Stagecoach North East

[kuyoyo]

RE: Stagecoach North East

(02/09/2012 19:43)Metroline1511 Wrote:  

(02/09/2012 15:19)kuyoyo Wrote:  Some missed information from my trip to South Shields depot on Thursday (viewed from outside):

21105 was up on the lift in the shed, suggesting its days in service are now over
21148 was parked in the same place in the yard as it was on Saturday (by the shed entrance)
Also in the shed were 21143 22541 and 22637

With some of the 21000-series Volvo B10BLEs no longer in service, I timed my trip well to ride ALX300 and Prestige examples back in July. Admittedly Enviro300s are quite classy, and I prefer them to MAN-Enviro300s, possibly because of the sloped area above the wheel.

Assumed to be no longer in service - the transfer of 22541-4 from Slatyford to Walkergate, the reinstating of 33491/2 but the lost of 36464/5/8 to Paralympic duties in London and 36472/5 to East Kent at Hastings means that, in effect, all the B10BLEs should still be out in service or as spare in the depot. My sighting of 21105 on the lift could just have been a check-up, considering it had a new engine fitted only a few months ago (only returned to service in May after being off road for about six months or so) shouldn't be a major problem.

EDIT: Sorry, 36467 is NOT in London, an oversight in my part for not checking which ones I photo'd the other day.