Vehicle Details
Registration: NK54 NVB
Chassis: Scania L94UB
Bodywork: Wright Solar
Depot: Davies Motors, Ruthin
Livery: 2016 fleet livery - Never miss your stop
Year new: 2004
Vehicle History
July 2020
Go North East
Due to the loss of Nexus Miscellaneous Works contracts from September 2020, this vehicle has been permanently withdrawn from service.
June 2020
Go North East
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With most scholars services in Tyne & Wear returning to operation from Monday 15 June, re-allocations have taken place to accommodate the operation of all of these services. Service 4274 in County Durham will also return to operation from this date, so this vehicle has been consequently reinstated at Deptford Depot.
June 2020
Go North East
From Monday 1 June 2020, in line with guidance from the government, Go North East's bus services will start returning to what can be considered a 'normal' level of service on weekdays (albeit still reduced on weekends), also with some minor changes which had originally been planned to take place from 17 May 2020. As such, this vehicle has now been re-licensed, but remains out of service.
April 2020
Go North East
Following completion of all required vehicle re-allocations; this vehicle has been temporarily withdrawn from service due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has been officially delicensed (SORN'd), enabling Go North East to obtain a tax refund.
September 2018
Go North East
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Following temporary loan to Peterlee Depot, this vehicle has now returned to service at Deptford.
September 2018
Go North East
This vehicle has transferred from Deptford Depot to Peterlee, on temporary loan, to alleviate vehicle shortages.
April 2018
Go North East
Having been replaced at Chester-le-Street Depot by one of the former "South Tyne" branded Optare Versas, now in fleet livery at Chester-le-Street, this vehicle has transferred from Chester-le-Street Depot to Deptford.
August 2017
Go North East
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This vehicle has received the tagline "Never miss your stop | Many of our buses have next stop screens and announcements".
June 2017
Go North East
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Following the entry into service of new Wright Streetlites on "Black Cats" services 2/2A and 39, this vehicle has transferred from Deptford Depot to Chester-le-Street. From Sunday 19th March 2017; Go North East introduced an improved 30-minute frequency to service 13 on Monday to Saturday daytimes, and it will interwork with services 14 and X25. The revised PVR will be 10, and 8 of the vehicles allocated will be single-deck Scania L94UB/Wright Solar vehicles, which are more reliable and will reduce fuel and maintenance costs. With not enough single-decks being available at the time, two Volvo B7TL/Plaxton Presidents were retained, pending the cascade of single-decks from Deptford.
February 2017
Go North East
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In line with the delivery of new Wright Streetlite DF/Wright Streetlite Max Micro-Hybrid vehicles for the "Durham Diamond" 16/16A services, which is expected to see the cascade of the current "Durham Diamond" branded Mercedes Citaro 0530N/Mercedes Citaro vehicles to Deptford Depot for use on service X5, this vehicle has been repainted into Go North East's new corporate livery.
April 2016
Go North East
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This vehicle has had its sub-branding for "Fast Cats" services X35/X36 removed.
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March 2017
Go North East
Following temporary transfer to Chester-le-Street, this vehicle has returned to service at Washington Depot.
March 2008
Go North East
Ahead of upcoming service changes, this vehicle has transferred from Deptford Depot to Percy Main.
March 2017
Go North East
Ahead of its entry into service, this vehicle has been repainted into a two-tone maroon and yellow base livery.
March 2015
Go North East
Following repaint into Brighton & Hove's corporate livery, with sub-branding for service 25, this vehicle has entered service at Brighton & Hove's Lewes Road Depot.
March 2018
Go North East
This vehicle has been delivered to Go North East, following internal refurbishment and repaint into a plain black base livery at Bus & Coach World, Blackburn.