Arriva North East

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RE: Arriva North East

(31/08/2015 03:11)Metroline1511 Wrote:  At this rate, most buses linking Newcastle and Blyth, apart from Volvo B5LHs, will be MAX Geminis. I may well be riding one on Wednesday.

I thought the X75/76s had already been MAXed, but from what you say this is only just about to start.

All daytime services between Blyth and Newcastle bar the 308 will be MAX services by the end of the year. Not all will be Gemini operated - at least 2 turns on the X7/X8 (X4/X5) and all 4 workings on the X9 (X13) will be Pulsar operated.

The X75/X76 was supposed to be MAX'd at some point this year but the allocation keep changing - originally 1404-7 were to be done once they had been replaced on the X1, then it was going to be Stockton's 1441-3 along with 1415 if the X12 had gone completely to decker operation (instead it's going back to limited stop between Durham and Middlesbrough) and now it will be those 3 OmniCitys as the engineering Manager at HQ wants the OmniCitys concertated on one depot. 2 of 1404/5/7 will still be going MAX for Stockton's share of the X66/X67 for which 1415 will be a spare for along with the X12 (and it has already lost the X12 branding).