22 Apr 2014, 9:57 am)Dan wrote I think his question was meaning which services will they use 2827/28 on when it doesn't operate? In the unavailability of a B7, probably the X93!

More than likely they'll end up at Redcar for the winter working 22/64/64a (or more likely, 63s). They can't be used on X93 as they are not fitted with tachographs

4040 now on 9/27a replacing 1909 (broken windscreen wiper)

"The Best One" Pulsar 1407 on Services 1/5A.
1711 on Service 8/8A.

MPD 1771, having started the day on the 6, ended up on the 28. 4046 which started the day on a 28 (on a 21a board) ended up on the 6 this evening (and that was a tight turn in the village including it reversing to get round)

Had B5LHs pass me today on the X4, X11 and X13. Nice to see them on the ball with allocations again.

(22 Apr 2014, 7:58 pm)aureolin wrote Had B5LHs pass me today on the X4, X11 and X13. Nice to see them on the ball with allocations again.

And Quorum 7601 on the 308

Pulsar 1511 is standing in for a Sapphire example on Service 7 today.

(23 Apr 2014, 11:23 am)Jimmi wrote Pulsar 1511 is standing in for a Sapphire example on Service 7 today.

I believe there's one of the Sapphires at Doxford today as well as a gas bus. Obviously with 1517 still away they'll be one short.

7501 and more notebably 7502 on 81s today presumably a B7 been sent back to ashington to get fixed? But Christ what a faff on!

7805 on the X13

Durham Dart 1304 on the (late) 1305 X1 from Middlesbrough

Complete free for all at Blyth today.

7621 on the 308
1505 on the X10/X11
7601 on the X10/X11
7804 on the X10/X11
7805 on the X10/X11
7616 on the X5

How can they get it so wrong? Best bit is I was only stood there half an hour!

Prestige 4062 on 9/27A this afternoon, changeover for 1904 which presumably broke down.

1102 on 63

Allocation List
If your unsure as to whether the allocation you saw what odd, or not use this to help!

Ashington 
14/X14 - Thropton - Newcastle / PVR 3 / ADL Enviro 400 (2), Volvo B10BLE (1)
20/X20 Newcastle - Amble / PVR 3 / DAF DB250 Alexander ALX400
30 North Seaton - Linton / PVR 1 / DAF DB250 Spectra
34 Ashington - Bedlington / PVR 1 / DAF DB250 Spectra
35/35A North Seaton/Newbiggin - Morpeth / PVR 6 / DAF DB250 Alexander ALX400
57/57A North Seaton/Morpeth - Whitley Bay / PVR 5 / Dennis Dart MPD
|- 33 Morpeth - Lancaster Park
|- X14 Morpeth - Newcastle
100 Northumberland College / PVR 1 / DAF SB3000 Prima
X15 Newcastle - Berwick / PVR 4 / DAF SB3000 Prima
X18 Newcastle - Berwick / PVR 6 / ADL Enviro 400 and DAF DB250 Lowlander
X21 Newcastle - Ashington / PVR 8 / ADL Enviro 400
X22 Newcastle - Ashington / PVR 6 / Volvo B10BLE (5), ADL Enviro 400 (1)

Blyth
1 Blyth - Widdrington / PVR 5 / Dennis Dart ALX200 & MPD
2 Blyth - Morpeth Kirkhill / PVR 5 / Dennis Dart ALX200 & MPD
57/57A North Seaton/Morpeth - Whitley Bay / PVR 2 / Dennis Dart ALX200 & MPD
|- 33 Morpeth - Lancaster Park
|- X14 Morpeth - Newcastle
308 Blyth - Newcastle / PVR 10 / Whatever goes
X4/X5 Blyth - Newcastle / PVR 10 / Whatever goes
X10/X11 Blyth - Newcastle / PVR 12 / Whatever goes
X13 Blyth - Newcastle / PVR 4 / Whatever goes

