31st August Withdrawn Dennis Lance 4778, 4781 & 4788 and Dennis Dart 8117 have been sold. 24th August Withdrawn Dennis Lance 4775 & 4777 have been sold 10th August Withdrawn Dennis Dart 8124 has been sold 3rd August 2007 Allocation changes: 460 461 462 Gateshead to Winlaton 27th July 2007 Allocation changes: 3847 Percy Main to Chester-le-Street Dennis Darts 590 and 8099 have been on loan to Northumbria Coaches at Ashington, although 8099 has subsequently been withdrawn. 13th June 2007 Allocation changes: 3876-3880 Chester-le-Street to Gateshead Dennis Trident 3881, 3882, 3892-3895 have been transferred to Oxford Bus Company 29th June 2007 The outstanding Mercedes Citaro 5276-5283 have now been delivered and are entering service at Washington Depot, allowing the pink liveried Scania to move to Chester-le-Street for the re-launch of Service 21 at the end of July. Withdrawn Dennis Lance 4774 has been sold. 22nd June 2007 Dennis Trident 3887 has been repainted in pink for service 21 and returned to service at Chester-le-Street. Volvo B10BLE 4925 is temporarily on loan from Gateshead to Stanley. 15th June 2007 Dennis Trident 3884 has been transferred to sister Go Ahead company Oxford Bus Company. 8th June 2007 Two Optare Solo have been purchased from Jayline for additional contract work in the Peterlee area – 480 (VU52 UEF) and 481 (MX03 YDD). Allocation changes: 480, 481 acquired-Deptford Dennis Dart 8095 has been withdrawn from service at Winlaton, whilst Dennis Lance 4782 has been sold. 1st June 2007 Allocation changes- Dennis Lance 4783 has been withdrawn. 25th May 2007 Mercedes Citaro 5275 has entered service at Washington. Dennis Dart 8110 has been transferred from Deptford to Gateshead, whilst 8120 has been sold. 18th May 2007 The first Mercedes Citaro, 5275, has been delivered. Withdrawn Optare Spectra 3835 and 3857 have been sold. 4th May 2007 Withdrawn Optare Spectra 3834 and 3856 have been sold. A Volvo B7RLE and an Optare Tempo demonstrator will be on loan from 8th May for a couple of weeks. 27th April 2007 Red Arrows Coach 7074 has been allocated to Chester-le-Street for revised service X23. Optare Spectra 3835 has been withdrawn. 13th April 2007 Withdrawn Optare spectra 3851 – 3854 have been sold. 5th April 2007 Allocation changes: 453 reserve to Stanley 4777, 8108 and 8124 have been withdrawn, with previously withdrawn 3836, 3837, 3840 and 3855 sold. 23rd March 2007 Allocation changes:
16th March 2007 Allocation changes:
9th March 2007
2nd March 2007 Delivery of Scania OmniCity 5268 is still outstanding, whilst OmniCity 5256, 5257 and 5258 are currently held in reserve. Vehicles now withdrawn are: Due to service changes and new vehicle deliveries many allocation changes have been made, details shown on the fleet allocation section of the website. 23rd February 2007 As a result of the delivery of the 41 new Scania OmniCity and service changes there will be many allocation changes during this week - details will follow next week once all the moves have been completed. 16th February Further new Scania OmniCity delivered are 5253, 5260, 5263 and 5264. Allocation changes: 586, 595 Stanley to Deptford Dennis Lance 4768 and 4786 and Dennis Dart 8097 have been withdrawn 9th February Further new Scania OmniCity delivered are 5241/5244/5246/5248-5252/5254/5256 Allocation changes: 4789 Chester-le-Street to Winlaton Dennis Lance 4782 and Dennis Dart 8119 have been withdrawn. 2nd February New Scania OmniCity 5234-5240/5242-5243 have been delivered, in all red livery pending application of route branding 26th January Optare Solo 456, 458 and 459 are in reserve whilst being prepared for service at Stanley Depot 12th January 2007: Dennis Dart 8099 has been transferred from Stanley to Deptford Dennis Dart 8117 has been transferred from Stanley to Chester le Street Optare Solo 458, 459 have been transferred from Percy Main to Chester le Street Optare Solo 460 has been transferred from Percy Main to Washington The Pink Panther Solo (448, 449, 457, 463, 464) are being allocated to Percy Main for services 321 and 322. 5th January 2007: Dennis Dart 8118 has been transferred from Stanley to Chester le Street Optare Solo 448, 449, 457, 463, 464 have been transferred to the reserve fleet 22nd December: Dennis Dart 8094, 8097 have been transferred from Stanley Depot to 15th December 2006 Withdrawn Olympians 3676-3678 have been sold 24th November 2006 Volvo B10B 4814 has been returned to service at Deptford, whilst Trident 3887 has been temporarily withdrawn. Optare Delta 4756 and 4757 have been returned to use as Driver Training vehicles 17th November 2006 Allocation changes:
