Arriva North East

[kuyoyo]

RE: Arriva North East

(15/06/2013 23:24)N391OTY Wrote:  

(15/06/2013 22:55)kuyoyo Wrote:  

(15/06/2013 22:40)N391OTY Wrote:  Viewed Thorntons of North Seaton today and noted these ALX400 DAFs freshly outshopped in full Arriva blue livery -

W402 VGJ carrying fleet number 7473
X503 GGO no fleet number
Y497 UGC no fleet number

I am just wondering if the latter two are replacements for the vehicles due to become 7469/71, as these two seem to be the only ones of batch 7466-78 not reported so far. Of course they may be destined for another Arriva fleet altogether.

Also there was Y481 UGC still in London red. Maybe 7479 ??

Finally, the batch of Wright-bodied Volvo B6's are still parked there, the ones originally from Southport which were supposedly transferred to Northumbria from Scotland West about a year ago. I was able to confirm the identities of 10 of them but there were more parked in the middle of the yard.

I must find something better to do on a Saturday night !!

The 7466-7478 batch has already been reported, but for people that missed it:
7466 = W396VGJ - Blyth
7467 = W397VGJ - Ashington
7468 = X437FGP - Ashington
7469 = X447FGP - Reported for Blyth
7470 = X504GGO - Reserve at Jesmond
7471 = W392VGJ
7472 = W401VGJ - Ashington
7473 = W402VGJ
7474 = W403VGJ - Reserve at Jesmond
7475 = Y482UGC - Ashington
7476 = W398VGJ - Reserve at Jesmond
7477 = W404VGJ - Durham
7478 = X434FGP - Durham

That suggests those three are 7479-81, as those 3 are the only ones that we don't know the registrations for.

As for those B6BLEs, they are in effect knackered after being sat there for nearly enough 18 months now. There was rumours at one point that some of them would converted into the next trainers for the division but that is now reported to be the V-reg Coaches instead, so it's likely the B6s will be sold off once their book value is low enough.

Ah, right. I thought the batch was only going up to 7479.

My point about 7469/71 was that they seemed to be the only two whose registrations had not yet been verified by observation. Anyway, looks like the whole batch, apart from the red one, should be on the road quite soon.

Those registrations were verified by an Arriva Fleetlist reporter. As only 7466-8/72/5/7 have entered service so far and 7470/4/6/8 have been reported as arriving at their new homes (Jesmond's five are reportedly earmarked for this Summer's Metro Replacment work).