Arriva North East

[kuyoyo]

RE: Arriva North East

(06/01/2016 19:31)kuyoyo Wrote:  Joining the North East fleet in the next few months from London are:

Volvo B7TL/Alexander Dennis ALX400
VLA144 LJ55BTO 7416
VLA145 LJ55BTU 7417
VLA146 LJ55BTV 7418
VLA147 LJ55BTX 7419
VLA148 LJ55BTY 7420
VLA149 LJ55BTZ 7421
VLA150 LJ55BUA 7422
VLA151 LJ55BUE 7423
VLA152 LJ55BPZ 7424
VLA153 LJ55BRV 7425
VLA154 LJ55BRX 7426
VLA155 LJ55BRZ 7427

(16/01/2016 22:21)kuyoyo Wrote:  3 are for Ashington, refurbished for the 35/35a alongside the Streetlites on there. The rest will be heading to Durham to replace the Y-reg Lowlander 7436-40/42/4 (7441/3 have already been withdrawn). The DLAs are all to be centred on Jesmond depot to upgrade the 43/44/45 group to total decker operation.

In a major change of plans:
7423-6 have been completely refurbished to MAX standard prior to the start of the current Metro Replacement work. These will be allocated to Durham depot once the work is over
7416 has been partly refurbished - presently working for Jesmond on Metro replacement service 900 in MAX livery but retaining Urban90s internally, 7417-22/7's status currently unknown, however these will NOT be staying with Arriva North East. They are now reportedly due to transfer to Yorkshire's Castleford depot to convert the 189 to MAX
In their place comes Yorkshire's B9TL/Olympus 1808-15 from Selby depot. These are to be MAX'd for the X20 at Ashington (to replace B7TL 7412-5 which haven't proved well on the route) and for the X93 at Redcar.