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Vehicle Details

Registration: NK53 UNX

Chassis: Scania L94UB

Bodywork: Wright Solar

Depot: Trevor Wigley & Son Bus Ltd, Barnsley

Livery: Blue Arrow

Year new: 2004

Vehicle History

July 2018 Go North East This vehicle has been sold for scrap to Trevor Wigley & Son Bus Ltd, Barnsley.
March 2018 Go North East Photograph by With "Blue Arrow" service 11 receiving an upgraded Scania CN230UB/Scania Omnicity allocation following the entry into service of the Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 vehicles at Percy Main on "Coaster" services 1/1A, this vehicle has been withdrawn from service at Percy Main.
July 2016 Go North East This vehicle has received "Blue Arrow" branding. There are a number of changes to Go North East's services in the Gateshead and surrounding areas, from 24th July 2016. As part of these changes, services 17 and 96 will be withdrawn and amalgamated into one route (service 11), which will be branded as "Blue Arrow". This new service provides a number of benefits: a faster service to Newcastle from parts of North Tyneside; a new direct service to Newcastle, Gateshead and Metrocentre from areas such as Percy Main, East Howdon and Willington Quay; and a direct bus between Newcastle and Royal Quays.
June 2016 Go North East Photograph by This vehicle has transferred from Deptford Depot to Percy Main.
June 2016 Go North East Having previously carried "Prince Bishops" branding, this vehicle has been repainted into a plain blue base livery.

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April 2018 Go North East This vehicle has received a promotional livery to support the Great Exhibition of the North. The event, running between 22nd June and 9th September 2018, using NewcastleGateshead as its stage, is a summer of amazing exhibits,... see more
April 2008 Go North East Following recent service changes, this vehicle has transferred from Gateshead Depot to Percy Main.
April 2007 Go North East This vehicle has been repainted into a purple cream base livery, and has also received "The Drifter" branding, for services 60 (Sunderland - Seaham - Parkside) and 61 (Sunderland - Murton).
April 2018 Go North East Following the entry into service of the former Go-Ahead London General Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs at Stanley; this vehicle has transferred from Stanley Depot to Percy Main, to enable the withdrawal of older Plaxton... see more
April 2016 Go North East This vehicle has received the revised "Red Arrows" branding.
April 2006 Go North East This vehicle, which carries Go North East's corporate livery, has arrived into the Go North East fleet. It features high backed 'Civic V3' seating, and is currently being prepared for service at Saltmeadows Road... see more
April 2018 Go North East This vehicle has entered service at Stanley Depot. Of the batch of thirteen former Go-Ahead London Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 vehicles to be acquired by Go North East, six are to be branded for the "Toon Link"... see more
April 2019 Go North East Presently retaining "Toon Link" branding pending award of the Nexus Miscellaneous Contracts effective September 2019, this vehicle has transferred from Stanley Depot to Saltmeadows Road, in order to operate school and... see more
April 2019 Go North East In order to provide a higher-specification vehicle on service X30 (Stanley - Newcastle), this vehicle has transferred from Saltmeadows Road Depot to the Hownsgill Depot.
April 2018 Go North East Following completion of preparation for service; this vehicle has returned to service at Riverside Depot, for use on the private Jewish Scholars contract, replacing the elderly step-entrance Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties... see more