Ahead of upcoming service changes which will see Nexus-secured service 353 revised to operate commercially and part of Percy Main's "indiGo North Tyne" network as an extension of service 42; this vehicle has been repainted into Go North East's new corporate livery, having previously carried "Nexus" branding. This example carries the tagline "Stay Connected | Many of our buses have free WiFi on board"
In order to standardise the fleets at Stanley and Washington following the entry into service of the new Wright Streetlite DF/Wright Streetlite Max Micro-Hybrid vehicles on "Durham Diamond" services 16/16A, this vehicle is planned to transfer to Washington in exchange for Scania CN230UB/Scania Omnicity 5248 (NK56 KHU) and 5249 (NK56 KHV). As such; ahead of its impending cascade to Washington Depot, this vehicle has been fitted with free customer Wi-Fi, in order to provide an improved customer experience when a "Connections4" branded Mercedes Citaro is unavailable for service.
In order to standardise the fleets at Stanley and Washington following the entry into service of the new Wright Streetlite DF/Wright Streetlite Max Micro-Hybrid vehicles on "Durham Diamond" services 16/16A, this vehicle is planned to transfer to Washington in exchange for Scania CN230UB/Scania Omnicity 5248 (NK56 KHU) and 5249 (NK56 KHV). As such; ahead of its impending cascade to Washington Depot, this vehicle has been fitted with free customer Wi-Fi, in order to provide an improved customer experience when a "Connections4" branded Mercedes Citaro is unavailable for service.
Following recent service changes which saw the PVR of "Sapphire" services 5/5A reduce; this vehicle has lost its sub-branding for services 5/5A, and now carries generic "Sapphire" branding.
This vehicle has received "Frequenta" branding, with generic "Frequent connections into Stockton" branding, enabling this vehicle to be used as a spare for both services 7 (Stockton - Yarm) and 15 (Roseworth - Stockton - Thornaby).
