Arriva North East

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RE: Arriva North East

(13/12/2014 01:11)N391OTY Wrote:  Noted plain white solo 2853 (ex Durham P&R) in Haymarket bus station yesterday (Friday 12th). It didn't appear to be on service so might have been on a staff shuttle from Jesmond.

2852/3 are operating for Jesmond depot for the next few weeks on shuttle service 115 (Morpeth-Felton-Shillbottle-Alnwick) while the roadworks on the A1 preverts the X15 serving the villages.

Fleet changes are a result of the MAX relaunch on X26/X27 and X66 are:

4643/6/8-51/5 into service at Darlington, replacing 1410/24 to Durham (replacing 4643/6) and the Darts as followed:
1611, 1626, 1647, 1712 and 1724 to disposal
1646 & 1649 to Ashington along with Reserve 1616
1636/7/9 to Blyth
1616/46/9 and 1636/7/9 allow Ashington's 1792/1800/1 and Blyth's 1773/4/5 to head to Thorntons for repaint and fitting for WiFi for the short journeys on the X14 (Morpeth-Newcastle).
Ashington additional gain 7458 from Jesmond which releases 7518 to Thorntons for refurbishment to Sapphire standard as an additional spare for X21/X22
Blyth meanwhile (re)gain 7466 to allow 7607 to go to Bus & Coach World for MAX refurbishment as an extra for the X10/X11
Durham gain Enviro200s 1320/1/2/3/6/7/8 from refurbishment (which appear to have included fitting of plug sockets.........) releasing Pulsars 1415/6 and Geminis 7618/9/20/6/7 to Bus & Coach World for MAX refurbishment for the X12/X2
Stockton regain Prestiges 4001/7/38 from disposal to cover Pulsar 1441/2/3 which join the aforementioned Durham vehicles at Bus & Coach World