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RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - Storx - 05 Feb 2021 (05 Feb 2021, 11:28 pm)cnjb800 Have I missed sommat then? Are the B9TLs at Deptford coming to Riverside, once the Cityriders return, to permanently replace the 2003 Scania OmniDekkas? I thought the B9s would be required at other depots as they were just on loan to Deptford and that the Scania OmniDekkas were preferred over the dual door Presidents. Nothing mentioned about Riverside, just they're replacing Omnidekkas. Imagine them going to Chester Le Street for the 25, the Omni's have been in daily service on there the past few days and they were rumoured to be going there awhile back. Possibly some for Percy Main to see off the DFDS bunch aswell for when the LEZ comes in. Think they're the only frontline Omnidekka's left now. RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - L469 YVK - 05 Feb 2021 (05 Feb 2021, 11:36 pm)Storx Nothing mentioned about Riverside, just they're replacing Omnidekkas. Imagine them going to Chester Le Street for the 25, the Omni's have been in daily service on there the past few days and they were rumoured to be going there awhile back. Possibly some for Percy Main to see off the DFDS bunch aswell for when the LEZ comes in. Think they're the only frontline Omnidekka's left now.You could be right about the 25 but, it would be the original Tyne Tees Xpress examples that would most likely go. Would cover a PVR of 6x should the 14 go standalone (if not already).
RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - Storx - 05 Feb 2021 (05 Feb 2021, 11:43 pm)L469 YVK You could be right about the 25 but, it would be the original Tyne Tees Xpress examples that would most likely go. Would cover a PVR of 6x should the 14 go standalone (if not already). Ah ngl I thought it would've been the rest of the Toonlink batch that would've went (6149 - 6154) leaving 6155 - 6161 for the 93/94. They still don't have a home and they've got Euro 6 mods so it seems they won't be going onto schools so need to go somewhere and they were the ones Dan mentioned a long time ago (obviously plans can change). RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - Jimmi - 06 Feb 2021 (05 Feb 2021, 11:43 pm)L469 YVK You could be right about the 25 but, it would be the original Tyne Tees Xpress examples that would most likely go. Would cover a PVR of 6x should the 14 go standalone (if not already). 13 is still tied onto the 25 (13 hourly, 25 half hourly) so I believe the PVR is 7 for this cycle. *this is subject to services returning to previous levels prior to the current lockdown. RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - L469 YVK - 06 Feb 2021 (05 Feb 2021, 11:53 pm)Storx Ah ngl I thought it would've been the rest of the Toonlink batch that would've went (6149 - 6154) leaving 6155 - 6161 for the 93/94. They still don't have a home and they've got Euro 6 mods so it seems they won't be going onto schools so need to go somewhere and they were the ones Dan mentioned a long time ago (obviously plans can change).If they were going to refurbish any vehicles, it would make more sense to use 6084-86 to form the TVT PVR as they've had less of a hard life. And with 6001, 6049 and 6050 available as spares plus 6377, all the spares for the TVT & Crusader are covered. The 25 doesn't need anything "fancy" allocated to the service. A deep clean and repaint would suffice. RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - ne14ne1 - 06 Feb 2021 A few shots of them at HD trim https://twitter.com/pompey4ever007/status/1358046035155841026?s=21 RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - GNE6312 - 06 Feb 2021 (06 Feb 2021, 2:08 pm)ne14ne1 A few shots of them at HD trimI spy a coach in 2019 livery. RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - JP6004 - 06 Feb 2021 (06 Feb 2021, 4:17 pm)GNE6312 I spy a coach in 2019 livery.Are you looking at something different... RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - big mac - 06 Feb 2021 (05 Feb 2021, 11:43 pm)L469 YVK You could be right about the 25 but, it would be the original Tyne Tees Xpress examples that would most likely go. Would cover a PVR of 6x should the 14 go standalone (if not already). Is the 14 being reintroduced? Sent from my moto g(8) power lite using Tapatalk RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - Rapidsnap - 06 Feb 2021 (06 Feb 2021, 4:17 pm)GNE6312 I spy a coach in 2019 livery. That would be the last livery rubbed down. They were last used by Carousel on the Chiltern Hundreds services which was a red based livery. RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - omnicity4659 - 06 Feb 2021 (06 Feb 2021, 4:17 pm)GNE6312 I spy a coach in 2019 livery.https://twitter.com/CarouselBus/status/1223147688834863110?s=09 RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - Ambassador - 06 Feb 2021 Makes the private plates make more sense, Can’t have the potential car user passengers attracted to over half a decade old buses now can we ? RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - Jimmi - 06 Feb 2021 (06 Feb 2021, 4:43 pm)big mac Is the 14 being reintroduced?Don't think so as X20 replaced the 14, likely mistaken the 13 for the since withdrawn 14. RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - Storx - 06 Feb 2021 I'm surprised they've never somehow worked out how to make the 13 work with the Indigo services, having deckers on there seem overkill with some form of branding for the Durham local services (obviously interworking patterns would need to change). The East Durham Indigo never really worked considering