(04 May 2015, 5:58 pm)mb134 wrote So if I recall correctly, that was a demonstrator prior to ANE obtaining it, meaning it won't have seen a great deal of intensive work before coming, so is practically a new vehicle anyway? 

Yes this was one of the 3 examples which was previously a demonstrator.

Not really a new bus but still new to Arriva and two years old is not that old and Arriva were the only operator to bring a gas bus again this year so it will have provided some novelty factor.