As it is planned for this vehicle to be allocated to Percy Main Depot for use on "Cobalt Clipper" services 309/310, this vehicle has been repainted into a metallic silver base livery prior to entering service at Go North East. It has also been fitted with advertisement frames, so will only receive basic fleet names rather than being fitted with route branding.
This vehicle has been reinstated at Stanley Depot, acting as a temporary replacement for Scania N94UD/East Lancs OmniDekka 6130 (GX03 SVE), which was withdrawn having sustained fire damage.
In order to alleviate vehicle shortages, having not yet been repainted following temporary withdrawal, this vehicle has temporarily been reinstated at Riverside Depot.
In order to alleviate vehicle shortages, having not yet been repainted following temporary withdrawal, this vehicle has temporarily been reinstated at Peterlee Depot.
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 As part of these service changes, "South Tyne" services 88/88A have been withdrawn and replaced by revised service 9 and new "Crusader" service 26. As a result of the withdrawal of the 88/88A services, this vehicle has transferred from Riverside Depot to Chester-le-Street. The re-allocation of this vehicle to Chester-le-Street is a temporary measure, and will be withdrawn from service on arrival of the former "South Tyne" branded Optare Versas at Chester-le-Street.
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 As part of these service changes, "South Tyne" services 88/88A have been withdrawn and replaced by revised service 9 and new "Crusader" service 26. As a result of the withdrawal of the 88/88A services, this vehicle has transferred from Riverside Depot to Chester-le-Street. The re-allocation of this vehicle to Chester-le-Street is a temporary measure, and will be withdrawn from service on arrival of the former "South Tyne" branded Optare Versas at Chester-le-Street.
Following the cascade of Scania L94UB/Wright Solar 4945 (NK51 OLJ) and Scania L94UB/Wright Solar 5201 (NK54 NUU) to Chester-le-Street Depot, this vehicle has transferred from Chester-le-Street Depot to Deptford. It is required at Deptford following service revisions effective 28th January 2018, which saw the vehicle allocation for "See it, Do it, Sunderland" services 35/35A revised to be Scania L94UB/Wright Solar vehicles.
Following the cascade of Scania L94UB/Wright Solar 4945 (NK51 OLJ) and Scania L94UB/Wright Solar 5201 (NK54 NUU) to Chester-le-Street Depot, this vehicle has transferred from Chester-le-Street Depot to Deptford. It is required at Deptford following service revisions effective 28th January 2018, which saw the vehicle allocation for "See it, Do it, Sunderland" services 35/35A revised to be Scania L94UB/Wright Solar vehicles.
With "Blue Arrow" service 11 receiving an upgraded Scania CN230UB/Scania Omnicity allocation following the entry into service of the Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 vehicles at Percy Main on "Coaster" services 1/1A, this vehicle has been withdrawn from service at Percy Main.
Pending completion of a number of vehicle transfers associated with service changes on 28th January 2018, this vehicle has transferred from the Special Events Fleet at Riverside Depot to Deptford Depot, on temporary loan.
Following the entry into service of new double-deck vehicles on "Angel" service 21, representing a £4.3 million investment, this vehicle has been repainted into Go North East's corporate livery. This example has been fitted with the tagline "Stay Connected | Many of our buses have free WiFi on board". It is planned for both Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 3962 (JCN 822) and 3965 (574 CPT) to remain at Chester-le-Street and be allocated to the two double-deck boards on services 13/14/X25, to provide a higher quality vehicle on these services following the upgrade of the single-deck boards to higher-quality Scania L94UB/Wright Solar vehicles late last year, and... see more
To ensure that the premium features such as free Wi-Fi, 'Next Stop' audio-visual announcements and USB charging points advertised on "The 9" service 9 and "Wear Xpress" service X5 are consistently made available to passengers, this vehicle has transferred from Washington Depot to Deptford. It has been replaced in the fleet at Washington by one of three former "Coaster" branded Scania CN230UB/Scania Omnicitys which have recently cascaded to Washington to act as the spare vehicles for "Connections4" service 4 and "Whey Aye Five 0" services 5/50.
Having previously carried "South Tyne" branding, this vehicle has now been repainted into Go North East's corporate livery. This example features the tagline
Having previously carried "South Tyne" branding, this vehicle has now been repainted into Go North East's corporate livery. This example features the tagline "It's our fantastic people - all 2000 of them - that make the wheels on our buses go round and round"
