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Arriva Durham County's X66 between Darlington, Stockton and Middlesbrough runs along the A66 for most of its trip. Supposedly uses coaches, but I got an R reg Dennis Dart with a distinct dislike to changing into 4th gear, quite useless along the Dual Carriageway A66! :lol:

The Hybrids will only be allocated to Service 39/40 on a Monday to Saturday morning, and Services 12, 39/40 on a Sunday morning (for the time being). However, any lost mileage and breakdowns on the other double deck routes (except Service 1) are to be covered by hybrids if they are available...

When cable thieves attacked the Tyne and Wear Metro just after the modernisation between Byker and Tynemouth, there was a heavy police presence outside the scrapyards in Walker for the 2 or 3 days after, and they were doing stop-checks on the vans in the area. Very much a case of "well youve...

Itll be the same driver every day as well!

Havent posted on here for a while, as it seems most of the information I post on the StagecoachNE yahoo groups gets relayed onto here. :lol: But to clear a few things up: 12065 was involved in a separate RTA with a car a few weeks ago (hence the odd coloured panel), and had nothing to do...

Hi all, On the subject of the displaced buses from Walkergate, 22023-026 were the buses that went to Slatyford, as they decided against sending 22345-348.

Your worry has been proved unfortunately, its appeared on the Nexus website that some of the peak time extras won't be running tomorrow 'because of a lack of available trains' Despite the wires coming down, and the 2 train failures on the South Shields branch at the same time on...

Hi all, The East Coast website did clearly say of the alteration (due to the football), and the amended arrival time at Leeds. However, I see it's no longer there. Obviously, Leeds is where the depot is, so to terminate it there seems fair enough, but I think it's a blatent disregard for...

Stagecoach in South Shields (with a little help from the other North East depots!) run the 552 (Gypsies Green Stadium - South Shields Ferry) and 553 (Gypsies Green - Heworth - Newcastle) once a year, on Great North Run day only. Don't know if this counts though :lol: Any Permitted, I know...

None of Newcastle's E300s are named (but are branded for the 100 Metrocentre Shuttle) Tootie Fruity belongs to Alexander bodied MAN 22413. When the 6 buses (bought for a Kickstart funded service) were first new, 5 of them were named by local Primary School kids, and Tootie Fruity is the only...

Thanks for the info Frankfurt. We had been at the crossing a while because of late comers (which the driver can see running up the path adjacent), so when the kids held the doors open, it was getting pretty close to time limit. Well, if it was a taxi driver, he should know better. I honestly...

Nope, I've seen it at Howdon and Callerton as well (trains also meet there, but only during the day), I'm sure it's something to do with a 'slot' system, because a driver once told some kids off for holding the train doors open, because he could have missed his slot. There was a train opposite...

The main problem with them being used as a fleet strengthener is that the Designlines do 40mph max, and don't have the power to do that for too long. Which is why they were perfect for Quaylink. Their reliability problems are also a negative for doing normal routes, although I do like your...

I hadn't heard about this, thanks for posting. One of the things I have noticed with the Metro, which is unusual, is that the level crossings do NOT stay on if theres a second train there. The first train to the mark gets the first signal, the lights go off, then after about 10 seconds, the...

You should have 52627 back by now. :D It got towed (as seen in the picture) 2 1/2 hours after it broke down, to Walkergate Depot, where it spent until late this morning being given a bill of health. I saw it heading toward the A69 at about half 3. Must have been a canny breakdown if Geoff...