Arriva North East

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RE: Arriva North East

(09/09/2012 20:39)Metroline1511 Wrote:  This is a bit of a bombshell regarding route X66. I enjoyed riding an Olympian on it on August Bank Holiday 2009 but believed it was most if not all coach now. I have pencilled in Easter to go back to Middlesbrough, with a view to riding a coach on route X66 on Easter Sunday. Suddenly I feel a bit unassured. My idea is to travel Middlesbrough - Stockton - Darlington - Richmond - Lancaster, connecting with the 832 to Lancaster. I therefore cannot afford for too many successive X66s to be other vehicles.

I could ride the X66 on the Saturday, but I have already earmarked a leather-seated OmniCity and a Temsa Avenue, as well as a couple of hours in Saltburn. If absolute push comes to shove, maybe I should come to Middlesbrough on Good Friday evening. I usually work Good Friday nowadays but do have Easter Monday off.

Next Easter might be a little too late for Coach operation - it's rumoured (and expected) that 1207-9/14 will be transferring to Jesmond at some point in the not-to-near future to replace 1201-5 for convertion to driver trainers to replace the B6s 1001-3/5. Sunday (and therefore Bank Holidays) X66 trips are always Solo worked as they interwork with the 75 in Darlington.