(29 Jun 2014, 9:12 am)Andreos Constantopolous Had the pleasure of riding on a couple of the alx400's going to/from the races yesterday.

Decent enough ride, but the layout and seats were abysmal.

(29 Jun 2014, 9:35 am)Dan Was this what they were doing?

I saw two of the ALX400s and one of the ex-Dublin Olympians departing Durham Rail Station full of passengers but I was on the roundabout as they were coming down the bank, so I stood no chance of being able to catch them for a photograph.

(29 Jun 2014, 12:45 pm)Andreos Constantopolous Yeah, there were TGM ones out too.
No idea about Durham bus station though.

(30 Jun 2014, 4:03 pm)Robert One of the new deckers delivered on friday was Volvo B7TL Plaxton President LK03 NHY. It has been bought directly from Go Ahead London but was new to First London. The other bus that arrived with it is down at Gardeners for a repaint. Both are possibly going to undergo a conversion from Dual Door to Single Door.

(06 Jul 2014, 10:59 am)andy1977 Reg numbers for all 7 Plaxton President B7TL's due over the next few weeks.....
LK03NHY
LK03NJV
LK03NHZ
LK03NJE
LK03NJF
LK03NJX
LK03NJY

All are arriving with dual doors and then going to Gardiners in Spennymoor for conversion to single door. Should all be ready to enter service mid August.

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(06 Jul 2014, 10:59 am)andy1977 Reg numbers for all 7 Plaxton President B7TL's due over the next few weeks.....
LK03NHY
LK03NJV
LK03NHZ
LK03NJE
LK03NJF
LK03NJX
LK03NJY

All are arriving with dual doors and then going to Gardiners in Spennymoor for conversion to single door. Should all be ready to enter service mid August.

(14 Jul 2014, 3:06 pm)Robert At least 3 of these have arrived from Ensign today, all are still in their London liveries. Will have the registrations of them by about 16:30ish.

Edit: These 3 and a fourth actually arrived yesterday, as said earlier.
Registrations are:
LK03 NJY
LK03 NJX
LK03 NHZ
LK03 NJF

This means that the last bus to arrive is LK03 NJE. ALX400 V146 LGC is now in service eventhough it hasn't been repainted yet so the chances are it is either not going to get repainted or will do at a later date.

(15 Jul 2014, 6:38 pm)Robert R6, R7 and K2 STX are all going in part exchange for these new deckers. Cant see them getting down to ensign without breaking down!

(15 Jul 2014, 8:12 pm)andy1977 They will make it no problem at all. Not any any reliability issues with the 3 old deckers.
They all drive hundreds of miles a week!

(15 Jul 2014, 8:52 pm)Robert Well, suppose if 3826 made it down there no bother i cant see why they wont, i doubt they like the sight of a bank though?

(16 Jul 2014, 8:28 am)andy1977 For r6 r7 and k2 banks are no problem...... But worried about the new ones though, think the first bank they have ever seen was when they pulled off the a1 at Chester Le St and had to climb up the hill to Stanley at 10mph! Lol

(16 Jul 2014, 7:38 pm)Robert Having rode on some of Go North Easts ex-London Presidents, i think you have every right to be worried...

(17 Jul 2014, 7:21 pm)Robert *Dont take this post as a fact as at this stage it is just a rumour*

The rumour is that the new B7s will instead be based at the Kingsley's depot rather than Stanley Travels. It will be interesting to see if anybody else has heard of this rumour aswell.

(17 Jul 2014, 7:25 pm)NEBCD Malarkey If true, I'd be surprised if Kingsley's could fit them in to be honest, depending on how many there is of course.