Following the completion of modifications at Thornton Brothers, Ashington, this vehicle has returned to service within Riverside's Driver Training fleet.
This vehicle has entered service at Stanley Depot; where it will operate the Tesco Consett T1/T2 services, replacing Dennis MPD/Alexander Mini Pointer 604 (NK54 NTY) currently allocated to these services at present. It has also received the tagline "No change? | Get your bus ticket on your phone with our mobile app"
Prior to being released for internal refurbishment and repaint at Bus & Coach World, Blackburn, this vehicle has been withdrawn from service at Riverside Depot.
Ahead of its entry into service, this vehicle has been repainted into Go North East's new corporate livery. The new livery design is a a lot more eye-catching and features a two-tone base livery, with the traditional key colour of red towards the front of the bus, and non-metallic dark blue towards the back. This example carries the tagline "It's our fantastic people - all 2000 of them - that make the wheels on our buses go round and round"
Ahead of the commencement of the seasonal Hadrian's Wall AD122 service; this vehicle has entered service at Hexham Depot, acting as an additional spare vehicle for the depot.
Following the entry into service of Optare Solo M710SE/Optare 708 (WK58 EAG) at Peterlee, where it will be allocated to service 168, this vehicle has transferred from Peterlee Depot to Deptford, to enable the withdrawal of Transbus MPD/Transbus Mini Pointer 549 (NK53 TKD).
This vehicle has returned to Go North East following internal refurbishment and repaint into a plain maroon base livery. It is currently undergoing preparation for service at Saltmeadows Road Depot prior to allocation to Deptford Depot for "Wear Xpress" service X5 (Sunderland - Hartlepool).
Having been temporarily withdrawn from service, this vehicle has now been released for internal refurbished and repaint at Bus & Coach World, Blackburn.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.
