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Vehicle Details

Registration: NK15 GFA

Chassis: Optare Solo SR M925

Bodywork: Optare

Depot: Sunderland

Livery: Peterlee Purples

Year new: 2015

Vehicle History

September 2015 Go North East This vehicle has been fitted with free customer Wi-Fi.
August 2015 Go North East Photograph by Armed with a pair of scissors and dressed in his very own bus driver uniform; 11-year-old schoolboy Peter Witham landed his dream job thanks to a heart-felt letter to Go North East's Managing Director, and cut the ribbon at a publicity launch at Crimdon Dene to declare the 14 brand new indiGo buses officially open for business. Following the publicity launch, this vehicle entered service at Peterlee Depot.
August 2015 Go North East Prior to entering service, this vehicle has received "indiGo" branding for the local network of services operating out of Peterlee Depot.
July 2015 Go North East This vehicle, which carries a plain pink base livery, has arrived into the Go North East fleet. It is currently being prepared for service at Saltmeadows Road Depot. Representing an investment of approximately £1,800,000, Go North East has ordered fourteen Optare Solo SR minibuses to be launched on the "East Durham" network of services at Peterlee Depot. The services will be re-branded as "indiGo", promoting connections to Durham, Sunderland, Newcastle, Middlesbrough and beyond. These brand new buses feature Esteban Civic V3 seating complete with e-leather; two-colour Tarabus 'Wood Effect' flooring; and blue accent lighting, which is fitted underneath seats, to provide extra light on the gangway. They are also fitted with free passenger Wi-Fi and Next Stop Announcements.

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April 2018 Go North East
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This vehicle has been reinstated at Hexham Depot, to operate the seasonal Hadrian's Wall Country Bus AD122 service.
April 2017 Go North East
#5280
Prior to returning to service at Riverside Depot; this vehicle has received "Citylink" branding, with sub-branding for service 57. The livery design has been slightly revised in line with the new features being available... see more
April 2016 Go North East
#5421
This vehicle, which carries a purple base livery, has arrived into the Go North East fleet. It is currently being prepared for service at Saltmeadows Road Depot. Representing an investment of approximately £3.7m, this batch... see more
April 2020 Go North East
#6112
In order to combat the changing demand for bus services in the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, this vehicle has been reinstated at Riverside Depot.
April 2020 Go North East
#683
Further service changes have taken place due to the reduced demand for bus services as a result of the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. As such, this vehicle has transferred from Deptford Depot to Consett.
April 2017 Go North East
#6126
Ahead of upcoming service changes in May, this vehicle has been repainted into a plain black base livery.
April 2016 Go North East
#6005
This vehicle has received the revised "Red Arrows" branding.
April 2019 Go North East
#690
Following repaint, this vehicle has now received the Washington variant of the "indiGo" branding.
April 2016 Go North East
#8321
Ahead of upcoming service changes, due to commence from Sunday 22nd May 2016, which will see "SimpliCity" service 2 reduced to a 15-minute frequency, this vehicle has had the frequency on the cant rail revised to reflect... see more
April 2019 Go North East
#5252
In line with the operation of "Toon Link" services 6 and X31 transferring from Stanley Depot to Riverside, this vehicle has also transferred to Riverside. Although this vehicle isn't branded as "Toon... see more