Due to capacity constraints within Chester-le-Street Depot, the operation of all of the depot's minibus contracts are transferring elsewhere. The operation of the Chester-le-Street Town Service has transferred from Chester-le-Street Depot to Stanley and as such this vehicle has transferred similarly to operate these services.
Having been required to enter service temporarily in Bluestar's corporate livery, this vehicle has now been taken out of service to enable completion of repaint and fitment of a cab door vandal screen. This example has now been repainted into Go North East's corporate livery and carries the tagline "Stay Connected | Many of our buses have free WiFi on board".
Prior to entering service, this vehicle has been repainted into Go North East's corporate livery. 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".
Due to Scania L94UB/Wright Solar 4949 (NK51 OLP) requiring repaint in line with its annual MOT test, and the promotional livery to support the Royal British Legion being refreshed prior to Remembrance Sunday, this vehicle has now lost its branding for the "Fab Fifty Six" service and has been repainted into a plain white base livery.
Previously with Brighton & Hove as fleet number 906, this vehicle has now joined the Go North East fleet. Scania N94UD/East Lancs OmniDekka 6167 (YN56 FFG) and 6171 (YN56 FFL) are the fourth and fifth of this batch to be acquired by Go North East, with all 18 expected to amalgamate north by mid-2019 as Brighton & Hove acquire further new vehicles. This batch are thought to be being disposed of by Brighton & Hove due to their increased length (11.9m) compared to a standard Scania OmniDekka (10.6m). Prior to entering service; it is expected to be fully repainted into Go North East's corporate livery, and have its seats re-trimmed into Go North East's standard blue seat... see more
Previously with Brighton & Hove as fleet number 910, this vehicle has now joined the Go North East fleet. Scania N94UD/East Lancs OmniDekka 6167 (YN56 FFG) and 6171 (YN56 FFL) are the fourth and fifth of this batch to be acquired by Go North East, with all 18 expected to amalgamate north by mid-2019 as Brighton & Hove acquire further new vehicles. This batch are thought to be being disposed of by Brighton & Hove due to their increased length (11.9m) compared to a standard Scania OmniDekka (10.6m). Prior to entering service; it is expected to be fully repainted into Go North East's corporate livery, and have its seats re-trimmed into Go North East's standard blue seat... see more
