Vehicle Details
Registration: WK59 CWW
Chassis: Optare Solo M920
Bodywork: Optare
Depot: Scarlet Band
Livery: Metrocentre Mini
Year new: 2009
Vehicle History
January 2020
Go North East
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This vehicle has been sold to Scarlet Band, West Cornforth.
November 2019
Go North East
Replaced in the fleet at Riverside by similarly-aged Optare Versas, this vehicle has now been withdrawn from service at Riverside.
January 2018
Go North East
From 28th January 2018, Go North East are making changes to a number of services to improve reliability and to allow new travel opportunities. As part of these service changes, "South Tyne" services 88/88A have been withdrawn and replaced by revised service 9 and new "Crusader" service 26. The 88/88A services were previously operated by the low-cost unit at Riverside Depot, and to replace the work in this unit at Riverside, the operation of the "Metrocentre Mini" M6/M7/M8 services has transferred across from Stanley. As such, this vehicle has transferred from Stanley Depot to Riverside.
May 2017
Go North East
This vehicle has received "Metrocentre Mini" branding, for services M6/M7/M8. "Metrocentre Mini" is the new brand name being introduced for the direct and frequent services operating between Stanley and Metrocentre. Service changes, effective 21st May, will see "Venture" services V7/V8 re-numbered M7/M8, and the introduction of a new service to increase the frequency on this corridor to every 20 minutes. The additional bus per hour will be numbered M6, and will run to South Stanley and South Moor, offering a direct bus to Metrocentre from these areas.
March 2017
Go North East
This vehicle has entered service at Stanley Depot, where it will be allocated to "Venture" services V7/V8 (East Stanley/Fines Park -
Metrocentre).
March 2017
Go North East
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Ahead of its entry into service, this vehicle has been repainted into a two-tone maroon and yellow base livery.
February 2017
Go North East
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New to Western Greyhound of Summercourt as fleet number 959 in September 2009, this vehicle passed to Plymouth Citybus in December 2014 where it gained fleet number 221. This vehicle has now been acquired by Go North East, where it has received fleet number 711. It is currently undergoing preparation for service at Saltmeadows Road Depot.
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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).
April 2019
Go North East
In order to provide a higher-specification vehicle on service X30 (Stanley - Newcastle), this vehicle has transferred from Saltmeadows Road Depot to the Hownsgill Depot.
April 2016
Go North East
This vehicle has had its sub-branding for "Fast Cats" services X35/X36 removed.
April 2016
Go North East
This vehicle has received the blue variant of the revised "Loop" branding.