Arriva North East

[kuyoyo]

RE: Arriva North East

(11/04/2015 21:12)Metroline1511 Wrote:  From pictures I have seen on Flickr, the main routes for MAX Scania OmniCities are X15, X26/27 and X66. I thought some were due for Arriva's allocation on route 685.

4645-8 are branded for the X26/X27 and therefore should only be found on those routes.
4649/51/55-7 are branded for the X66 and should only be on there Monday to Saturday, on a Sunday the X66 interworks with the 26a (the evening and Sunday version of the X26/X27) therefore a mix of either branded vehicles should be out
4643/4/50 carry 'quick links to and from Darlington upto every 20 minutes' branding for both routes.
4653/9 are the pair at Ashington for the X15
4652/4/8 are the only 2005 OmniCitys unrefurbished (as yet) and are at Stockton for the 21a
4660-4 (the 2007 batch - except 4663, these are the leather-seated examples) are the ones at Jesmond on the 85/685

(11/04/2015 21:12)Metroline1511 Wrote:  Also, I have seen pictures of Sapphire Streetlites on routes 4, X3 and X4. This indicates that some Temsa Avenues may have changed route or even garage. Have any left for a new garage yet?

I'm sure I've covered that before:
Redcar will always be the home for the Temsas (although as of midnight, 4701 is now allocated to Whitby as a spare bus for an additional X93 trip on a morning), and as such, they are due the 6 ex-dealer stock examples from Arriva Bus and Coach in the coming months to replace B10BLEs.