12 Aug 2015, 11:37 am
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(12 Aug 2015, 11:30 am)Malarkey Spare for the "Connections 4" perhaps as the Service doesnt have a spare vehicle to the same specification, and often uses either a Scania L94UB Wright Solar or a Wright Cadet/Merit when a Merc is off the road for whatever reason, also noticed how nobody else has took this thought into account depite "Connections4" blue being Bold in your post Dan, and immediately assumed 5284 (NK08 CFP) along with the rest of the Mercs will form a Revised/New Brand for the Diamond Services, or alternatively a New Brand for the Highwayman Services if the Mercs were cascaded over to there to release the Solars on The Highwayman into a Spare Role to replace the Volvo B10BLE Wright Renowns.
Personally think it is quite obvious that any upcoming investment in the fleet will be orientated around getting the B10s Withdrawn by January 1st 2016, so therefore I would not rule out the possibility of the Diamond & Highwayman receiving New Vehicles in the coming months to therefore replace older vehicles in the fleet, as how else are you going to Withdraw them if you dont invest and upgrade other services first.
These days Go North East usually have spare buses for a branded route in the corporate livery rather than having a branded spare for that service so if they aren't required on the branded route they can do other services and it reduces the chances of branded buses appearing off route.
It's always possible the 4 could be getting a PVR increase either by an increased frequency or adding an extra bus to the PVR to make the service more reliable usually by adding extra running time.
