Arriva North East

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North East

(18/12/2014 21:52)kuyoyo Wrote:  A post on Facebook confirms the following Pulsars are moving from North West to North East:

3113 MX12KXC
3114 MX12KXD
3115 MX12KXE
3116 MX12KXF
3117 MX12KWK
3118 MX12KWL
3119 MX12KWM
3120 MX12KWN
3121 MX12KWO
3122 MX12KWP

They will presumably become 1524-1533.

Could you confirm the exact source for this information? As ever, it's important that those supplying information for the consumption of others are appropriately credited for their contributions.

[kuyoyo]

RE: Arriva North East

(19/12/2014 01:34)CX54 DKD Wrote:  Could you confirm the exact source for this information? As ever, it's important that those supplying information for the consumption of others are appropriately credited for their contributions.

www.facebook.com/groups/arrivauk - at time of this post it is the eighth unpinned post down the page.

[gka472l]

RE: Arriva North East

(19/12/2014 01:34)CX54 DKD Wrote:  Could you confirm the exact source for this information? As ever, it's important that those supplying information for the consumption of others are appropriately credited for their contributions.

A case of wait and see methinks! A very trusted source within Arriva states that of the 49 Pulsars leaving Merseyside, 23 to Arriva Midlands & 26 to Arriva Shires, none on the list I got are heading to the NE and whilst the post on Facebook lists the same ones, the breakdown between Midlands & Shires doesn't match what I have.....we'll find out soon enough which is right :-)

[kuyoyo]

RE: Arriva North East

(19/12/2014 11:22)gka472l Wrote:  A case of wait and see methinks! A very trusted source within Arriva states that of the 49 Pulsars leaving Merseyside, 23 to Arriva Midlands & 26 to Arriva Shires, none on the list I got are heading to the NE and whilst the post on Facebook lists the same ones, the breakdown between Midlands & Shires doesn't match what I have.....we'll find out soon enough which is right :-)

And yet the list you PM'd me with doesn't match the original list for the Midlands posted by a trusted source on the Yahoo Group - I'm leaning more towards the list that has 3113-22 as North East bound myself but we will discover soon which list is the correct one.

[Metroline1511]

RE: Arriva North East
This may represent a change of plan for Arriva North West to be releasing Pulsars to areas including the North East, the Midlands and the Shires. I thought the original intention was for Pulsars released soon by E40Ds to replace earlier vehicles, in particular X or Y-reg examples.

[kuyoyo]

RE: Arriva North East
'Sapphire' upgrades are now confirmed as followed:

6 (Durham - West Auckland or Cockfield) - in the Spring using 2 new ADL Enviro400s 6 new Wright Streetlites and 5 displaced Pulsars from the 7
22 (Durham - Peterlee - Sunderland) and 24 (Durham - Peterlee - Hartlepool) later in the year using refurbished Pulsars (likely to be the 10 ex-North West examples as Durham's 61-reg examples are all being displaced to other depots)

It's also more-or-less confirmed that the order of 5 Enviro400s for the 7 (Durham - Darlington) will be split 4 to Darlington and 1 to Durham with 4 Pulsars from Darlington going to Durham while Durham's present Pulsars will be used on both the 6 and 7.

[Marcus Green]

RE: Arriva North East
Stockton-based VDL Pulsar 2 1443 (NK10 CFF) has returned from repaint at Thornton's, Ashington into base livery for MAX.

An exterior shot... https://www.flickr.com/photos/61391443@N02/16262178291/
And an interior shot... https://www.flickr.com/photos/61391443@N02/16078129337/

Images owned by Scott Cooper.

Mod edit: Corrected links

[Metroline1511]

RE: Arriva North East

(12/01/2015 18:14)Marcus Green Wrote:  Stockton-based VDL Pulsar 2 1443 (NK10 CFF) has returned from repaint at Thornton's, Ashington into base livery for MAX.

An exterior shot... https://www.flickr.com/photos/61391443@N02/16262178291/
And an interior shot... https://www.flickr.com/photos/61391443@N02/16078129337/

Images owned by Scott Cooper.

Mod edit: Corrected links

I used this route from Stockton to Middlesbrough in 2013 to make a change from the obvious X66 route. It was a Cadet but nicely refurbished all the same. This Pulsar refurb looks as good as new though!

[kuyoyo]

RE: Arriva North East
The January Allocation was released yesterday and see the following movement:

1443's return saw the end of 4001 on Thursday when it ran out of test - as such the number of active Prestiges drops to 3 (4007/38/9)
The entry into service of Enviro200s 1321/2/3/4 allow 1311 to move to Jesmond as an additional spare, 1313 to go for repairs and 1315 to reserve
1636/7/9's time at Blyth is over with the return of 1773/4/5, likewise 1792 returns to active fleet
Previously reported as going for MAX refurbishment, Blyth's 7607 has now been swapped in the programme for sister 7609 after 7607's engine repairs - the work on Durham's Geminis 7618-20/6/7 has also now been postponed

[Marcus Green]

RE: Arriva North East
I saw Pulsar 2 1416 out in MAX base livery whilst out and about today, along with 1443.

First time I've seen both in the flesh, and they look excellent!