Jesmond
3 Battle Hill - Regent Centre / PVR 1 / Optare Solo (Nexus)
6 Newcastle - Jesmond Vale / PVR 1 / Optare Solo (Nexus)
13 West Denton - Throckley / PVR 1 / Optare Solo (Nexus)
43 Newcastle - Cramlington / PVR 13 / Volvo B10BLE
|- 52 Cramlington - Newcastle
|- 53 Cramlington - North Shields
44 Newcastle - Morpeth / PVR 3 / DAF DB250 Alexander ALX400
45 Newcastle - Dinnington / 2 / DAF DB250 Alexander ALX400
46 Newcastle - Great Park / PVR 3 / Optare Solo
51 Newcastle - Whitley Bay / PVR 2 / Optare Solo
54 Newcastle - Whitley Bay / PVR 6 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar
55 Newcastle - Forest Hall / PVR 2 / Optare Solo
59/359 Whitley Bay/Marden Estate - Backworth / PVR 1 / Optare Solo (Nexus)
W2 Whitley Bay - Brierdene / PVR 1 / Optare Solo (Nexus)
84/84A Newcastle - West Denton/Metrocentre / PVR 2 / Optare Solo (Nexus)
85/685 Newcastle - Carlisle / PVR 4 / Scania Omnicity
306 Newcastle - Whitley Bay/Tynemouth / PVR 7 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar
335 Cobalt - Four Lane Ends / PVR 2 / Optare Solo (Nexus)
555 Quorum - Four Lane Ends / PVR 1 / Optare Solo (branded)
M71 Kingston Park - Newbiggin Hall / PVR 1 / Optare Solo (Nexus)
Schools / PVR 3 / Volvo B7TL Alexander ALX400 (1), VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar (2)

Darlington
1 Darlington - Bishop Auckland / PVR 10 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar
|- 5/5A Darlington - Bishop Auckland
2 Darlington - Branksome / PVR 4 / MAN Ecocity
3 Darlington - Mowden / PVR 3 / Dennis Dart MPD
|- 19 Darlington - West Park
4 Darlington - Minors Crescent / PVR 4 / Dennis Dart MPD & Optare Solo
7 Darlington - Durham / PVR 8 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar (Sapphire)
8 Darlington - Spennymoor / PVR 3 / Dennis Dart MPD
9/10 Darlington - Springfield/Whinfield / PVR 7 / Optare Solo
11 Darlington - Red Hall / PVR 4 / MAN Ecocity
12/12A Hurworth - Trees Park Village / PVR 3 / MAN Ecocity
13A/13B Darlington - Firth Moor / PVR 7 / Optare Solo
14/14A/14B Harrowgate Hill - Skerne Park / PVR 6 / Dennis Dart MPD (4), Optare Solo (2)
|- 59/X59 Darlington - Askrigg
21 Darlington - Peterlee / PVR 3 / Optare Solo
75/76 Darlington - Barnard Castle / PVR 3 / Dennis Dart Pointer
H1/H2 Darlington - Durham Hospital Link / PVR 2 / Optare Solo (branded)
X1 Darlington - Tow Law / PVR 5 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar (branded)
X26 Darlington - Colburn Estate / PVR 4 / Optare Solo
X27 Darlington - Catterick Garrison / PVR 2 / Optare Solo
X66 Darlington - Middlesbrough / PVR 5 / Scania Omnicity

Durham
6 Durham - Cockfield / PVR 12 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar (10), DAF DB250 (2)
|- 42 Durham - Brasside
7 Darlington - Durham / PVR 2 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar (Sapphire)
22 Durham - Hartlepool / PVR 6 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar
23 Sunderland - Hartlepool / PVR 5 / Optare Solo
24/24X Durham - Sunderland / PVR 6 / Scania Omnicity (3), DAF DB250 (3)
43 Durham - Esh Winning / PVR 4 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar (2), Dennis Trident (2)
46 Durham - Crook / PVR 6 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar (3), DAF DB250 (3)
|- 48 Durham - New Brancepeth
49/49A Durham - Brandon / PVR 4 / Optare Solo
56 Durham - Bishop Auckland / PVR 9 / Optare Solo (7), DAF DB250 (2)
|- 57/57A Durham - Kelloe/Hartlepool
|- 86 Bishop Auckland - Toft Hill
64 Arnison Centre - Sherburn Village/Musgrave Gardens / PVR 8 / Dennis Dart / Pointer 2 (X-GGO)
87 Bishop Auckland - Wear Valley View / PVR 1 / DAF DB250
PR1 Durham Park & Ride / PVR 6 / Optare Solo (Branded)
PR2 Durham Park & Ride / PVR 3 / Optare Solo (Branded)
U1 Durham - Ushaw Colleges / PVR 1 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar
X1/X2 Middlesbrough - Durham - Newcastle / PVR 6 / VDL DB300 Wright Gemini (4), VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar (2)
Schools / PVR 1 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar

