Vehicle Details
Registration: GX03 SVD
Chassis: Scania N94UD
Bodywork: East Lancs OmniDekka
Depot: Withdrawn
Livery: 2019 fleet livery
Year new: 2003
Vehicle History
January 2024
Go North East
Following the entry into service of Dennis Trident 2/Optare Olympus 6972 (LX58 CXJ), this vehicle has been withdrawn from service at Riverside.
September 2020
Go North East
The Scania N270UD/East Lancs OmniDekkas received from Brighton & Hove on loan will be allocated to the faith schools contract from Riverside. As such, this vehicle has transferred from Riverside Depot to Chester-le-Street.
August 2020
Go North East
The faith schools contract in operation from Riverside has re-commenced, therefore this vehicle has transferred from Chester-le-Street Depot to Riverside, in order to operate on said contract.
June 2020
Go North East
From Monday 1 June 2020, in line with guidance from the government, Go North East's bus services will start returning to what can be considered a 'normal' level of service on weekdays (albeit still reduced on weekends), also with some minor changes which had originally been planned to take place from 17 May 2020. As such, this vehicle has now been reinstated at Chester-le-Street.
April 2020
Go North East
Following completion of all required vehicle re-allocations; this vehicle has been temporarily withdrawn from service due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has been officially delicensed (SORN'd), enabling Go North East to obtain a tax refund.
January 2020
Go North East
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Having previously worn a plain black base livery; this vehicle has now been repainted into Go North East's 2019 fleet livery, and as a result has transferred from Saltmeadows Road Depot to Riverside, to resume its previous duties on the private scholars contract 850/851.
August 2019
Go North East
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Ahead of the new academic school year, this vehicle has transferred from Riverside Depot to Saltmeadows Road. This vehicle transfer is as a result of new contractual requirements for some of the Nexus Miscellaenous Works services for the 2019/20 academic year, now requiring a higher capacity, which Go North East's dual-door configuration buses do not meet.
July 2019
Go North East
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This vehicle has transferred from Riverside Depot to Deptford, in order to operate a month-long Metro Replacement contract between South Shields and Chichester. No trains are currently running between these two platforms to allow for telecoms, platform and signalling upgrades in association with the new Sout Shields Interchange, due to re-open from Sunday 4 August.
July 2019
Go North East
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With surplus double-decks now being available at Deptford due to the commencement of the school holidays, this vehicle has transferred from Deptford Depot back to Riverside.
August 2018
Go North East
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Following temporary loan to Hexham Depot, this vehicle has now returned to service at Riverside.
August 2018
Go North East
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This vehicle has transferred from Riverside Depot to Hexham, on temporary loan, to alleviate vehicle shortages.
July 2018
Go North East
Following the end of the Sunderland Tall Ships event, this vehicle has returned to service at Riverside Depot.
July 2018
Go North East
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This vehicle has transferred from Riverside Depot to the Special Events Fleet based at Deptford Terrace, seeing allocation to the Park & Ride services in operation for the Sunderland Tall Ships 2018 event, covering sites at Deptford Terrace, Downhill, Herrington Country Park, Fulwell and Stadium of Light. As this vehicle is fitted with an LED destination display, it is also expected to see use on the Tall Ships internal site shuttle.
April 2018
Go North East
This vehicle has had its seats re-trimmed into Go North East's standard blue 'Go' moquette.
March 2018
Go North East
Following the entry into service of the former Go-Ahead London General Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs at Stanley; this vehicle has been temporarily withdrawn from service at Stanley, and, ahead of allocation to Riverside Depot for the Jewish Scholars private contract, are undergoing removal of advertisement frames, all internal and external vinyls removed, tidy-up black repaint, and having their tachographs calibrated.
May 2017
Go North East
Upcoming service changes in May will see the "Toon Link" brand encompass services 6, X30/X31 and X70/X71 with a mixed allocation of Scania OmniCitys and Scania OmniDekkas. This vehicle has consequently received "Toon Link" branding, following repaint.
April 2017
Go North East
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Ahead of upcoming service changes in May, this vehicle has been repainted into a plain black base livery. From May 21st 2017; services 6, X30/X31 and X70/X71 will all be branded as "Toon Link" with a mixed allocation of Scania OmniCitys and Scania OmniDekkas (the latter of which will be allocated to certain running boards in order to provide a higher capacity on certain peak-time journeys where this is required).
October 2016
Go North East
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This vehicle has had its "Northern" branding removed, and hence now carries a plain red base livery with Go North East fleet names.
November 2015
Go North East
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This vehicle has received "Northern" branding, which is the new brand name for services 6 and X70/X71. As part of recent service changes, new service 6 was introduced as a replacement for the northern section of the old "Diamond" 43/44 services, so the name is appropriate for the route as well as commemorating the company's heritage with a fresh modern outlook on the "Northern" name.
October 2015
Go North East
This vehicle has entered service at Stanley Depot.
October 2015
Go North East
This vehicle has been repainted from Brighton & Hove's corporate livery into Go North East's corporate livery.
September 2015
Go North East
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Following the last batch delivered in May, Go North East has acquired two further Scania N94UD/East Lancs OmniDekka vehicles from sister Go-Ahead operating company Brighton & Hove. This vehicle, previously numbered previously numbered 613 within the Brighton & Hove fleet, has now arrived at Saltmeadows Road and is undergoing preparation for service within the Go North East fleet.
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April 2008
Go North East
Prior to new branding being launched, this vehicle has been repainted into a plain pink base livery.
April 2010
Go North East
This vehicle has received basic "Route 19" branding, for service 19 (North Shields - Northumberland Park).
April 2019
Go North East
In order to provide a higher-specification vehicle on service X30 (Stanley - Newcastle), this vehicle has transferred from Riverside Depot to the Hownsgill Depot.
April 2007
Go North East
This vehicle has been repainted into a purple cream base livery, and has also received "The Drifter" branding, for services 60 (Sunderland - Seaham - Parkside) and 61 (Sunderland - Murton).