Arriva North East

[kuyoyo]

RE: Arriva North East

(21/07/2012 20:09)Metroline1511 Wrote:  

(19/07/2012 11:10)kuyoyo Wrote:  Prestige 4056 (S356 KHN) has now moved from Darlington to Stockton and is on the X1/X2 today. This menas that all the 2009-standard refurbished Prestiges done so far are at Stockton depot (4062 is currently being done, and will join them).

Information from Alex K on the arrivane Yahoo Group.

These services seem to see a variety of vehicle types. I have seen pix of a Pulsar 2 and an Olympian-NC II on either route, and now Prestiges can operate. I thought the routes had been upgraded from Prestige to Pulsar 2 but maybe not yet fully. I plan to ride route X2 from Gateshead to Durham next week and the following Monday from Gateshead to Newcastle. The surprise of what turns up awaits me!

The Durham workings turn up the more modern stuff (Pulsar, OmniCity) while Stockton's 3 workings are Prestige-operated. From late March until early May, when 1484-90 were branded for the 15, the Stockton workings were Pulsar all week (evening and Sunday X1 runs are Pulsar worked).