(31 Aug 2016, 4:10 pm)Dan Bus was only at Saltmeadows for 20 minutes before the guys who brand the buses arrived!

(31 Aug 2016, 4:10 pm)Dan Bus was only at Saltmeadows for 20 minutes before the guys who brand the buses arrived!

(31 Aug 2016, 3:36 pm)Dan Solos 681, 682, 683, 684, 685 and 688 were all delivered to Go North East today. Of these, 685 has already received "indiGo" branding. 682 is pictured below:
Go North East: 0682 / NK66CWX by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

Volvo B10BLEs 4901, 4902, 4907, 4918, 4920, 4925 and 5167 have all been withdrawn from service. The native examples are all now at Saltmeadows Road, but 5167 is on the VOR line at Riverside.
Go North East: 4925 / X935WGR by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

As mentioned already, the "Sunderland Connect" branded Optare Solo Hybrids are now undergoing repaint. 640 was returned to Deptford today:
Go North East: 0640 / NK62DWY by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

(31 Aug 2016, 4:31 pm)Michael Can you confirm where the "Red" Solo's are going, so where are they heading too?

(31 Aug 2016, 3:36 pm)Dan Solos 681, 682, 683, 684, 685 and 688 were all delivered to Go North East today. Of these, 685 has already received "indiGo" branding. 682 is pictured below:
Go North East: 0682 / NK66CWX by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

(31 Aug 2016, 5:43 pm)S813 FVK Is 681 NK66 CWU and 688 NK66 CXD? The others were easy to work out using 682 and 685 (given there are only 2 letters of the alphabet left after X).

(31 Aug 2016, 5:50 pm)busmanT 681 is CWW
688 as above

(31 Aug 2016, 3:48 pm)Dan Go North East: 0685 / NK66CXA by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

(31 Aug 2016, 2:31 pm)streetlite5402 Can remember when the Omnicities first came back to Chester in early 2014 for the 50, a few drivers found the ''hand brake on to open doors'' system difficult to get used to again. 3889 had it fitted years ago, think there was some sort of incident so it was brought in on that one, can't recall 3885-3888 getting it done though.

(31 Aug 2016, 6:21 pm)Jamie M You sure it's 3889? It's a real quick release if it is.

(31 Aug 2016, 4:31 pm)Michael Can you confirm where the "Red" Solo's are going, if so where are they heading too?

(31 Aug 2016, 7:46 pm)busmanT They are coming later in the year

(31 Aug 2016, 7:55 pm)Michael ???

(31 Aug 2016, 9:12 pm)S813 FVK I do have a feeling that these solos will be for Deptford though. Maybe the 33 branded the same as the 39? They look to be the same shade of red as the Solars and they may just want to launch the services at the same time (hence the delay in branding the solars).

(31 Aug 2016, 9:15 pm)Michael If so i hope the Scania's gain WIFI and stop anouncements...

(31 Aug 2016, 9:22 pm)Jamie M Doubt it, those routes don't seem to be flagship enough as-is.

I, too, hope the northerns at stanley get wifi at some point but this is unlikely given the lack of vehicles with even half life left being allocated to them.