Arriva North East Fleet Arriva North East's 1924

Registration: YJ57 BVC

Chassis: VDL SB120

Bodywork: Plaxton Centro

Depot: Stockton

Livery: New Arriva

Year new: 2007

January 2018 Arriva North East Photograph by Daniel Graham
https://www.flickr.com/photos/83823112@N03/38612440250/
This vehicle has been repainted into Arriva's new corporate livery. The company's new corporate identity, which includes a new logo and brighter colours, will be applied across the group in a phased introduction. The group said a 'cost effective and evolutionary approach' will be taken, which will see the new colours and livery rolled out from Q1 2017 as and when vehicles and other materials are due to be updated or repainted, while the refreshed logo is expected to be introduced from 2018.
January 2016 Arriva North East
https://www.flickr.com/photos/67110457@N05/23627416473/ #4514
Following a depot fire, this vehicle has been transferred from Arriva North East's Darlington Depot to Yorkshire Tiger, providing cover for the vehicles which suffered fire damage and have been withdrawn from service.
January 2016 Arriva North East
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127079988@N02/24978058866/ #7415
This vehicle has received "MAX" branding, with sub-branding for service X20 (Alnwick - Newcastle).
January 2017 Arriva North East
https://www.flickr.com/photos/133942712@N02/31750385694/ #1402
Following the repaint and refurbishment of the double-deck VDL DB300/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 "Quorum Express" branded vehicle allocation in October 2015, this vehicle has now undergone repaint into Arriva's corporate livery having previously carried "Quorum Express" branding.
January 2018 Arriva North East
https://www.flickr.com/photos/83823112@N03/39534687722/ #1435
Between January 6th 2018 and January 14th 2018, Network Rail engineers will renew 19 units of 'switches and crossings' which are part of the complicated track layout at Newcastle. As such, Northern services usually running from Newcastle to Carlisle are instead starting from/terminating at Metrocentre, with rail replacement bus services in operation between Newcastle and Metrocentre,... see more