Arriva North East

[kuyoyo]

RE: Arriva North East

(11/05/2013 22:33)Metroline1511 Wrote:  

(06/05/2013 19:14)kuyoyo Wrote:  If you do spot it in Middlesbrough on the X1, you'd be very lucky considering Durham's X1 workings are supposed to be entirely Gemini worked these days with Pulsars being the main alternative single decker choice if deckers are in short supply.

That's certainly a change since my visit last July! I went on Flickr and saw pix of Geminis on routes X1 and X2. Some of these may well have been yours. I'd have enjoyed a ride on a double-deck on route X2. Where have other ex-route 308 Geminis moved to since the Volvo B5LHs came?

On an unrelated note, I have now seen a Cleveland map on the Arrivabus website! I have printed it off and written a general frequency list of the most useful routes.

Only 3 of Blyth's VDL Geminis have left - 7618/9 moved last October prior to the changes to the X1/X2 while 7620 was displaced by the B5LHs in March. Only Stockton depot run single deckers (Prestiges at the present moment, due to be upgraded to Pulsars next month) on their workings. Evening runs are operated by Durham exclusively using the Geminis while Stockton still does the Sunday runs mainly with Pulsars.