10th November 2006 Allocation change: 8108 Deptford to Gateshead Withdrawn Dart 8124 has been re-instated at Gateshead to cover vehicles being repainted 3rd November 2006 Allocation changes: 4780 Gateshead to Winlaton 4810 Winlaton to Deptford Withdrawn Dennis Dart 8094, 8097 and 8117 have been returned to service at Stanley MPD 511-513, SPD 8162-8165/8233-8241 and Dennis Lance 4770-4773 have received Centurion branding Fleetnews for 27th October Allocation changes: 511, 512, 513 Deptford to Percy Main Withdrawn vehicles 4805 and 8103 have been sold Fleetnews for 20th October : Allocation changes: 4775 Deptford to Winlaton Fleetnews for 13th October: 8096, 8122 Chester-le-Street to Deptford Fleetnews for 6th October: Optare Solo 448, 449, 457, 463, and 464 have been painted in a special pink livery and allocated to Chester le Street depot for new service D4 (Arnison Centre-Durham City Centre) Other allocation changes: 3855, 3856 Percy Main to Chester-le-Street Now withdrawn are Optare Delta 4756, 4757, 4760, 4761, 4805 and Fleetnews for 29th September: Leyland Olympian 3947, 3948, 3953, 3956, 3960 and 3961 have been painted in a special yellow fleet livery, branded as “Bargain Bus” for new services X42 and X43, and allocated to Percy Main. Dennis Dart 8094 has been withdrawn, whilst Dennis Trident 3883 has been sold to sister Go Ahead operator Oxford Bus Company. 22nd September 2006: Dennis Dart 8118 has been re-allocated from Washington to Deptford 15th September: Dennis Dart 8122 has been re-instated for further service at Chester-le-Street, whilst similar 8123 and 8124 have been withdrawn. 4th September 515, 516 Deptford to Percy Main
3854 Percy Main to Chester le Street
3907 Chester le Street to Washington
3915 Winlaton to Gateshead
4778, 4779 Gateshead to Winlaton
4782 Washington to Percy Main
4792 Winlaton to Chester le Street
4811 Winlaton to Washington
4866, 4867 Chester le Street to Stanley
4910, 4911 Stanley to Gateshead
4991, 4992 Deptford to Chester le Street
8094, 8096, 8097, 8113 Reserve to Chester le Street
8099, 8108, 8110, 8120 Reserve to Deptford
8158 - 8161 Gateshead to Winlaton
8191, 8195 Winlaton to Deptford
8214, 8215 Gateshead to Deptford
Trident 3883 is on loan to Oxford Bus Company
11th August Allocation changes: Withdrawn Leyland National 4710 has been sold.
4th August Many re-allocations have already taken place, and more are currently in progress - see fleet allocation for full details.
The following vehicles have been withdrawn from service:
Leyland Olympians: Dennis Darts: Previously withdrawn vehicles now sold are MetroRiders 401, 411; Nationals 4711, 4718; Optare Delta 4750, 4751; Leyland Tiger 5102, 5103, 5104, 5118, 5128 and Volvo B6 8417.
28th July 2006 Due to service changes from 30th July, many allocation changes will be taking place - full details to follow
7th July 2006
Withdrawn Optare Delta 4807 has been sold
30th June 2006
2nd June 2006
26th May 2006
19th May 2006
12th May 2006
5th May 2006
7th April 2006
31st March 2006
24th March 2006
17th March 2006
10th March 2006
3rd March 2006
24th February 2006
17th February 2006
3rd February 2006
27th January 2006
20th January 2006
13th January 2006
6th January 2006
3rd January 2006
15th December 2005
9th December 2005
2nd December 2005
25th November 2005
18th November 2005
11th November 2005
4th November 2005
28th October 2005
21st October 2005
14th October 2005
30th September 2005
23rd September 2005
16th September 2005
5th September 2005
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||