Redcar
63 Middlesbrough - Redcar / PVR 14 / Temsa Avenue
64/64A Middlesbrough - New Marske / PVR 15 / DAF SB220 ALX300/Prestige, Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer
|- 22 Middlesbrough - Ings Farm
81 Marske - Stokesley / PVR 4 / Temsa Avenue
X3/X3A Middlesbrough - Lingdale/Skelton Asda / PVR 5 / Scania Omnicity, VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar
X4/4 Middlesbrough - Loftus - Whitby / PVR 5 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar

Whitby
X4/4 Middlesbrough - Loftus - Whitby / PVR 3 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar
93/X93 Middlesbrough - Scarborough / PVR 5 / ADL Enviro 400
94 Whitby - Eskdale / PVR 1 / Dennis Dart ALX200
95/96 Whitby - Ruswarp / PVR 1 / Dennis Dart ALX200
S1/S2 Whitby Sainsburys services / PVR 1 / Dennis Dart MPD (Branded)

Stockton
5/5A Middlesbrough - Easington/Skelton Asda / PVR 10 / Scania Omnicity, VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar
6 Stockton - Stillington / PVR 1 / Dennis Dart MPD
7 Stockton - Yarm / PVR 6 / Dennis Dart MPD, DAF SB120 Wright Cadet
9 Middlesbrough - Overfields / PVR 9 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar
|- 27A Middlesbrough - Netherfields
15 Roseworth - Thornaby/Ingleby Barwick / PVR 12 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar
17 Middlesbrough - Eaglescliffe Kingsmead / PVR 4 / DAF SB120 Wright Cadet
17A Middlesbrough - Stockton / PVR 3 / DAF SB120 Wright Cadet
17B Middlesbrough - Thornaby / PVR 2 / DAF SB120 Wright Cadet
21A Middlesbrough - Peterlee / PVR 3 / DAF SB220 Plaxton Prestige
27 Middlesbrough - Netherfields / PVR 4 / DAF SB120 Wright Cadet
28 Middlesbrough - Lingdale / PVR 5 / DAF SB120 Wright Cadet
29/29A Middlesbrough - Marton/Stokesley / PVR 5 / DAF SB220 Plaxton Prestige
X1/X2 Middlesbrough - Durham - Newcastle / PVR 3 / VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar

ere folks is the updated fleet allocation.

Saw 7436/7, 4508 and 7490 on X21 today so at least half the allocation wasn't what it should be

(23 Apr 2014, 3:25 pm)Davey Bowyer wrote Blyth
1 Blyth - Widdrington / PVR 5 / Dennis Dart ALX200 & MPD
2 Blyth - Morpeth Kirkhill / PVR 5 / Dennis Dart ALX200 & MPD
57/57A North Seaton/Morpeth - Whitley Bay / PVR 2 / Dennis Dart ALX200 & MPD
|- 33 Morpeth - Lancaster Park
|- X14 Morpeth - Newcastle
308 Blyth - Newcastle / PVR 10 / Whatever goes
X4/X5 Blyth - Newcastle / PVR 10 / Whatever goes
X10/X11 Blyth - Newcastle / PVR 12 / Whatever goes
X13 Blyth - Newcastle / PVR 4 / Whatever goes

ere folks is the updated fleet allocation.

(23 Apr 2014, 3:52 pm)aureolin wrote

Forgive me if I'm wrong (I know virtually nothing about Arriva other than a couple of memorized routes (X2 and both 64s at Durham) , don't know much about the fleet numbers other than a few of the old DAFs (have they been withdrawn yet?, haven't seen any on the X2 in a LONG time, only Pulsars and Geminis), I'm afraid GNE is my forte)

Was it the 308 that had brand new light green Gemini 2s purchased for it a few years ago? I just remember reading about it on a newspaper article because they were electric or environmentally friendly etc.

Bit like Redcar depot then? Anything they can get to go!