half of them never touch Peterlee so 'connections to Durham' makes no sense. RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - BeachBoy99 - 06 Feb 2021 (06 Feb 2021, 7:15 pm)Storx The East Durham Indigo never really worked considering half of them never touch Peterlee so 'connections to Durham' makes no sense. Forgive me if I've misinterpreted you, but most of the indiGo East Durham network is actually based around Peterlee, let alone 'touches' it. 201, 202, 206 (before withdrawal), 208, 209/210 and 239 have all served around Peterlee. I think 'connections to Durham' implied the connections available from Seaham and Dalton Park between the 202 and 265, and of course the 208 which goes directly to Durham. RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - Storx - 06 Feb 2021 (06 Feb 2021, 7:44 pm)BeachBoy99 Forgive me if I've misinterpreted you, but most of the indiGo East Durham network is actually based around Peterlee, let alone 'touches' it. 201, 202, 206 (before withdrawal), 208, 209/210 and 239 have all served around Peterlee. I worded that badly tbf. It was more the odd few routes namely the 59, 204/204A and 265 which don't serve Peterlee at all and the 208 which you could argue either way which are more Durham local services with the addition of the 13 and would be better branded for something Durham based with the rest of them as the Peterlee services as of now. Durham's quite a big place and doesn't really have anything local branded and it's a place that would deserve it's own branding rather than being lumped with the Peterlee locals. As much as I hate the Little Coaster branding, Little Bishops really wouldn't sound too bad for a brand and is ideal for the area. RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - logidoodah - 06 Feb 2021 (05 Feb 2021, 7:37 pm)Dan Yes, that was the presentation used at the launch of the NEbus initiative, back in August 2019, at the Life Science Centre in Newcastle. Stakeholders were invited to watch the presentation, with the three Managing Directors of Arriva, Go North East and Stagecoach all spoke, along with Andrew Scott from Stanley Travel representing SME operators. So have Stagecoach on the 30/31/36 with the allocation of E400's. RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - JP6004 - 06 Feb 2021 (06 Feb 2021, 8:33 pm)Storx I worded that badly tbf. It was more the odd few routes namely the 59, 204/204A and 265 which don't serve Peterlee at all and the 208 which you could argue either way which are more Durham local services with the addition of the 13 and would be better branded for something Durham based with the rest of them as the Peterlee services as of now. Durham's quite a big place and doesn't really have anything local branded and it's a place that would deserve it's own branding rather than being lumped with the Peterlee locals.I can imagine the rascals that vandalise the buses around Peterlee would get off on saying I've bashed the bishop RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - Jimmi - 06 Feb 2021 (06 Feb 2021, 7:15 pm)Storx I'm surprised they've never somehow worked out how to make the 13 work with the Indigo services, having deckers on there seem overkill with some form of branding for the Durham local services (obviously interworking patterns would need to change). From what I can tell prior to the brand being revised the tagline tended to indicate frequent buses for connections to: either Hartlepool, Dalton Park, Teesside & beyond or Durham, Sunderland, Newcastle & beyond which seemed to indicate to connect with another bus somewhere to reach another destination such as Newcastle on X9/X10 or the 61 to Sunderland at Dalton Park, Durham is a slightly odd one as it doesn't really connect with anything so let's assume it's alluding to the fact some of the services go to Durham. Photo of branding before the slight refresh/removal of vinyls especially on windows: https://flic.kr/p/GFTwTR Think fitting the 13 into the IndiGo cycle could be tricky as the interworking on some of those especially the ones into Durham are fairly complex and to add anything else in would be getting close to maximum driving hours before a break has to be taken, think some is around a 4 hour cycle between departing and arriving back into Peterlee with the 13 taking an hour. RE: X9 | X10 - Acquisition of interdeck coaches from Oxford Bus Company - Storx - 06 Feb 2021 (06 Feb 2021, 8:48 pm)JP6004 I can imagine the rascals that vandalise the buses around Peterlee would get off on saying I've bashed the bishop I shouldn't find that funny but I did (06 Feb 2021, 9:15 pm)Jimmi From what I can tell prior to the brand being revised the tagline tended to indicate frequent buses for connections to: either Hartlepool, Dalton Park, Teesside & beyond or Durham, Sunderland, Newcastle & beyond which seemed to indicate to connect with another bus somewhere to reach another destination such as Newcastle on X9/X10 or the 61 to Sunderland at Dalton Park, Durham is a slightly odd one as it doesn't really connect with anything so let's assume it's alluding to the fact some of the services go to Durham. Just tried to work it out there see what you mean now, seems to work on a 208 -> 204 -> 265 -> 202 circle by the looks of things with the reverse in the same skipping the 204 but the driver doing down to Station Town and back. Then again you could probably get arid of the 13 altogether and bar a few grumbles at first no-one would really care, the X20 does the same service even knowing it's a bit slow for Langley Park. Sacriston having the 16 and Witton Gilbert the X5/X15 Makes sense with the branding though tbf. |