(27 Jul 2018, 9:39 pm)RobinHood wrote Considering it's one of the next vehicles to leave the fleet, HIGHLY unlikely it will receive new colours.

Stranger things have happened...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/chriswhite...otolist-b1

(27 Jul 2018, 10:26 pm)James101 wrote Stranger things have happened...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/chriswhite...otolist-b1

Arriva North East do seem to always end up painting something that has a year or less before the vehicle is withdrawn.

(27 Jul 2018, 10:31 pm)Jimmi wrote Arriva North East do seem to always end up painting something that has a year or less before the vehicle is withdrawn.

Maybe they think it'll sell for more? Or maybe they think it will be on the road for another 5 years.. Or maybe they're just incompetent..! Maybe all three!

That's what will end up happening to 2817

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(27 Jul 2018, 10:31 pm)Jimmi wrote Arriva North East do seem to always end up painting something that has a year or less before the vehicle is withdrawn.

Yes, 1711 and 1743 come to mind.

1592 required a lift home from Ian bradley this afternoon, after breaking down in Bishop Auckland bus station.

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Travelled on 7474 last week---- instantly recognizable by it's squealing brakes!

(30 Jul 2018, 4:15 pm)forster wrote Travelled on 7474 last week---- instantly recognizable by it's squealing brakes!

It certainly is just like the other alx 400s

1563 was on the X4 today with a broken ticket machine - thanks Arriva for the free trip from Redcar to Saltburn! A pretty full bus too, and still all that way to go to Whitby - someone's not gonna be happy!