Having previously carried "TEN" branding, this vehicle has been repainted into a dark green base livery. As part of ongoing improvements to services on the Tyne Valley, Go North East will re-brand its "TEN" 10/10A/10B/10X services as "Tyne Valley Ten" on a green base livery, moving away from the silver livery which the vehicles allocated to these services have carried since 2008. The new brand is designed to represent the picturesque Tyne Valley corridor and promotes the frequent buses to Metrocentre and Newcastle which the "TEN" group of services provide, up to every 10 minutes. The introduction of new vehicles on "Tyne Tees Xpress" services... see more
Initially allocated to Washington to assist with vehicle requirements for the Lumiere event in Durham from Thursday 16th November to Sunday 19th November; this vehicle has now formally been allocated to Washington Depot, on temporary loan, to alleviate vehicle shortages whilst Mercedes Citaro vehicles in Washington's fleet undergo refurbishment at Bus & Coach World, Blackburn.
As part of a fleet-wide scheme to standardise the Stagecoach North East fleet in one single livery, this vehicle has been repainted into Stagecoach's corporate livery.
This vehicle has transferred from Washington Depot to Chester-le-Street, where it will see allocation to "Lambton Worm" services 34/34A, making up the fourth vehicle in the PVR. It has transferred in exchange for Wright Streetlite DF/Wright Streetlite Micro-Hybrid 3 9092 (SK17 HHL), which was previously serving this purpose at Chester-le-Street.
Following the transfer of Wright Streetlite WF/Wright Streetlite 9101 (SK65 PWV) from Washington Depot to Chester-le-Street to operate "Lambton Worm" services 34/34A, this vehicle has transferred from Chester-le-Street Depot to Washington in lieu. It will see allocation to "Connections4" service 4, to evaluate suitability of this vehicle type on the service and to compare against the present Mercedes Citaro 0530N/Mercedes Citaro allocation.
Prior to returning to service, this vehicle has received Go North East's corporate livery. Unlike other vehicles in Go North East's corporate livery; this vehicle has not been fitted with a tagline or web URL vinyl, nor has it been fitted with advert frames on the side and rear.
This vehicle has returned to Go North East following internal refurbishment and repaint into Go North East's corporate base livery. It is currently undergoing preparation for service at Saltmeadows Road Depot prior to allocation to Deptford Depot.
This vehicle has been temporarily withdrawn from service at Deptford Depot and released for internal refurbished and repaint at Bus & Coach World, Blackburn. The extensive refurbishment work includes, but is not limited to, external repaint; deep cleaning of the interior of the vehicle; renewal of floor coverings; cleaning all seat frames and re-trimming seats into leather with USB sockets on the back of every seat; fitting blue accent lighting underneath seats to provide extra light on the gangway; and fitting Next Stop Announcements.
