omnicity4659
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Arriva's X30 between Blyth and Newcastle is operated by Ashington, Blyth and Jesmond depots.
As we've expanded to historic and multiple operators I'll have to chuck in the classic example of Expresswest during the mid 1980s when Bristol Omnibus, National Welsh, South Wales Transport and Crosville each contributed vehicles, from multiple depots in the case of South Wales Transport. Plus the possibility of even more depots covering breakdowns/duplicates.
Stagecoach used to have joint depot working on the 1 & 2 Liverpool-Chester, Birkenhead & Chester depots [the 1 certainly was joint depots], now it's just operated by Birkenhead depot, the Chester depot was the old Crosville depot on Liverpool Road, i think Chester ceased operating the 1 & 2 when Stagecoach moved the depot to Waverton.
Just to add to this, X20 is operated by Alnwick (satellite of Ashington), Ashington and Jesmond (one peak journey). 52 is operated by Jesmond with one peak operated by Ashington. X16 is operated by Jesmond, but switches over to Blyth on evenings and Sundays. 306/308 interwork on Sundays operated by both Blyth and Jesmond. 33/short X14 (then became X16)/57A used to interwork and be run by both Blyth and Ashington.Arriva's X30 between Blyth and Newcastle is operated by Ashington, Blyth and Jesmond depots.
Is that the one that got demolished recently?Trentbarton Swift Uttoxeter- Ashbourne-Derby run by Uttoxeter outstation (ex Stevensons garage) and Ashbourne outstation
Ashbourne? this is few minutes away at the retail parkIs that the one that got demolished recently?
Oooohhh sorry, didn't read it properly.Ashbourne? this is few minutes away at the retail park
The 13A in Birmingham is operated by both Pensnett and West Bromwich Depots.
I wasn't aware Jesmond depot did the 685 before the sale to Go Ahead (unless it was Sundays). However, before deregulation, the 601/602 Hexham to Newcastle was operated by three depots... Hexham, Newcastle (Gallowgate) and Blyth! I think pre 1985 that the 213 Sunderland to Darlington had one each from Darlington, Sedgefield, Peterlee and Sunderland depots.
Famously, the L1 Cymru Coastliner had vehicles drawn from a number of depots - possibly Chester, Flint, Rhyl, Llandudno Junction, Bangor and Caernarfon, with the vehicles working diagrams so that the drivers got home ok but the vehicles would end up at another depot overnight.
There's fewer examples these days as routes tend to be shorter (because of congestion), fewer depots anyway, and operators tend not to share routes between depots for accountability reasons.
Welcome!Hi, new to the forum. The first route I ever drove in service was a Bristol RE on the Blyth/Newcastle/Hexham route 601/602/X25/X26 through route, this was early 1985 in the good old days for buses.
5 hours and 4 different routes, admittedly the 601/2 was virtually the same route, loved the job then. Happy days.
I think we had 2, fine vehicles, I am sure some of the old hands had tears in their eyes the day they were withdrawn. Edit, the route was operated by four depots I think, Jesmond/Gallowgate/Blyth/Hexham.Welcome!
There can’t have been many REs at those depots at the time.
I think we had 2, fine vehicles, I am sure some of the old hands had tears in their eyes the day they were withdrawn. Edit, the route was operated by four depots I think, Jesmond/Gallowgate/Blyth/Hexham.
Jesmond definitely did it, I was a jesmond driver.Not certain Jesmond did it. However, I had a trip out to Hexham on the last day before United Auto was split on a Blyth Olympian and remember seeing the Catherine Cookson liveried example coming the other way and I’m fairly certain that was a Gallowgate car.
In which case, you’re better informed.Jesmond definitely did it, I was a jesmond driver.
Did you work for United? Gallowgate used to operate the 306 to Tynemouth despite the fact that it ran past Jesmond depot, never made sense to me. There were 2 rotas at Jesmond when I started, internal and external ( internal for runs entirely within Tyne and Wear), internal mostly did north of Gosforth, external did Ashington Blyth and Hexham. IIRC the through route from Blyth to Hexham only lasted a couple of years.In which case, you’re better informed.
I was certain that Hexham and Blyth did it and I remember Gallowgate vehicles on there. It surprised me as I tend to remember Jesmond being more on services out to the East but then again, the X25/6 was probably the reason.
Takes me back!
Did you work for United? Gallowgate used to operate the 306 to Tynemouth despite the fact that it ran past Jesmond depot, never made sense to me. There were 2 rotas at Jesmond when I started, internal and external ( internal for runs entirely within Tyne and Wear), internal mostly did north of Gosforth, external did Ashington Blyth and Hexham. IIRC the through route from Blyth to Hexham only lasted a couple of years.