Arriva North East

[kuyoyo]

RE: Arriva North East

(12/05/2013 20:06)Metroline1511 Wrote:  

(11/05/2013 23:20)kuyoyo Wrote:  Yes, the Geminis are mainly on the X4/X5, X10/X11 and X13 at Blyth now.

Stockton are indeed getting 7 Pulsars from Darlington when the first 6 of the 2013 order arrive for the 1/5 (a further example is due for those routes in the autumn at the same time as the Pulsars for the 7), replacing 4 Prestiges and allowing 4660-2 to move north for the X20/20.

It does make sense for the Geminis to be left at Blyth to operate other routes into Newcastle now.

I have my itin provisionally decided for next Saturday. To reduce duplication but increase variety, I am considering catching route 28 to Lingdale (from Guisborough after riding route 5) then route 4 to Saltburn. According to the timetables, I have just a 9 minute connection. Does the same bus switch from the 28 to the 4 or is it different buses? My hunch is that route 28 works from SN and route 4 from RR.

It is a seperate bus - the 28 is indeed a Stockton route while the 4 is a Redcar route. Interworking would not be possiable due to the total running time of a round trip pushing it dangereously close to the driver's hour limt (the round trip on the 4 is 2 hours, while the long 28s have a round trip time of 3 hours 23 minutes excluding the long layover at Lingdale).